Dean Stockwell

Acting · 2.5 popularity

Age

Movies

129

Born: March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021
From: North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

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.

Works

129 films

Dune

19846.2

Paris, Texas

19848.1

Blue Velvet

19867.6

Air Force One

19976.5

The Rainmaker

19977.0

Beverly Hills Cop II

19876.5

The Player

19927.2

The Manchurian Candidate

20046.5

To Live and Die in L.A.

19857.1

20015.9

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

20007.3

Chasers

19945.4

Married to the Mob

19886.0

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

20096.7

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

19886.7

Catchfire

19905.3

The Legend of Billie Jean

19856.6

Palais Royale

19885.5

McHale's Navy

19974.5

Buffalo Soldiers

20026.3

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

Gentleman's Agreement

19477.0

Gardens of Stone

19876.2

The Last Movie

19715.7

The Secret Garden

19497.1

Compulsion

19597.1

The Dunwich Horror

19705.4

The Nanny Express

20095.9

Mr. Wrong

19964.0

Entertainment

20155.6

Fatal Memories

19925.9

Inferno

20024.3

Sandino

19906.4

The Valley of Decision

19457.2

Psych-Out

19685.0

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

19764.3

Cattle Drive

19516.5

Naked Souls

19963.8

Long Day's Journey Into Night

19626.9

The Careless Years

19575.7

They Nest

20005.5

Down to the Sea in Ships

19497.2

Wrong Is Right

19825.6

New Line: Independent Legacies

2026

The Shadow Men

19984.5

Stars in My Crown

19507.0

Max Rose

20165.6

The Quickie

20014.7

The Time Guardian

19875.0

Living in Peril

19974.7

C.O.G.

20135.5

Kim

19506.5

The Timekeepers of Eternity

20217.1

The Failing of Raymond

19716.2

One Away

19765.7

The Boy with Green Hair

19486.2

Sons and Lovers

19606.5

Daniel in the Lions' Den

1978

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

19876.0

Song of the Thin Man

19476.7

The Venice Project

19997.0

Gun for a Coward

19566.0

Rusty Steel

20144.5

To Kill a Stranger

19865.3

The Green Years

19466.4

A Killing Affair

19774.8

Tracks

19765.6

Deep Waters

19486.1

The Dunwich Horror

20094.5

The Cool School

20085.9

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

Madonna: Innocence Lost

19946.9

Persecuted

20144.2

The Werewolf of Washington

19733.9

The Blue Iguana

19884.2

The Adventures of Nick Carter

19723.8

American Black Beauty

20056.9

Jorge, um Brasileiro

19885.8

The Deal: El trato

20064.3

Unabomber: The True Story

19966.1

The Loners

19726.7

Along for the Ride

20167.0

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

19945.7

The Innocent

19945.6

The Happy Years

19507.5

In Pursuit

20014.3

Last Resort

19966.4

Rites of Passage

19995.6

Deep in the Darkness

20144.8

Bonanza: The Return

19936.5

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights

19984.0

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

19977.2

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

Human Highway

19825.2

Paperman

2026

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

Restraining Order

19994.0

Born to Be Sold

19814.6

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

19757.2

Water Damage

19994.1

Shame

19926.6

Vanishing Son II

19947.2

Twilight Man

19967.5

Win, Place or Steal

19758.0

What Katy Did

19996.8

The Pacific Connection

19745.3

Paper Man

19716.1

Justice in a Small Town

19946.0

Rapture

19657.1

Midnight Blue

19975.3

Home Sweet Homicide

19464.5

The Sweet Scent of Death

19848.0

Cop on the Beat

19754.7

She Came To The Valley

19794.2

The Mighty McGurk

19476.7

Papa Was a Preacher

19865.5

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

19957.0

A Really Important Person

19477.5

Limit Up

19894.5

Buying Time

19894.4

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

Alsino and the Condor

19825.3

The Ping-Pong Match

1968

Al's Beef

2008

Banzai Runner

19876.0

President Wolfman

20125.0

The Arnelo Affair

19475.2

In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s

2017

Friends and Enemies

2026