Dean Stockwell

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.

Filmography (196 Appearances)

Friends and Enemies

TBA

Paperman

TBA

The Timekeepers of Eternity

2021

In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s

2017

Along for the Ride

2016

Max Rose

2016

Entertainment

2015

NCIS: New Orleans

2014

Rusty Steel

2014

Persecuted

2014

Deep in the Darkness

2014

Enlisted

2014

C.O.G.

2013

President Wolfman

2012

The Dunwich Horror

2009

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan

2009

The Nanny Express

2009

Al's Beef

2008

The Cool School

2008

The Deal: El trato

2006

American Black Beauty

2005

Battlestar Galactica

2004

The Manchurian Candidate

2004

Buffalo Soldiers

2002

Inferno

2002

First Monday

2002

Star Trek: Enterprise

2001

The Quickie

2001

CQ

2001

In Pursuit

2001

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker

2000

They Nest

2000

Rites of Passage

1999

The Venice Project

1999

Water Damage

1999

Restraining Order

1999

What Katy Did

1999

Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights

1998

Phenomenon: The Lost Archives

1998

The Rainmaker

1997

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

1997

The Shadow Men

1997

The Tony Danza Show

1997

Stargate SG-1

1997

Air Force One

1997

Living in Peril

1997

Midnight Blue

1997

McHale's Navy

1997

Last Resort

1996

Unabomber: The True Story

1996

Twilight Man

1996

Naked Souls

1996

Mr. Wrong

1996

MADtv

1995

JAG

1995

Can't Hurry Love

1995

The Drew Carey Show

1995

Nowhere Man

1995

The Langoliers

1995

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

1995

Madonna - Innocence Lost

1994

The Innocent

1994

The Man from Snowy River

1994

Justice in a Small Town

1994

Chicago Hope

1994

Vanishing Son II

1994

Chasers

1994

Vanishing Son

1994

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

1994

Burke's Law

1994

Bonanza: The Return

1993

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993

Fatal Memories

1992

Shame

1992

The Player

1992

The Commish

1991

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

1990

Catchfire

1990

Sandino

1990

When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen

1989

Limit Up

1989

Buying Time

1989

Quantum Leap

1989

Married to the Mob

1988

Tucker: The Man and His Dream

1988

Smokescreen

1988

The Blue Iguana

1988

Jorge, um Brasileiro

1988

The Time Guardian

1987

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

1987

Banzai Runner

1987

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

Gardens of Stone

1987

Papa Was a Preacher

1986

Blue Velvet

1986

To Kill a Stranger

1986

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985

The Twilight Zone

1985

The Legend of Billie Jean

1985

The Sweet Scent of Death

1984

Dune

1984

Murder, She Wrote

1984

Hunter

1984

Miami Vice

1984

Jeopardy!

1984

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

1984

Paris, Texas

1984

The A-Team

1983

Alsino and the Condor

1982

Human Highway

1982

Wrong Is Right

1982

Late Night with David Letterman

1982

Simon & Simon

1981

Born to Be Sold

1981

Hart to Hart

1979

She Came To The Valley

1979

Daniel in the Lions' Den

1978

A Killing Affair

1977

Tracks

1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

One Away

1976

Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer

1975

Ellery Queen

1975

Three for the Road

1975

Cop on the Beat

1975

Win, Place or Steal

1975

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

1975

The Pacific Connection

1974

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

Orson Welles' Great Mysteries

1973

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

The Loners

1972

The Adventures of Nick Carter

1972

The Failing of Raymond

1971

Paper Man

1971

The Last Movie

1971

Columbo

1971

Cannon

1971

Night Gallery

1970

McCloud

1970

The Dunwich Horror

1970

Psych-Out

1968

The Ping-Pong Match

1968

Mannix

1967

The Danny Thomas Hour

1967

Mission: Impossible

1966

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

The F.B.I.

1965

Rapture

1965

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

Burke's Law

1963

The Greatest Show on Earth

1963

Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962

Combat!

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

Bus Stop

1961

Dr. Kildare

1961

The Defenders

1961

Outlaws

1960

Sons and Lovers

1960

The Twilight Zone

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

Bonanza

1959

Johnny Staccato

1959

Compulsion

1959

Wagon Train

1957

The Careless Years

1957

Gun for a Coward

1956

Matinee Theater

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

Climax!

1954

General Electric Theater

1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

Cattle Drive

1951

Kim

1950

The Happy Years

1950

Stars in My Crown

1950

The Secret Garden

1949

Down to the Sea in Ships

1949

The Boy with Green Hair

1948

Deep Waters

1948

Gentleman's Agreement

1947

Song of the Thin Man

1947

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

1947

The Arnelo Affair

1947

A Really Important Person

1947

The Mighty McGurk

1947

Home Sweet Homicide

1946

The Green Years

1946

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood

1945

Anchors Aweigh

1945

The Valley of Decision

1945 Debut

Golden Globe Awards

1944
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