Dean Stockwell, the Oscar-nominated actor and whose career in film and TV like projects like gentleman’s agreement dune spanned more than 70 years has died at the age of 85.
Former Quantum Leap star Dean Stockwell, an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actor whose career on stage, in film and TV spanned more than 70 years, passed away in the early morning of November 7. He died peacefully at home of natural causes, a rep for the family confirmed.
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Who was Dean Stockwell? Wiki and Bio
Born on March 5, 1936, Dean’s Hollywood career spanned almost 70 years as he started as a child actor for MGM Studios in the 1940s.
Dean Stockwell, who retired from acting in 2015, did seek a career change in recent years, creating art and showing it throughout the United States under his full name, Robert Dean Stockwell.
Stockwell’s hallmark performance was on the eccentric sci-fi TV series Quantum Leap, which he starred in. He received four Emmy nods for his portrayal in Admiral Al Calavicci opposite Scott Bakula.
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Battlestar Galactica, JAG (from Quantum Leap creator Don Bellisario), The Tony Danza Show, and NCIS: New Orleans are Stockwell’s series credits.
He was best known for his role as Admiral Al Calavicci on the popular sci-fi show Quantum Leap between 1989 and 1993.
He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role in the 1988 comedy-crime movie Married to the Mob.
The actor is survived by his wife Joy and their two children.
Who Was Dean Stockwell Wife Joy Marchenko? Details on her Explored
Stockwell was first married to actress Millie Perkins, who tied the knot with him on April 15, 1960, but the pair divorced just two years later in 1962.
Perkins, now 83, is best known for her debut film role as Anne Frank in ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ (1959), and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966 Westerns, ‘The Shooting’ and ‘Ride in the Whirlwind’. Perkins and Stockwell appeared together on ‘Wagon Train’ in the episode titled “The Will Santee Story”. The pair never had any children
On December 15, 1981, Stockwell married his second wife, Joy Marchenko, a textiles expert who worked in Morocco. T
he pair went on to have two children of their own — Sophia Stockwell and Austin Stockwell — but they separated in the year 2004. In his final years, Stockwell was said to have been married to Carol Belle. However, there is not much information about her or how she met Stockwell.
When was Dean Stockwell born? Age and Net Worth Revealed
Stockwell was born in 1936 in North Hollywood. By the time he was 7, he was on Broadway, launching a career as a child actor.
He appeared in Anchors Aweigh with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, Kim with Errol Flynn, Gentleman’s Agreement and, most notably, in the controversial 1948 movie The Boy With the Green Hair.
He was on Broadway by the age of seven, establishing a career as a child actor.
Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), and Kim (1947) were among his first films as a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1950).
As for Dean Stockwell’s net worth, he has a Net worth of $5 Million.
He transitioned to more adult roles quite easily, performing in the Broadway play “Compulsion” in his late teens and revisiting the role when the show was adapted into a film.
RIP Dean Stockwell. From Married to the Mob to The Player to Blue Velvet to Quantum Leap and beyond, he was a reliable scene stealer. pic.twitter.com/FK7zFE87Om
— the Joe Griffin (@theJoeGriffin) November 9, 2021
What happened Dean Stockwell? Cause of death Revealed
The reason for Dean Stockwell’s passing has nothing to do with his illness. Instead, it has been reported that he passed away due to natural causes.
Dean died from natural causes on November 7, 2021.
Scott Bakula, his co-star on Quantum Leap, said Dean “had the greatest work ethic”.
He told ABC7 : “He was a breath of fresh air and kept me laughing. He was unique in his determination to make each role his own.”
Filmmaker and journalist Bilge Ebiri said: “RIP Dean Stockwell, a great actor who never met a scene he couldn’t steal.”
Director Mark Huestis described Dean as a “great, underrated” American actor.
In a Facebook tribute, he said: “Throughout he demonstrated both his versatility and enormous sensitivity, vulnerability, and depth as an actor. I loved him. He will be missed.”
One fan said: “Rest in peace Dean Stockwell, an actor of wonderful range and versatility.”
And, another commented: “I think Dean Stockwell was probably the first actor I ever loved, he was just so goddamned suave on Quantum Leap.
“Then you get older and see him pop up all over and realize he was actually one of the greatest character actors of all time. What a legacy! RIP.”
Friends branded Dean “rebel” who liked to laugh, smoke cigars, and play golf, according to Deadline.
The main thing was Dean was present with all his loved ones before he took a final breath at home.
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