Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell
Birth name	Robert Dean Stockwell
Born	March 5, 1936 in Hollywood, California, USA
Died	November 7, 2021 in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, USA from natural causes
Notable Roles	Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap
Notable Episodes
Awards	1 Golden Globe (TV) 1 Viewer for Quality Television Q Award, USA Other Awards: 1 Golden Globe (Motion Picture); 2 Cannes Film Festival Awards; Motion Picture Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; 1 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award; 1 National Society of Film Critics Award; 1 New York Film Critics Circle Award

Biography

Dean Stockwell is an American actor who was one of the biggest child stars in Hollywood throughout the 1940s with appearances in the Gene Kelly/Frank Sinatra musical Anchors Aweigh, in the Thin Man movies and in the 1947 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Gentleman's Agreement. As an adult, he found success in films and on television as "The Observer" Al Calavicci on the sci-fi classic Quantum Leap and with notable recurring roles on such TV shows as Battlestar Galactica and JAG.

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Quantum Leap	Al Calavicci	1989–1993	1	2	3	4	5
The Tony Danza Show	Frank DiMeo	1997–1998	1

Recurring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Battlestar Galactica	Cavil	2006–2009		2	3	4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Front Row Center	David	2x09 - Innocent Witness	March 4, 1956
Matinee Theatre		Fight the Whole World	June 7, 1956
Matinee Theatre		Class of '58	July 9, 1956
Matinee Theatre		Horsepower	July 9, 1956
Matinee Theatre		Julie	December 5, 1956
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		6x11 - The Washington Incident	December 7, 1956
The United States Steel Hour		4x23 - Victim	July 17, 1957
Climax!	Les Marshall	3x40 - Murder is a Witch	August 15, 1957
Wagon Train	Jimmy Owens	1x04 - The Ruth Owens Story	October 9, 1957
General Electric Theater	Private First Class John Townsend	6x28 - God Is My Judge	April 20, 1958
The Restless Gun		2x03 - Mercyday	October 6, 1958
Wagon Train	Juan Ortega	2x02 - The Juan Ortega Story	October 8, 1958
Cimarron City	Bud Tatum	1x07 - Kid on a Calico Horse	November 22, 1958
General Electric Theater	Clete	7x21 - The Family Man	February 22, 1959
Playhouse 90	Roy Riverlee	3x22 - Made in Japan	March 5, 1959
Wagon Train	Rodney Lawrence	2x36 - The Rodney Lawrence Story	June 10, 1959
Johnny Staccato	Dave	1x05 - The Nature of the Night	October 15, 1959
Checkmate	Roddy Stevenson	1x03 - The Cyanide Touch	October 1, 1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Johnny Perry	2x02 - The Dance Man	October 6, 1960
Outlaws	Billy Joe Minden	1x14 - Assassin	February 9, 1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Billy Weaver	6x19 - The Landlady	February 21, 1961
Wagon Train	Will Sheridan/Santee	4x31 - The Will Santee Story	May 3, 1961
Bus Stop	Buzz Shelby	1x01 - Afternoon of a Cowboy	October 1, 1961
The Dick Powell Show	Joe Geary	1x08 - The Geetas Box	November 14, 1961
The Twilight Zone	Katell	3x15 - A Quality of Mercy	December 29, 1961
Alcoa Premiere	Clay Bannon	1x28 - A Place to Hide	May 22, 1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	David Kelsey	1x07 - Annabel	November 1, 1962
The Dick Powell Show	Gary Harper	2x08 - In Search of a Son	November 20, 1962
Combat!	Pvt. Rob Lawson	1x31 - High Named Today	May 7, 1963
The Greatest Show on Earth	Harley Brydell	1x12 - The Wrecker	December 3, 1963
The Defenders	Arnold Foster	3x10 - Climate of Evil	December 7, 1963
The Eleventh Hour	David Farnham	2x29 - To Love Is to Live	April 15, 1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre	Martin Rosetti	1x23 - Their Own Executioners	April 23, 1964
Burke's Law	Jay Boy Calhoun	2x08 - Who Killed Lenore Wingfield?	November 4, 1964
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x05 - The Bell in the Schoolhouse Tolls for Thee, Kildare (1)	September 27, 1965
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x06 - Life in the Dance Hall (2)	September 28, 1965
