Dean Stockwell
Acting • Born 1936-03-05 – Died 2021-11-07
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
206 credits
Beverly Hills Cop II
Movie • 1987
Chip Cain
In Pursuit
Movie • 2001
Charles Welz
Paris, Texas
Movie • 1984
Walt
Al's Beef
Movie • 2008
The Sherrif
Blue Velvet
Movie • 1986
Ben
Dune
Movie • 1984
Doctor Wellington Yueh
Married to the Mob
Movie • 1988
Tony Russo, Sr.
The Player
Movie • 1992
Andy Civella
A Killing Affair
Movie • 1977
Kenneth Switzer
Wrong Is Right
Movie • 1982
Hacker
The Rainmaker
Movie • 1997
Judge Harvey Hale
The Time Guardian
Movie • 1987
Boss
Air Force One
Movie • 1997
Walter Dean
Gentleman's Agreement
Movie • 1947
Tommy Green
Catchfire
Movie • 1990
John Luponi
To Live and Die in L.A.
Movie • 1985
Bob Grimes
CQ
Movie • 2001
Dr. Ballard
They Nest
Movie • 2000
Sheriff Hobbs
Gardens of Stone
Movie • 1987
Capt. Homer Thomas
Compulsion
Movie • 1959
Judd Steiner
The Arnelo Affair
Movie • 1947
Ricky Parkson
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
Mark Whiting
Deep Waters
Movie • 1948
Donny Mitchell
Song of the Thin Man
Movie • 1947
Nick Charles Jr.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Movie • 1976
Paul Levell
The Shadow Men
Movie • 1997
Stan Mills
McHale's Navy
Movie • 1997
Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Movie • 1962
Edmund Tyrone
The Secret Garden
Movie • 1949
Colin Craven
The Boy with Green Hair
Movie • 1948
Peter
The Valley of Decision
Movie • 1945
Paulie
The Legend of Billie Jean
Movie • 1985
Muldaur
Psych-Out
Movie • 1968
Dave
The Dunwich Horror
Movie • 2009
Dr. Henry Armitage
The Deal: El trato
Movie • 2006
Agent Tremayne
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Donald Martin
The Dunwich Horror
Movie • 1970
Wilbur Whateley
The Last Movie
Movie • 1971
Billy the Kid
The Quickie
Movie • 2001
Michael
Human Highway
Movie • 1982
Otto Quartz
Rusty Steel
Movie • 2014
Hunts
Smokescreen
Movie • 1988
Michael Dattalico
Sons and Lovers
Movie • 1960
Paul Morel
Rapture
Movie • 1965
Joseph
Last Resort
Movie • 1996
Grey Wolf
The Werewolf of Washington
Movie • 1973
Jack Whittier
Naked Souls
Movie • 1996
Duncan
The Green Years
Movie • 1946
Robert Shannon as a child
Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer
Movie • 1975
Narrator (voice)
Banzai Runner
Movie • 1987
Billy Baxter
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Movie • 2009
Brother Cavil
The Loners
Movie • 1972
Stein
Win, Place or Steal
Movie • 1975
Billy
The Mighty McGurk
Movie • 1947
Nipper
The Happy Years
Movie • 1950
John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
Sandino
Movie • 1990
Capitain Hatfield
Kim
Movie • 1950
Kim
Papa Was a Preacher
Movie • 1986
John White
Stars in My Crown
Movie • 1950
John Kenyon
Cattle Drive
Movie • 1951
Chester Graham, Jr.
Home Sweet Homicide
Movie • 1946
Archie Carstairs
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Movie • 1995
Aaron Bliss
C.O.G.
