Dean Stockwell
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| Dean Stockwell | |
| Birth name | Robert Dean Stockwell |
| Born | March 5, 1936 (age 71) Hollywood, California, USA |
| Years active | 1945-Present |
| Spouse(s) | Millie Perkins (1960-1962), Joy Marchenko (1981-2004) |
Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936 in North Hollywood, California) is an Oscar-nominated American film and television actor. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap, and currently appears in the Sci Fi Channel-Sky TV revival of Battlestar Galactica.
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[edit] Film career
Born Robert Dean Stockwell, he began his acting career at age seven. One of his notable child roles, at the age of 11, was as the son of Gregory Peck in Gentleman's Agreement (1947). He also starred in the lead role of the film The Boy With Green Hair in 1948, and in a film adaptation of The Secret Garden in 1949. Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years.
In 1945 he appeared in a main character role (Donald Martin) in the musical movie "Anchors Aweigh" alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly.
In 1950 he appeared in a lead role alongside Errol Flynn in Kim, the film of Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name.
In 1959, Stockwell appeared in the film Compulsion, based on the famous case of Leopold and Loeb (with characters names changed to "Steiner and Strauss"), playing Judd Steiner. Compulsion also starred Orson Welles as the Clarence Darrow-based lawyer Jonathan Wilk.
In 1962, Stockwell appeared in an adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play Long Day's Journey Into Night along with Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson and Jason Robards.
In 1965, his performance as an escaped convict who develops feelings for a 15-year-old girl in "Rapture" drew both praise and controversy. Nevertheless, his dynamic talent as a thespian was recognized.
In 1973, Stockwell was the leading actor in a B-rated horror flick called The Werewolf of Washington. Dean played Jack Whittier, A reporter who had has an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President is sent to Hungary. There he is bitten by a werewolf, and then gets transferred back to Washington D.C., where he gets a job as Press Secretary to the President. Then bodies start turning up all over the city.
In 1984, he appeared in Wim Wenders' critically acclaimed film Paris, Texas, and in that same year, in David Lynch's film version of Dune as the traitor Dr. Yueh. In 1986, Stockwell appeared in another David Lynch film, Blue Velvet. In 1988, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Mafia boss Tony "the Tiger" Russo in the comedy Married to the Mob.
[edit] Television roles
Stockwell's performance as Tony inspired producer Donald Bellisario to cast him in what would arguably become his best-known role, as Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci on Quantum Leap.
The following list is not comprehensive.
- The Twilight Zone – "A Quality of Mercy" (1961) as Lt. Katell
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - "Annabel" (1962), as David Kelsey, the man obsessed with the title character (played by Susan Oliver)
- Night Gallery 'Whisper' (1973)
- Quantum Leap (1989 - 1993) as Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci
- Stephen King's Langoliers (1995) as Bob Jenkins
- Stargate SG-1 - "Shadow Play" (2002) as Doctor Kieran
- Star Trek: Enterprise - "Detained" (2002) as Colonel Grat
- JAG (2002 - 2005) as Senator Edward Sheffield
- Battlestar Galactica (2006) as Brother Cavil
- Phenomenon: The Lost Archives'(1998) as presenter
[edit] Personal life
He has been married twice:
- The actress Millie Perkins (1960 – 1962) (divorced)
- Joy Marchenko (1981 – 2004) (divorced); one daughter and one son
Stockwell is an accomplished artist. He creates both digitally enhanced photographs and original collages in the style of his friend and fellow artist, Wallace Berman. He is also a friend of musician Neil Young and designed the album cover art for American Stars 'N Bars. Together they would direct Human Highway, which Stockwell wrote. The title track from Young's 1970 album After the Gold Rush is based on the title of a screenplay written by Stockwell.[1]
Stockwell is an avid golfer and would play golf during breaks in filming episodes of Quantum Leap.
Dean's father Harry Stockwell was the voice of the Prince in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).
[edit] External links
- Dean Stockwell at the Internet Movie Database
- Dean Stockwell article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki.
- Project Quantum Leap,fan club site and publisher of The Observer
- The Greening of Dean Stockwell (Interview with Dean Stockwell on the making of "Married to the Mob" from the L.A. Weekly) by Michael Dare