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x07 - Some Doors Are Slamming (3)	October 5, 1965
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x08 - Enough La Boheme for Everybody (4)	October 11, 1965
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x09 - Now the Mummy (5)	October 12, 1965
Dr. Kildare	Dr. Rudy Devereux	5x10 - A Pyrotechnic Display (6)	October 18, 1965
The Danny Thomas Hour	Bruno	1x18 - The Cage	January 15, 1968
The F.B.I.	Michael Vincent Riley	4x03 - The Quarry	October 6, 1968
Thirty-Minute Theatre		4x13 - Before Breakfast	December 9, 1968
Bonanza	Matthew Rush	11x07 - The Medal	October 26, 1969
Mannix	Chris Townsend	5x03 - A Step in Time	September 29, 1971
The F.B.I.	Darryl Ryder	8x06 - End of a Nightmare	October 22, 1972
Mission: Impossible	Gunnar Malstrom	7x20 - The Pendulum	February 23, 1973
The Streets of San Francisco	Paul Thomas/Paul Cullen	1x26 - Legion of the Lost	April 12, 1973
Night Gallery	Charlie	3x13 - Whisper	May 13, 1973
Great Mysteries	Jerry	1x08 - Unseen Alibi	October 20, 1973
Police Story	Ott	1x06 - Collision Course	November 20, 1973
Police Story	Detective Giacino	2x09 - Love, Mabel	November 26, 1974
The Streets of San Francisco	Charlie Blake	3x19 - The Programming of Charlie Blake	February 6, 1975
Police Story	Callan	2x22 - The Return of Joe Forrester	May 6, 1975
Three for the Road	Ethan Crawford	1x09 - The Trail of Bigfoot	November 9, 1975
Cannon	Tom Longman	5x12 - The Hero	November 26, 1975
Ellery Queen	Cliff Waddell	1x11 - The Adventure of the Blunt Instrument	December 18, 1975
Police Story	Bennett	3x20 - Eamon Kinsella Royce	February 20, 1976
Hart to Hart	James Francis	4x06 - Harts' Desire	November 16, 1982
The A-Team	Police Officer Collins	1x05 - A Small and Deadly War	February 15, 1983
Simon & Simon	Dr. Griss	2x23 - The Skeleton Who Came Out of the Closet	March 31, 1983
Miami Vice	Jack Gretsky	2x08 - Bushido	November 22, 1985
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense	Greg Denver	1x08 - The Sweet Scent of Death	April 4, 1986
Hunter	Brother Harold Hobarts	3x11 - Bad Company	January 10, 1987
Murder, She Wrote	Eliot Easterbrook	4x21 - Deadpan	May 1, 1988
The Twilight Zone	Martin Decker	3x22 - Room 2426	February 11, 1989
Burke's Law		1x04 - Who Killed the Beauty Queen?	January 28, 1994
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Preston Carpenter	1x17 - The Rival	February 27, 1994
Chicago Hope	Robert St. Clair	1x21 - Songs from the Cuckoo Birds	May 22, 1995
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga	Professor Julius Waugh	2x05 - The Manly Art	September 10, 1995
Nowhere Man	Gus Shepard	1x09 - You Really Got a Hold on Me	November 6, 1995
The Commish	Robert Aladyce	5x01 & 02 - In the Shadow of the Gallows	November 30, 1995
Ink	Cy Tannon	1x19 - The Debutante	April 28, 1997
The Drew Carey Show	Hal	5x01 - Y2K, You're Okay	September 22, 1999
First Monday	Senator Edward Sheffield	1x05 - Family Affairs	February 8, 2002
First Monday	Senator Edward Sheffield	1x07 - Right to Die	March 8, 2002
First Monday	Senator Edward Sheffield	1x12 - Showdown	April 22, 2002
Star Trek: Enterprise	Colonel Grat	1x21 - Detained	April 24, 2002
Stargate SG-1	Doctor Kieran	6x07 - Shadow Play	July 26, 2002
JAG	Senator Edward Sheffield	8x01 - Critical Condition (3)	September 24, 2002
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	8x04 - Dangerous Game	October 15, 2002
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	8x07 - Need to Know	November 5, 2002
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	8x15 - Friendly Fire	February 11, 2003
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	8x18 - Fortunate Son	March 18, 2003
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	8x19 - Second Acts	April 1, 2003
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	9x09 - The Boast	November 21, 2003
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	9x14 - People v. SecNav	February 6, 2004
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	9x20 - Fighting Words	April 30, 2004
JAG	SecNav Edward Sheffield	10x03 - Retrial	October 15, 2004
NCIS: New Orleans	Tom Hamilton	1x09 - Chasing Ghosts	November 25, 2014

