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'''Dean Stockwell''' (born March 5, 1936) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] of film and television, active for over 65 years. He played [[Al Calavicci|Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci]] in the [[NBC]] television series ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'' and [[John Cavil|Brother Cavil]] in the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] revival of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= FILM; Dean Stockwell, Happy at Last in Hollywood|work= New York Times|date=September 11, 1988|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/movies/film-dean-stockwell-happy-at-last-in-hollywood.html?scp=8&sq=Dean%20Stockwell&st=cse|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref>
'''Dean Stockwell''' (born March 5, 1936) is an [[United States|American]] [[actor]] of film and television, with a career spanning over 65 years. As a child actor under contract to MGM he first came to the public's attention in films such as ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' and ''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]''; as a young adult he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptations of [[Meyer Levin]]'s ''Compulsion'', a novel based on the true-life story of [[Leopold and Loeb]].

More recently he became widely known for television roles, playing [[Al Calavicci|Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci]] in the 1989&ndash;1993 television series ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]'', and [[John Cavil|Brother Cavil]] in the [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]] 21st century revival of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title= FILM; Dean Stockwell, Happy at Last in Hollywood|work= New York Times|date=September 11, 1988|url= http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/11/movies/film-dean-stockwell-happy-at-last-in-hollywood.html?scp=8&sq=Dean%20Stockwell&st=cse|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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In 1945, he appeared in a main character role (Donald Martin) in the musical movie ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' alongside [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Gene Kelly]]. Some of his other notable child roles included that of Robert Shannon in ''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]'' (1946), [[Gregory Peck]]'s son in ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' (1947), and as [[Lionel Barrymore]]'s grandson and [[Richard Widmark]]'s protege in ''[[Down to the Sea in Ships]]'' (1949). 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 (1949 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' in 1949. In 1950, he appeared in a lead role alongside [[Errol Flynn]] in ''[[Kim (film)|Kim]]'', the film of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s novel of the same name.
In 1945, he appeared in a main character role (Donald Martin) in the musical movie ''[[Anchors Aweigh (film)|Anchors Aweigh]]'' alongside [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Gene Kelly]]. Some of his other notable child roles included that of Robert Shannon in ''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]'' (1946), [[Gregory Peck]]'s son in ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' (1947), and as [[Lionel Barrymore]]'s grandson and [[Richard Widmark]]'s protege in ''[[Down to the Sea in Ships]]'' (1949). 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 (1949 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' in 1949. In 1950, he appeared in a lead role alongside [[Errol Flynn]] in ''[[Kim (film)|Kim]]'', the film of [[Rudyard Kipling]]'s novel of the same name.


Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1959, Stockwell appeared in the film ''[[Compulsion (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 [[Bradford Dillman]] and [[Orson Welles]] as the [[Clarence Darrow]]-based lawyer Jonathan Wilk. In 1958, he joined [[Gloria Talbott]] and [[Dan Blocker]] as guest stars in the episode "Mercyday" of the [[NBC]] [[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[The Restless Gun]]'', starring [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]].
Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1957, he starred as Judd Steiner in the Broadway adaptation of ''Compulsion'', based on the [[Leopold and Loeb]] story;<ref>{{cite web| title= Compulsion| url= http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=2651 | publisher= The Broadway League | work= [[Internet Broadway Database]] | accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref> he played the same role in the 1959 film adaptation ''[[Compulsion (film)|Compulsion]]''. ''Compulsion'' also starred [[Bradford Dillman]] and [[Orson Welles]] as the [[Clarence Darrow]]-based lawyer Jonathan Wilk. In 1958, he joined [[Gloria Talbott]] and [[Dan Blocker]] as guest stars in the episode "Mercyday" of the [[NBC]] [[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[The Restless Gun]]'', starring [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]].


