Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Date of Birth:

Mar 05, 1936

Place of Birth:

North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American film, television and stage actor with a career spanning over 70 years. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), and Kim (1950). As a young adult, he had a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptation of Compulsion; and in 1962 he played Edmund Tyrone in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won two Best Actor Awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his starring role in the 1960 film version of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. He appeared in supporting roles in such films as Dune (1984), Paris, Texas (1984), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to the Mob (1988), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player (1992), Air Force One (1997), The Rainmaker (1997) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004). His television roles include Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap (1989–1993), Navy Secretary Edward Sheffield on JAG (2002–2004), and Brother Cavil on Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, he appeared at numerous science fiction conventions. He retired from acting in 2015 following health issues and focused his later life on sculpture and other visual art. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dean Stockwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Paperman Paperman

1970

Persecuted Persecuted

2014

Tracks Tracks

1976

Inferno Inferno

2002

Limit Up Limit Up

1989

Max Rose Max Rose

2016

Shame Shame

1992

One Away One Away

1976

Paper Man Paper Man

1971

Mr. Wrong Mr. Wrong

1996

Chasers Chasers

1994

C.O.G. C.O.G.

2013

Compulsion Compulsion

1959

They Nest They Nest

2000

CQ CQ

2001

Dune Dune

1984

Al's Beef Al's Beef

2008

In Pursuit In Pursuit

2001

The Player The Player

1992

Catchfire Catchfire

1990

Psych-Out Psych-Out

1968

The Loners The Loners

1972

Sandino Sandino

1990

Kim Kim

1950

Rapture Rapture

1965

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