Dean Stockwell was born on March 5, 1936 in Hollywood, California.
Sometimes Dean Stockwell is credited as Robert Dean Stockwell.
Stockwell's father was an actor/singer whose greatest claim
to fame was supplying the speaking and singing voice for Prince
Charming in Disney's SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937).
Starting in show business as a child actor, Dean Stockwell
first appeared in films, then in his 20s he re-established
himself , after experiencing some personal problems,only
to bounce back as a middle-aged character player, which has brought
Dean his greatest success and popularity.
Neil Youngs title album in 1970 After the Gold Rush was inspired
by Dean Stockwell.
Playing one of the college-boy killers in the Broadway production
of COMPULSION, a role Dean Stockwell repeated in the 1959
film won Dean and his co-stars an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 1962 Dean Stockwell received his second Cannes ensemble
award for his role as Eugene O'Neill's alter ego in LONG DAY'S
JOURNEY INTO NIGHT.
As the holographic observer Al, Dean Stockwell was on the
TV series QUANTUM LEAP from 1989 to 1993.
In February 1992 Dean Stockwell received a star on the Hollywood
Walk of Fame. fans of QUANTUM LEAP organized this Leap
Day ceremony.
Dean Stockwell's other notable credits include...