In 1960, he played coal miner's son Paul Morel in the British film ''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'', an American actor cast as an Englishman, working alongside [[Trevor Howard]] and [[Wendy Hiller]]. In 1961, Stockwell appeared in the premiere episode of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]'' series, which starred [[Marilyn Maxwell]]. In 1962, he appeared in an adaptation of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s play ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'' along with [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Ralph Richardson]] and [[Jason Robards]]. In 1964, Stockwell guest-starred in an episode of [[NBC]]'s [[medical drama]] ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''.
In 1960, he played coal miner's son Paul Morel in the British film ''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'', an American actor cast as an Englishman, working alongside [[Trevor Howard]] and [[Wendy Hiller]]. In 1961, Stockwell appeared in the premiere episode of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Bus Stop (TV series)|Bus Stop]]'' series, which starred [[Marilyn Maxwell]]. In 1962, he appeared in an adaptation of [[Eugene O'Neill]]'s play ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'' along with [[Katharine Hepburn]], [[Ralph Richardson]] and [[Jason Robards]]. In 1964, Stockwell guest-starred in an episode of [[NBC]]'s [[medical drama]] ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''.


In the early 1960s, Stockwell [[Turn on, tune in, drop out|dropped out]] of [[show business]], becoming active in the [[hippie]] subculture.<ref name="tcmbio">{{cite web| title= Biography | publisher= [[Turner Classic Movies]] | url= http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/185047%7C37263/Dean-Stockwell/biography.html | accessdate=2011-11-05}}</ref>
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Stockwell appeared in two episodes of the mystery series ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''. In 1973, he was the leading actor in a horror [[B-film]] called ''[[The Werewolf of Washington]]''. Stockwell played Jack Whittier, a reporter who had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President and 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 the [[press secretary]] to the President.

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Stockwell appeared in two episodes of the mystery series ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]''. In 1973, he was the leading actor in a horror [[B-film]] called ''[[The Werewolf of Washington]]''. Stockwell played Jack Whittier, a reporter who had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President and 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 the [[press secretary]] to the President. During the mid-1970s Stockwell worked as a [[real-estate broker]].<ref name="tcmbio"/>


In 1984, he appeared in [[Wim Wenders]]' critically acclaimed film ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'', and in that same year, in [[David Lynch]]'s film version of ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' as [[Wellington Yueh]]. The following year he turned in a brief but significant role as attorney Bob Grimes in William Friedkin's ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' In 1986, Stockwell made an appearance in another Lynch production, the [[neo-noir]] thriller ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]].'' In 1988, he was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance as [[Mafia]] boss Tony "the Tiger" Russo in the comedy ''[[Married to the Mob]]''. He received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on February 29, 1992 (Leap Day) following the success of ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''.
In 1984, he appeared in [[Wim Wenders]]' critically acclaimed film ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'', and in that same year, in [[David Lynch]]'s film version of ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' as [[Wellington Yueh]]. The following year he turned in a brief but significant role as attorney Bob Grimes in William Friedkin's ''[[To Live and Die in L.A. (film)|To Live and Die in L.A.]]'' In 1986, Stockwell made an appearance in another Lynch production, the [[neo-noir]] thriller ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]].'' In 1988, he was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for his performance as [[Mafia]] boss Tony "the Tiger" Russo in the comedy ''[[Married to the Mob]]''. He received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on February 29, 1992 (Leap Day) following the success of ''[[Quantum Leap (TV series)|Quantum Leap]]''.


Along with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]], Stockwell has the distinction of having won the award for [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|best actor]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] twice, for ''[[Compulsion (film)|Compulsion]]'' and ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]''.
Along with [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Marcello Mastroianni]], Stockwell won the award for [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|best actor]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] twice, for ''[[Compulsion (film)|Compulsion]]'' and ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]''.


In 2006 Stockwell joined the cast of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] as the lead antagonist, [[Cylon (reimagining)|Cylon]] [[John Cavil]], staying until the end of the series four years later.
Stockwell joined the cast of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] starting with its [[Lay Down Your Burdens|second season finale]], portraying what became the lead antagonist, [[Cylon (reimagining)|Cylon]] [[John Cavil]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
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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]]. During his time at the University of California, Berkeley, he immersed himself in music and wrote several small compositions. He is also a friend of musician [[Neil Young]] and designed the album cover art for ''[[American Stars 'N Bars]]''. Together, they directed ''[[Human Highway]]'', which Stockwell also co-wrote. The title track from Young's 1970 album ''[[After the Gold Rush]]'' is based on the title of a [[After the Gold Rush#After the Gold Rush screenplay|screenplay]] written by Stockwell.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t2740972|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com review of "After the Gold Rush"]</ref>
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]]. During his time at the University of California, Berkeley, he immersed himself in music and wrote several small compositions. He is also a friend of musician [[Neil Young]] and designed the album cover art for ''[[American Stars 'N Bars]]''. Together, they directed ''[[Human Highway]]'', which Stockwell also co-wrote. The title track from Young's 1970 album ''[[After the Gold Rush]]'' is based on the title of a [[After the Gold Rush#After the Gold Rush screenplay|screenplay]] written by Stockwell.<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=song|id=t2740972|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic.com review of "After the Gold Rush"]</ref>


Stockwell is an avid [[golf]]er and would play golf during breaks in filming episodes of ''Quantum Leap''. Stockwell is a [[martial artist]], holding instructor rank in [[Modern Arnis]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Rubenstein| first = Steve| title = Arnis Has Become Dean Stockwell's Destiny(And what, pray tell, is Arnis?)| journal = Fighting Stars| volume = 1| issue = 8| date = December 1, 1974 }}</ref>
Stockwell is an avid [[golf]]er and would play golf during breaks in filming episodes of ''Quantum Leap''. Stockwell is a [[martial artist]], holding instructor rank in [[Modern Arnis]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Rubenstein| first = Steve| title = Arnis Has Become Dean Stockwell's Destiny (And what, pray tell, is Arnis?)| journal = Fighting Stars| volume = 1| issue = 8| date = December 1, 1974 }}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' ([[1960 in film|1960]])
*''[[Sons and Lovers (1960 film)|Sons and Lovers]]'' ([[1960 in film|1960]])
*''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'' ([[1962 in film|1962]])
*''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962 film)|Long Day's Journey Into Night]]'' ([[1962 in film|1962]])
*''Rapture'' ([[1965 in film|1965]])
*''[[Rapture (1965 film)|Rapture]]'' ([[1965 in film|1965]])
*''[[Psych-Out]]'' ([[1968 in film|1968]])
*''[[Psych-Out]]'' ([[1968 in film|1968]])
*''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' ([[1970 in film|1970]])
*''[[The Dunwich Horror (film)|The Dunwich Horror]]'' ([[1970 in film|1970]])
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*[http://www.projectquantumleap.com Project Quantum Leap], fan club site and publisher of The Observer
* [http://www.fmatalk.com/showthread.php?t=1759 Video clip] of Dean Stockwell performing Modern Arnis with [[Remy Presas]]


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Revision as of 22:46, 5 November 2011

Dean Stockwell
Dean Stockwell, 2005
Born
Robert Dean Stockwell

(1936-03-05) March 5, 1936 (age 88)
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1945–present
Spouse(s)Millie Perkins (1960-1962)
Joy Marchenko (1981-2004)
ChildrenAustin Stockwell
Sophia Stockwell
Parent(s)Harry Stockwell (father)
Nina Olivette (mother)
RelativesGuy Stockwell (brother)

Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an American actor of film and television, with a career spanning over 65 years. As a child actor under contract to MGM he first came to the public's attention in films such as Anchors Aweigh and The Green Years; as a young adult he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptations of Meyer Levin's Compulsion, a novel based on the true-life story of Leopold and Loeb.