Movie • 2013
Hobbs
What Katy Did
Movie • 1999
Tramp
American Black Beauty
Movie • 2005
Tim Lane
Limit Up
Movie • 1989
Peter Oak
Down to the Sea in Ships
Movie • 1949
Jed Joy
Madonna - Innocence Lost
Movie • 1994
Tony Ciccone
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Movie • 1998
Bophisto
Alsino and the Condor
Movie • 1982
Frank
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Movie • 1987
James McLaughlin
Living in Peril
Movie • 1997
William
The Careless Years
Movie • 1957
Jerry Vernon
Twilight Man
Movie • 1996
Hollis Deitz
Max Rose
Movie • 2016
Ben Tracey
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Movie • 1972
Freddy Duncan
To Kill a Stranger
Movie • 1986
John Carver
Restraining Order
Movie • 1999
Charlie Mason
Jorge, Um Brasileiro
Movie • 1988
Mário
Inferno
Movie • 2002
Mayor Bill Klinger
The Failing of Raymond
Movie • 1971
Raymond
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Movie • 1947
Andrew MacBean
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Movie • 2021
Bob Jenkins (archive footage)
Paperman
Movie
She Came To The Valley
Movie • 1979
Pat Westall
Gun for a Coward
Movie • 1956
Hade (Harry) Keough
Persecuted
Movie • 2014
Dave Wilson
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie • 2002
General Lancaster
The Ping-Pong Match
Movie • 1968
Ping Pong Player
Deep in the Darkness
Movie • 2014
Phil Deighton
Tracks
Movie • 1976
Mark
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Movie • 1991
Self
Fatal Memories
Movie • 1992
Det. Robert Morse
A Really Important Person
Movie • 1947
Billy Reilly
Cop on the Beat
Movie • 1975
Det. Callan
Shame
Movie • 1992
Tim Curtis
Paper Man
Movie • 1971
Avery Jensen
Mr. Wrong
Movie • 1996
Jack Tramonte
Entertainment
Movie • 2015
Frank
The Nanny Express
Movie • 2009
Jerry Hewitt
Born to Be Sold
Movie • 1981
Marty Helick
In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s
Movie • 2017
Self
Vanishing Son II
Movie • 1994
Mickey Jo
The Blue Iguana
Movie • 1988
Detective Carl Strick
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
Movie • 1988
Howard Hughes
The Pacific Connection
Movie • 1974
Miguel
Chasers
Movie • 1994
Salesman Stig
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Movie • 2000
Tim Drake (voice)
Water Damage
Movie • 1999
Frank Skoufaris
Midnight Blue
Movie • 1997
Katz-Feeney
Unabomber: The True Story
Movie • 1996
Ben Jeffries
The Venice Project
Movie • 1999
Senator Campbell
Daniel in the Lions' Den
Movie • 1978
Hissar
Bonanza: The Return
Movie • 1993
Augustus Brandenburg
Along for the Ride
Movie • 2016
Self
One Away
Movie • 1976
Pete Bass
Rites of Passage
Movie • 1999
Del Farraday
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Movie • 1997
Self
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Movie • 1994
Jack Lowe
Justice in a Small Town
Movie • 1994
Commissioner Sam Caldwell
The Innocent
Movie • 1994
Capt. Jason Flaboe
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Movie • 1945
Dean (uncredited)
Buying Time
Movie • 1989
Detective Novak
The Cool School
Movie • 2008
Self
The Sweet Scent of Death
Movie • 1984
Greg Denver
President Wolfman
Movie • 2012
President John Wolfman (archive footage)
When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1989
Self
Friends and Enemies
Movie
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Elliot Easterbrook
Columbo
TV • 1971
Eric Wagner
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV • 2001
Colonel Grat
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Jay Boy Calhoun
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Officer Collins
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Martin Rosetti
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Michael Vincent Riley
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Dr. Griss
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Jack Gretsky
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
Martin Decker
Battlestar Galactica
TV • 2004
John Cavil
Mannix
TV • 1967
Chris Townsend
The Commish
TV • 1991
Robert Allardyce
Jeopardy!
TV • 1984
Self - Contestant
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Al Calavicci
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
James Francis
Combat!
TV • 1962
Rob Lawson
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Charlie Evans
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Private First Class John Townsend
Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966
Gunnar Malstrom
Cannon
TV • 1971
Tom Longman
JAG
TV • 1995
Edward Sheffield
Stargate SG-1
TV • 1997
Doctor Kieran
First Monday
TV • 2002
Senator Edward Sheffield
Johnny Staccato
TV • 1959
Dave - the Slasher
Hunter
TV • 1984
Brother Hobarts
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Davis Tucker
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Lieutenant Katell / Lieutenant Yamuri
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Robert St. Clair
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Billy Weaver
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Harley Brydell
Outlaws
TV • 1960
Billy Joe Minden
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
Buzz Shelby
Police Story
TV • 1973
Ott
McCloud
TV • 1970
Pete Lancaster
Climax!
TV • 1954
Les Marshall
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Ellery Queen
TV • 1975
Cliff Waddell
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
TV • 1973
Jerry
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense
TV • 1984
Greg Denver
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. Rudy Devereux
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Arnold Foster
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV • 1959
Johnny Perry
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 1997
Frank DiMeo
The Langoliers
TV • 1995
Bob Jenkins
Three for the Road
TV • 1975
Ethan Crawford
Police Story
TV • 1973
Callan
The Streets of San Francisco
TV • 1972
Charlie Blake
Police Story
TV • 1973
Detective Giacino
Police Story
TV • 1973
Bennett
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Carl Mittelbach
NCIS: New Orleans
TV • 2014
Tom Hamilton
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Jimmy Drew
Columbo
TV • 1971
Lloyd Harrington
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Matthew Rush
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Darryl Ryder
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives
TV • 1998
Self - Host
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Clete Weber
Enlisted
TV • 2014
Dan
Nowhere Man
TV • 1995
Gus Shepard
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV • 1990
Duke Nukem (voice)
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
John Delaney
Thirty-Minute Theatre
TV • 1965
The Man
The Drew Carey Show
TV • 1995
Hal
The Danny Thomas Hour
TV • 1967
Bruno
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Juan Ortega
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Will Santee
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Rodney Lawrence
The Man from Snowy River
TV • 1994
Professor Julius Waugh
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Preston Carpenter
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
David H. Kelsey / William Newmaster
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Can't Hurry Love
TV • 1995
Vic Carlucci
Vanishing Son
TV • 1994
Mickey Jo
Late Night with David Letterman
TV • 1982
Self - Guest