Dean Stockwell

American actor (1936–2021)

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Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936-November 7, 2021) was an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, Cannes Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor of film and television, active for over 70 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series "Quantum Leap", and also appeared in the Sci Fi Channel revival of "Battlestar Galactica" as Brother Cavil. He had a small but memorable role in the film "Blue Velvet". Stockwell also had a lasting influence on popular

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Born: Robert Dean Stockwell , ( 1936-03-05 ) March 5, 1936, Los Angeles , California , U.S.
Died: November 7, 2021 (2021-11-07) (aged 85), Whangārei , New Zealand
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1945–2015
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Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American actor and collage artist, whose career in film and television spanned seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he appeared in Anchors Aweigh (1945), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), The Secret Garden (1949), and Kim (1950). As a young adult, he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway play Compulsion and its 1959 film version; 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 had lead roles in the films The Dunwich Horror (1970) and The Werewolf of Washington (1973). 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), Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004).