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Joke and the Valley	Davis Tucker	May 5, 1961	Hallmark Hall of Fame (specials)
Paper Man	Avery Jensen	November 12, 1971
The Failing of Raymond	Raymond	November 27, 1971	ABC Movie of the Week
The Adventures of Nick Carter	Freddy Duncan	February 20, 1972	Great Detectives
The Most Crucial Game	Eric Wagner	November 5, 1972	Columbo
Troubled Waters	Lloyd Harrington	February 9, 1975	Columbo
'Twas the Fight Before Christmas...	Pete Lancaster	December 26, 1976	McCloud
A Killing Affair	Kenneth Switzer	September 21, 1977
Born to Be Sold	Marty Helick	November 2, 1981
Son of the Morning Star	Gen. Phillip Sheridan	February 3, 1991
Shame	Tim Curtis	August 18, 1992
Fatal Memories	Det. Robert Morse	November 9, 1992
Bonanza: The Return	Augustus Brandenburg	November 28, 1993	Bonanza
The Price of Vengeance	Jack Lowe	January 23, 1994	In the Line of Duty
Vanishing Son II	Mickey Jo	July 23, 1994	Vanishing Son
Justice in a Small Town	Commissioner Sam Caldwell	September 23, 1994
The Innocent	Capt. Jason Flaboe	September 25, 1994
Madonna: Innocence Lost	Tony Ciccone	November 29, 1994
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	Aaron Bliss	May 8, 1995
The Langoliers	Bob Jenkins	May 14, 1995
Twilight Man	Hollis Deitz	July 26, 1996
Unabomber: The True Story	Ben Jeffries	September 11, 1996
Close to Danger	Dr. Ames	January 13, 1997
They Nest	Sheriff Hobbs	July 25, 2000
American Black Beauty	Tim Lane	May 31, 2005
The Plan	Number One	October 27, 2009	Battlestar Galactica

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
Anchors Aweigh	Donald Martin	1945
The Green Years	Robert Shannon as a Child	1946
Song of the Thin Man	Nick "Nicky" Charles, Jr.	1947
Gentleman's Agreement	Tommy Green	1947
Deep Waters	Donny Mitchell	1948
Kim	Kim	1950
Compulsion	Judd Steiner	1959
Sons and Lovers	Paul Morel	1960
Long Day's Journey into Night	Edmund Tyrone	1962
Alsino and the Condor	Frank	1982
Neil Young: Human Highway	Otto Quartz	1982
Paris, Texas	Walt	1984
Dune	Dr. Wellington Yueh	1984
To Live and Die in L.A.	Bob Grimes	1985
Blue Velvet	Ben	1986
Gardens of Stone	Capt. Homer Thomas	1987
Beverly Hills Cop II	Charles "Chip" Cain	1987
Smokescreen	Michael Dattalico	1988
Tucker: The Man and His Dream	Howard Hughes	1988
Married to the Mob	Tony "The Tiger" Russo	1988
Buying Time	Detective Novak	1989
The Player	Andy Civella	1992
Mr. Wrong	Jack Tramonte	1996
McHale's Navy	Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton	1997
Air Force One	Defense Secretary Walter Dean	1997
The Rainmaker	Judge Harvey Hale	1997
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Tim Drake	2000
CQ	Dr. Ballard	2001
Buffalo Soldiers	General Lancaster	2001

Awards and Accolades

Primetime Emmy Awards

(4 Nominations)

• Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)

Quantum Leap

Golden Globe Awards

(5 Nominations/1 Win)

• Nominated: Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama (1961)

Sons and Lovers

• Won: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (1990)

Quantum Leap

• Nominated: Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (1991, 1992, 1993)

Quantum Leap

Viewers for Quality Television Q Awards

• Won: Best Supporting Actor in a Quality Drama Series (1990-91)

Quantum Leap

Other Awards

• Academy Awards
  • Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (1988) - Married to the Mob

• Golden Globes (Motion Picture)
  • Won: Special Award - Best Juvenile Actor (1947) - Gentleman's Agreement

• Cannes Film Festival Awards
  • Won: Best Actor (1959) - Compulsion
  • Won: Best Actor (1962) - Long Day's Journey into Night

• Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Motion Picture Star

• Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards, USA
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (1988) - Married to the Mob

• National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (1988) - Married to the Mob

• New York Film Critics Circle Awards, USA
  • Won: Best Supporting Actor (1988) - Married to the Mob