Dean Stockwell

Acting · 2.7 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

Blue Velvet

19867.6

Paris, Texas

19848.1

Air Force One

19976.5

Beverly Hills Cop II

19876.5

The Rainmaker

19977.0

The Player

19927.2

The Manchurian Candidate

20046.5

To Live and Die in L.A.

19857.1

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

20007.3

20015.9

Married to the Mob

19886.0

Chasers

19945.4

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

19886.7

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

20096.7

The Legend of Billie Jean

19856.6

Catchfire

19905.3

Vanishing Son II

19947.2

Palais Royale

19885.5

Gentleman's Agreement

19477.0

Compulsion

19597.1

The Last Movie

19715.7

Gardens of Stone

19876.2

Buffalo Soldiers

20026.3

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

The Dunwich Horror

19705.4

McHale's Navy

19974.5

The Nanny Express

20095.9

The Secret Garden

19497.1

Inferno

20024.3

Fatal Memories

19925.9

The Valley of Decision

19457.2

Mr. Wrong

19964.0

Cattle Drive

19516.5

Psych-Out

19685.0

Long Day's Journey Into Night

19626.9

Sandino

19906.4

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

19764.3

Entertainment

20155.6

Wrong Is Right

19825.6

Down to the Sea in Ships

19497.2

Song of the Thin Man

19476.7

Naked Souls

19963.8

One Away

19765.7

The Timekeepers of Eternity

20217.1

They Nest

20005.5

The Boy with Green Hair

19486.2

Max Rose

20165.6

New Line: Independent Legacies

2026

The Time Guardian

19875.0

Kim

19506.5

C.O.G.

20135.5

Stars in My Crown

19507.0

Gun for a Coward

19566.0

The Shadow Men

19984.5

The Failing of Raymond

19716.2

Twilight Man

19966.4

The Quickie

20014.7

The Happy Years

19507.5

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

19455.8

Daniel in the Lions' Den

1978

To Kill a Stranger

19865.3

The Green Years

19466.4

Living in Peril

19974.7

Sons and Lovers

19606.5

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

19876.0

The Careless Years

19575.7

Rusty Steel

20144.5

In Pursuit

20014.3

Tracks

19765.6

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

19945.7

Jorge, um Brasileiro

19885.8

Persecuted

20144.2

Last Resort

19966.4

Unabomber: The True Story

19966.1

The Venice Project

19997.0

The Blue Iguana

19884.2

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

19476.7

The Loners

19726.7

A Killing Affair

19774.8

The Dunwich Horror

20094.5

Bonanza: The Return

19936.5

Along for the Ride

20167.0

Water Damage

19994.1

Cop on the Beat

19754.7

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

19757.2

Deep Waters

19486.1

The Innocent

19945.6

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

19977.2

Madonna: Innocence Lost

19946.9

The Cool School

20085.9

The Adventures of Nick Carter

19723.8

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

The Deal: El trato

20064.3

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

19957.0

The Mighty McGurk

19476.7

Human Highway

19825.2

The Werewolf of Washington

19733.9

Restraining Order

19994.0

Rites of Passage

19995.6

Win, Place or Steal

19758.0

American Black Beauty

20056.9

Shame

19926.6

Deep in the Darkness

20144.8

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights

19984.0

Al's Beef

2008

Rapture

19657.1

What Katy Did

19996.8

Justice in a Small Town

19946.0

Paperman

2026

Limit Up

19894.5

Home Sweet Homicide

19464.5

The Pacific Connection

19745.3

President Wolfman

20125.0

The Sweet Scent of Death

19848.0

Paper Man

19716.1

The Arnelo Affair

19475.2

Born to Be Sold

19814.6

She Came To The Valley

19794.2

Midnight Blue

19975.3

Papa Was a Preacher

19865.5

Banzai Runner

19876.0

A Really Important Person

19477.5

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s

2017

Friends and Enemies

2026

The Ping-Pong Match

1968

Alsino and the Condor

19825.3

Buying Time

19894.4