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Date of Birth

5 March 1936, Hollywood, California, USA

Birth Name

Robert Dean Stockwell

Height

5' 6" (1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Photogenic American child actor of the 1940s, popular due in no small measure to his air of innocence and his beautiful, cherubic face with its dimples and his sparkling eyes, topped with a crown of curls. Still an actor in demand while well into his middle years, he is one of the few juvenile performers to succeed lifelong in films. Considering child actors who matured gracefully, his career can be likened perhaps only to that of Natalie Wood, excepting her degree of stardom.

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Mini Biography

Dean Stockwell is one of only a few people left that were alive and acting during the golden age of Hollywood. Over a long career he has worked with many of Hollywood's greatest talents. He's stared with Orson Welles in the court drama Compulsion. Worked with Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra in the film Anchors Aweigh, but to many he's best known as the lecherous Admiral Al Calavicci in the TV series Quantum Leap.

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Spouse

Joy Marchenko	(15 December 1981 - 2004) (divorced) 2 children
Millie Perkins	(15 April 1960 - 30 July 1962) (divorced)

Trivia

Born at 9:42pm-PST.

Younger brother of Guy Stockwell.

His father was an actor/singer whose greatest claim to fame was supplying the speaking and singing voice for Prince Charming in Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

Son of Nina Olivette and Harry Stockwell. His mother was also known by the stage name "Betty Veronica".

Son Austin born November 5 1983 and daughter Sophia born August 5,1985.

He gave Neil Young the inspiration for the title of his 1970 album, "After The Gold Rush".

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Saturday, February 29th, 1992. Fans of "Quantum Leap" (1989) organized this Leap Day ceremony.

The first person to win two Acting Awards at the Cannes Film Festival, but he had to share both of his awards with his co-stars.

Stockwell is an accomplished artist. He creates both digitally enhanced photographs and original collages in the style of his friend and fellow artist, Wallace Berman. He is also a friend of musician Neil Young and designed the album cover art for "American Stars'n'Bars". His next show will be at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Dallas, Texas beginning May 12, 2006.

Godfather of Amber Tamblyn.

Auditioned for the role of Michael Corleone in The Godfather (1972).

He made guest appearances on both "Twilight Zone" (1959) and "The Twilight Zone" (1985).

Personal Quotes

I hate to admit it, but you can't do a role unless it's somewhere in your psyche. People don't realize how vast the subconscious is. It's like infinity.

Where Are They Now

(November 2001) Seen at 2001 Reno Film Festival

(September 2004) Reception for Dean Stockwell's solo art exhibit at the R. B. Ravens Art Gallery, Taos, New Mexico, September 3, 2004.