Dean Stockwell

Born: 1936-03-05 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2021-11-07

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2024

Neil Young - Boarding House 1978 ... (Director)

2021

The Timekeepers of Eternity as Bob Jenkins (archive footage)

2017

In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s as Self

2016

Max Rose as Ben Tracey
Along for the Ride as Self

2015

Entertainment as Frank

2014

NCIS: New Orleans as Tom Hamilton
Enlisted as Dan
Persecuted as Dave Wilson
Deep in the Darkness as Phil Deighton
Rusty Steel as Hunts

2013

C.O.G. as Hobbs

2012

President Wolfman as President John Wolfman (archive footage)

2009

Battlestar Galactica: The Plan as Brother Cavil
The Nanny Express as Jerry Hewitt
The Dunwich Horror as Dr. Henry Armitage

2008

The Cool School as Self
Al's Beef as The Sherrif

2006

The Deal: El trato as Agent Tremayne

2005

American Black Beauty as Tim Lane

2004

Battlestar Galactica as John Cavil
The Manchurian Candidate as Mark Whiting

2002

First Monday as Senator Edward Sheffield
Buffalo Soldiers as General Lancaster
Inferno as Mayor Bill Klinger

2001

Star Trek: Enterprise as Colonel Grat
CQ as Dr. Ballard
In Pursuit as Charles Welz
The Quickie as Michael

2000

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker as Tim Drake (voice)
They Nest as Sheriff Hobbs

1999

Rites of Passage as Del Farraday
Restraining Order as Charlie Mason
What Katy Did as Tramp
The Venice Project as Senator Campbell
Water Damage as Frank Skoufaris

1998

The Shadow Men as Stan Mills
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives as Self - Host
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights as Bophisto

1997

Stargate SG-1 as Doctor Kieran
Air Force One as Walter Dean
The Rainmaker as Judge Harvey Hale
The Tony Danza Show as Frank DiMeo
McHale's Navy as Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton
Living in Peril as William
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch as Self
Midnight Blue as Katz-Feeney

1996

Mr. Wrong as Jack Tramonte
Naked Souls as Duncan
Unabomber: The True Story as Ben Jeffries
Last Resort as Grey Wolf
Twilight Man as Hollis Deitz

1995

JAG as Edward Sheffield
The Drew Carey Show as Hal
Nowhere Man as Gus Shepard
The Langoliers as Bob Jenkins
Can't Hurry Love as Vic Carlucci
MADtv as Self
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan as Aaron Bliss

1994

Chicago Hope as Robert St. Clair
The Man from Snowy River as Professor Julius Waugh
Burke's Law as John Delaney
Vanishing Son as Mickey Jo
Chasers as Salesman Stig
Vanishing Son II as Mickey Jo
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance as Jack Lowe
The Innocent as Capt. Jason Flaboe
Madonna - Innocence Lost as Tony Ciccone
Justice in a Small Town as Commissioner Sam Caldwell

1993

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Preston Carpenter
Bonanza: The Return as Augustus Brandenburg

1992

The Player as Andy Civella
Shame as Tim Curtis
Fatal Memories as Det. Robert Morse

1991

The Commish as Robert Allardyce
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self

1990

Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Duke Nukem (voice)
Catchfire as John Luponi
Sandino as Capitain Hatfield

1989

Quantum Leap as Al Calavicci
Limit Up as Peter Oak
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen as Self
Buying Time as Detective Novak

1988

Married to the Mob as Tony Russo, Sr.
Tucker: The Man and His Dream as Howard Hughes
The Blue Iguana as Detective Carl Strick
Smokescreen as Michael Dattalico
Jorge, um Brasileiro as Mário

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Elliot Easterbrook
Miami Vice as Jack Gretsky
Hunter as Brother Hobarts
Jeopardy! as Self - Contestant
Dune as Doctor Wellington Yueh
Paris, Texas as Walt
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense as Greg Denver
The Sweet Scent of Death as Greg Denver

1983

The A-Team as Officer Collins

1982

Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
Wrong Is Right as Hacker
Alsino and the Condor as Frank
Human Highway as Otto Quartz

1981

Simon & Simon as Dr. Griss
Born to Be Sold as Marty Helick

1979

Hart to Hart as James Francis
She Came To The Valley as Pat Westall

1978

Daniel in the Lions' Den as Hissar

1977

A Killing Affair as Kenneth Switzer

1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood as Paul Levell
Tracks as Mark
One Away as Pete Bass

1975

Ellery Queen as Cliff Waddell
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
Three for the Road as Ethan Crawford
Win, Place or Steal as Billy
Cop on the Beat as Det. Callan
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer as Narrator (voice)

1974

The Pacific Connection as Miguel

1973

Police Story as Ott
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries as Jerry
The Werewolf of Washington as Jack Whittier

1972

The Streets of San Francisco as Charlie Blake
The Loners as Stein
The Adventures of Nick Carter as Freddy Duncan

1971

Columbo as Eric Wagner
Cannon as Tom Longman
The Last Movie as Billy the Kid
Paper Man as Avery Jensen
The Failing of Raymond as Raymond

1970

McCloud as Pete Lancaster
Night Gallery as Charlie Evans
The Dunwich Horror as Wilbur Whateley

1968

Psych-Out as Dave
The Ping-Pong Match as Ping Pong Player

1967

Mannix as Chris Townsend
The Danny Thomas Hour as Bruno

1966

Mission: Impossible as Gunnar Malstrom

1965

The F.B.I. as Michael Vincent Riley
Thirty-Minute Theatre as The Man
Rapture as Joseph

1964

Pas de Trois ... (Director)

1963

Burke's Law as Jay Boy Calhoun
Kraft Suspense Theatre as Martin Rosetti
The Greatest Show on Earth as Harley Brydell

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as David H. Kelsey / William Newmaster
Combat! as Rob Lawson
Long Day's Journey Into Night as Edmund Tyrone

1961

Dr. Kildare as Dr. Rudy Devereux
The Defenders as Arnold Foster
Bus Stop as Buzz Shelby

1960

Outlaws as Billy Joe Minden
Sons and Lovers as Paul Morel

1959

Bonanza as Matthew Rush
The Twilight Zone as Lieutenant Katell / Lieutenant Yamuri
The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Johnny Perry
Johnny Staccato as Dave - the Slasher
Compulsion as Judd Steiner

1957

Wagon Train as Jimmy Drew
The Careless Years as Jerry Vernon

1956

Gun for a Coward as Hade (Harry) Keough

1955

Matinee Theater
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Billy Weaver

1954

Climax! as Les Marshall

1953

General Electric Theater as Private First Class John Townsend

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Davis Tucker
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Cattle Drive as Chester Graham, Jr.

1950

Kim as Kim
Stars in My Crown as John Kenyon
The Happy Years as John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover

1949

The Secret Garden as Colin Craven
Down to the Sea in Ships as Jed Joy

1948

The Boy with Green Hair as Peter
Deep Waters as Donny Mitchell

1947

Song of the Thin Man as Nick Charles Jr.
Gentleman's Agreement as Tommy Green
The Mighty McGurk as Nipper
The Romance of Rosy Ridge as Andrew MacBean
The Arnelo Affair as Ricky Parkson
A Really Important Person as Billy Reilly

1946

The Green Years as Robert Shannon as a child
Home Sweet Homicide as Archie Carstairs

1945

Anchors Aweigh as Donald Martin
The Valley of Decision as Paulie
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood as Dean (uncredited)

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee