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Dean Stockwell
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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…
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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.
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2024
Neil Young - Boarding House 1978
Movie Director
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2021
The Timekeepers of Eternity
Movie Bob Jenkins (archive footage)
- 2017
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2016
Along for the Ride
Movie Self
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2016
Max Rose
Movie Ben Tracey
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2015
Entertainment
Movie Frank
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2014
NCIS: New Orleans
TV show Tom Hamilton
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2014
Rusty Steel
Movie Hunts
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2014
Persecuted
Movie Dave Wilson
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2014
Deep in the Darkness
Movie Phil Deighton
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2014
Enlisted
TV show Dan
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2013
C.O.G.
Movie Hobbs
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2012
President Wolfman
Movie President John Wolfman (archive footage)
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2009
The Dunwich Horror
Movie Dr. Henry Armitage
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2009
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Movie Brother Cavil
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2009
The Nanny Express
Movie Jerry Hewitt
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2008
Al's Beef
Movie The Sherrif
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2008
The Cool School
Movie Self
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2006
The Deal: El trato
Movie Agent Tremayne
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2005
American Black Beauty
Movie Tim Lane
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2004
Battlestar Galactica
TV show John Cavil
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2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie Mark Whiting
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2002
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie General Lancaster
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2002
Inferno
Movie Mayor Bill Klinger
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2002
First Monday
TV show Senator Edward Sheffield
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2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
TV show Colonel Grat
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2001
The Quickie
Movie Michael
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2001
CQ
Movie Dr. Ballard
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2001
In Pursuit
Movie Charles Welz
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2000
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Movie Tim Drake (voice)
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2000
They Nest
Movie Sheriff Hobbs
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1999
Rites of Passage
Movie Del Farraday
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1999
The Venice Project
Movie Senator Campbell
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1999
Water Damage
Movie Frank Skoufaris
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1999
Restraining Order
Movie Charlie Mason
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1999
What Katy Did
Movie Tramp
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1998
The Shadow Men
Movie Stan Mills
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1998
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
Movie Bophisto
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1998
Phenomenon: The Lost Archives
TV show Self - Host
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1997
The Rainmaker
Movie Judge Harvey Hale
