Robert Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is a retired American film
and television 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 such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green
Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Kim (1950).As a young
adult, he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen
adaptations of Compulsion and in 1962, Stockwell played Edmund Tyrone
in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won
a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He appeared in
supporting roles in such films as Paris, Texas (1984), To Live and Die
in L.A. (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to
the Mob (1988), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for
Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player (1992),
and Air Force One (1997).His television roles include playing Rear
Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap (1989â€"1993) and
Brother Cavil in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica
(2004â€"2009). Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar
Galactica, Stockwell appeared at numerous science fiction
conventions.Robert Dean Stockwell was born March 5, 1936 in the North
Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California, and grew up between
there and New York City. Stockwell was born into a family of
entertainers. He is the younger son of Elizabeth "Betty" Stockwell and
Harry Stockwell, an actor and lyric baritone singer in New York
productions of Carousel and Oklahoma! as well as the voice of Prince
Charming in Disney's film Snow White. His elder brother was television
and film actor Guy Stockwell. His stepmother, Elizabeth Veronica
Stockwell, was an actress, comedian, singer, and toe dancer in
burlesque and theater in Northern America and New York.
and television 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 such as Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green
Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and Kim (1950).As a young
adult, he played a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen
adaptations of Compulsion and in 1962, Stockwell played Edmund Tyrone
in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won
a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival. He appeared in
supporting roles in such films as Paris, Texas (1984), To Live and Die
in L.A. (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).
He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to
the Mob (1988), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination for
Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player (1992),
and Air Force One (1997).His television roles include playing Rear
Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap (1989â€"1993) and
Brother Cavil in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica
(2004â€"2009). Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar
Galactica, Stockwell appeared at numerous science fiction
conventions.Robert Dean Stockwell was born March 5, 1936 in the North
Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California, and grew up between
there and New York City. Stockwell was born into a family of
entertainers. He is the younger son of Elizabeth "Betty" Stockwell and
Harry Stockwell, an actor and lyric baritone singer in New York
productions of Carousel and Oklahoma! as well as the voice of Prince
Charming in Disney's film Snow White. His elder brother was television
and film actor Guy Stockwell. His stepmother, Elizabeth Veronica
Stockwell, was an actress, comedian, singer, and toe dancer in
burlesque and theater in Northern America and New York.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.