More recently he became widely known for television roles, playing Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the 1989–1993 television series Quantum Leap, and Brother Cavil in the Sci Fi Channel 21st century revival of Battlestar Galactica.[1]

Early life

Stockwell was born Robert Dean Stockwell in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the younger son of Nina Olivette, an actress and dancer, and Harry Stockwell, an actor and singer.[2] His elder brother was actor Guy Stockwell.

Career

Dean Stockwell in Stars in My Crown (1950)

In 1945, he appeared in a main character role (Donald Martin) in the musical movie Anchors Aweigh alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. Some of his other notable child roles included that of Robert Shannon in The Green Years (1946), Gregory Peck's son in Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and as Lionel Barrymore's grandson and Richard Widmark's protege in Down to the Sea in Ships (1949). 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. In 1950, he appeared in a lead role alongside Errol Flynn in Kim, the film of Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name.

Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1957, he starred as Judd Steiner in the Broadway adaptation of Compulsion, based on the Leopold and Loeb story;[3] he played the same role in the 1959 film adaptation Compulsion. Compulsion also starred Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles as the Clarence Darrow-based lawyer Jonathan Wilk. In 1958, he joined Gloria Talbott and Dan Blocker as guest stars in the episode "Mercyday" of the NBC western series The Restless Gun, starring John Payne.

In 1960, he played coal miner's son Paul Morel in the British film Sons and Lovers, an American actor cast as an Englishman, working alongside Trevor Howard and Wendy Hiller. In 1961, Stockwell appeared in the premiere episode of ABC's Bus Stop series, which starred Marilyn Maxwell. In 1962, he 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 1964, Stockwell guest-starred in an episode of NBC's medical drama The Eleventh Hour.

In the early 1960s, Stockwell dropped out of show business, becoming active in the hippie subculture.[4]

Stockwell appeared in two episodes of the mystery series Columbo. In 1973, he was the leading actor in a horror B-film called The Werewolf of Washington. Stockwell played Jack Whittier, a reporter who had an affair with the daughter of the U.S. President and 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 the press secretary to the President. During the mid-1970s Stockwell worked as a real-estate broker.[4]

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 Wellington Yueh. The following year he turned in a brief but significant role as attorney Bob Grimes in William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L.A. In 1986, Stockwell made an appearance in another Lynch production, the neo-noir thriller 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. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 29, 1992 (Leap Day) following the success of Quantum Leap.

Along with Jack Lemmon and Marcello Mastroianni, Stockwell won the award for best actor at the Cannes Film Festival twice, for Compulsion and Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Stockwell joined the cast of Battlestar Galactica starting with its second season finale, portraying what became the lead antagonist, Cylon John Cavil.

Personal life

Stockwell married actress Millie Perkins in 1960 and the two divorced in 1962. In 1981 he married Joy Marchenko, with whom he had a daughter, Sophia, and a son, Austin, before they divorced in 2004. He is also the godfather of Amber Tamblyn.

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. During his time at the University of California, Berkeley, he immersed himself in music and wrote several small compositions. He is also a friend of musician Neil Young and designed the album cover art for American Stars 'N Bars. Together, they directed Human Highway, which Stockwell also co-wrote. The title track from Young's 1970 album After the Gold Rush is based on the title of a screenplay written by Stockwell.[5]

Stockwell is an avid golfer and would play golf during breaks in filming episodes of Quantum Leap. Stockwell is a martial artist, holding instructor rank in Modern Arnis.[6]

Filmography

Features

Short subjects

  • A Really Important Person (1947)
  • Some of the Best (1949)

Television work

References

  1. ^ "FILM; Dean Stockwell, Happy at Last in Hollywood". New York Times. September 11, 1988. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
  2. ^ Dean Stockwell's Film Reference bio
  3. ^ "Compulsion". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  4. ^ a b "Biography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
  5. ^ Allmusic.com review of "After the Gold Rush"
  6. ^ Rubenstein, Steve (December 1, 1974). "Arnis Has Become Dean Stockwell's Destiny (And what, pray tell, is Arnis?)". Fighting Stars. 1 (8).

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