“After Paris, Texas and Dune, I think I”
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Dean Stockwell
Robert Dean Stockwell was an American actor and collage artist, whose career in film and television spanned seven decades. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he appeared in Anchors Aweigh (1945), Song of the Thin Man (1947), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), The Secret Garden (1949), and Kim (1950). As a young adult, he playe…
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entertainment · American actor (1936–2021) · actor · television actor · film actor · stage actor · photographer · film director · director · also Dean Stockwell, Stockwell
Born 5 March 1936 · Died 7 November 2021 · Q345212
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2026· 1 entry
2021· 11 entries
Collider: Dean Stockwell: How Married to the Mob Changed His Career
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Washington Post: Dean Stockwell, child actor who later starred in TV’s ‘Quantum Leap,’ dies at 85
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Yahoo: Scott Bakula, David Lynch, and more pay tribute to Dean Stockwell: 'Honored to know him'
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Yahoo: Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ dies at 85
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Collider: Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap Actor, Dead at 85
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UPI: Dean Stockwell, 'Quantum Leap' actor, dies at 85
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Deadline.com: Scott Bakula Remembers ‘Quantum Leap’ Co-Star Dean Stockwell: “He Made Me A Better Human Being”
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Deadline.com: Dean Stockwell Remembered: David Lynch Recommends ‘Blue Velvet’ Song ‘Honky Tonk, Part 1’ In Honor; Co-Stars Pay Tribute
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TheWrap: Dean Stockwell Tributes Pour In: ‘Never Met a Scene He Couldn’t Steal’
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Variety: Dean Stockwell, Actor Known for ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Married to the Mob,’ Dies at 85
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Died 2021-11-07.
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2015· 1 entry
Due to health issues and focused on sculpture and other visual art
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1989· 1 entry
Stockwell appeared as second lead in the show Quantum Leap, which ran for five seasons
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1988· 1 entry
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
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1986· 1 entry
Stockwell made an appearance in another Lynch production, the neo-noir thriller Blue Velvet
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1985· 2 entries
Stockwell said this film "is a great picture
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Turned in a brief but significant role as attorney Bob Grimes in William Friedkin's To Live and Die in L
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1984· 2 entries
Dean lost his father Harry Stockwell due to diabetes
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Appeared in Wim Wenders's critically acclaimed film Paris, Texas, and in the same year, in David Lynch's film version of Dune as Wellington Yueh
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1983· 1 entry
His wife gave birth to their son, Austin
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1981· 1 entry
Stockwell married his second wife, Joy Marchenko, a textiles expert who worked in Morocco
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1971· 1 entry
“is a great picture. It was ahead of its time then – and it still is ... it will gain respect over the years. Dennis Hopper is a marvelous director.”
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1968· 1 entry
“The flower children and the love-ins … were the childhood I didn’t have.”
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1962· 2 entries
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
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Stockwell and Perkins divorced
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1957· 2 entries
Starred as Judd Steiner in the Broadway adaptation of Compulsion, based on the Leopold and Loeb story
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As Jimmy Drew, brother to Shelley Winters in "The Ruth Owens Story", also in 1958, as Juan Ortega in "The Juan Ortega Story", and again in 1959, as Rodney Lawrence in "The Rodney Lawrence Story")
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1951· 1 entry
Stockwell had a lead role with Joel McCrea in a Western at Universal, Cattle Drive
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1948· 1 entry
“during the production, I did feel that I was part of something that meant something to me, it was important.”
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1936· 1 entry
Born 1936-03-05.
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