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 p...
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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Movies (Cast)
Chasers
The Rainmaker
Rapture
Buffalo Soldiers
Cattle Drive
Max Rose
Compulsion
Catchfire
Kim
The Secret Garden
They Nest
Psych-Out
The Werewolf of Washington
Dune
Buying Time
Restraining Order
Mr. Wrong
The Quickie
CQ
Air Force One
The Dunwich Horror
Naked Souls
Banzai Runner
In Pursuit
Blue Velvet
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
President Wolfman
Midnight Blue
The Manchurian Candidate
Deep Waters
Tracks
Paper Man
Rites of Passage
Twilight Man
Down to the Sea in Ships
Anchors Aweigh
Beverly Hills Cop II
Last Resort
Paris, Texas
The Innocent
The Loners
Sons and Lovers
Justice in a Small Town
Deep in the Darkness
The Timekeepers of Eternity
To Live and Die in L.A.
Inferno
Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
Entertainment
A Killing Affair
Persecuted
The Time Guardian
The Valley of Decision
Sandino
Gentleman's Agreement
Song of the Thin Man
Human Highway
Fatal Memories
Smokescreen
The Blue Iguana
Bonanza: The Return
The Boy with Green Hair
Unabomber: The True Story
Limit Up
Tucker: The Man and His Dream
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
The Deal: El trato
The Dunwich Horror
Born to Be Sold
Madonna - Innocence Lost
Gardens of Stone
Gun for a Coward
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
The Green Years
The Venice Project
Home Sweet Homicide
One Away
The Adventures of Nick Carter
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
The Happy Years
The Careless Years
The Shadow Men
What Katy Did
American Black Beauty
The Last Movie
In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance
Vanishing Son II
Stars in My Crown
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Rusty Steel
To Kill a Stranger
McHale's Navy
The Sweet Scent of Death
The Legend of Billie Jean
The Failing of Raymond
C.O.G.
The Mighty McGurk
The Player
Jorge, Um Brasileiro
Cop on the Beat
The Nanny Express
Alsino and the Condor
Wrong Is Right
Water Damage
Married to the Mob
She Came To The Valley
Living in Peril
Papa Was a Preacher
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Langoliers
The Arnelo Affair
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan