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Guy Stockwell(1933-2002)

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Guy Stockwell
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Although younger brother Dean Stockwell is perhaps the better known actor of the two, Guy Stockwell was a strong, seriously handsome and highly reliable performer over the years, appearing in over 30 films and 200 television shows. The son of Broadway singing baritone Harry Stockwell, his mother, Elizabeth Margaret Veronica, a former chorus girl/dancer who once went by the stage name of "Betty Veronica," sent both Dean and Guy to an open call for a 1943 Broadway show entitled "The Innocent Voyage," which was to star famed acting teacher Herbert Berghof. The play needed about a dozen children and, by chance, both boys were cast. Dean went immediately into films for MGM and became a popular post-war child star while Guy had to wait until adulthood before coming into his own. Following high school he attended the University of California where he majored in psychology and philosophy.

Guy started his career off in minor film and TV bits, then was given his big break in 1961 as a regular cast member of the outdoor sea adventure Adventures in Paradise (1959) as first mate to star Gardner McKay. He played the role for one season. Following that in 1963 he became one of 11 performers who made up the company for Richard Boone's television anthology series. Guy became a Universal contract player in 1965 and went straight into several standard tales of adventure and intrigue, including The War Lord (1965), Tobruk (1967) and Blindfold (1966). Initially promoted as a dashing Errol Flynn type in swordplay adventures and outdoor epics, the studio had him star in the remake of Gary Cooper's French Foreign Legion classic Beau Geste (1966) opposite another film up-and-comer Doug McClure. He co-starred with McClure again, this time as the villain, in The King's Pirate (1967) while vying for beauties Jill St. John and Mary Ann Mobley. He also earned the role of Buffalo Bill Cody in a remake of Cooper's The Plainsman (1966). Playing a villain again in the glossy soaper Banning (1967) with Robert Wagner and Ms. St. John, most of Guy's high-profile roles came off routine at best and the films failed at the box office. He made his last picture for Universal co-starring with Anthony Franciosa in In Enemy Country (1968) before his contract ended.

Guy subsequently gravitated towards the small screen and local stage. He created the Los Angeles Art Theater along the way where he played leading roles in well-received productions of "Hamlet" and his own adaptation of "Crime and Punishment.". Gaining respect in later years as an acting teacher, he wrote a textbook for actors called Cold Reading Advantage (1991) and taught acting (as an alumnus at the University of California) for two years in their masters program. Subsequent character parts in films were a bit offbeat to say the least, having gained some weight over time. He was also involved in extensive voice-over work.

Married and divorced three times, he had two children, Doug and Victoria, by first wife Susan; an adopted son, Kerry, by second wife Sandy; and had several stepchildren by his marriage to third wife Olga. Guy suffered from diabetes in later years and died of complications in 2002. He was 68.
BornNovember 16, 1933
DiedFebruary 6, 2002(68)
BornNovember 16, 1933
DiedFebruary 6, 2002(68)
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Guy Stockwell in The Mighty McGurk (1947)
Aline MacMahon and Guy Stockwell in The Mighty McGurk (1947)
Guy Stockwell in Beau Geste (1966)
Guy Stockwell in Beau Geste (1966)
Gardner McKay, Susan Oliver, and Guy Stockwell in Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Margaret O'Brien and Guy Stockwell in Adventures in Paradise (1959)
Robert Wagner and Guy Stockwell in Banning (1967)
Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, and Guy Stockwell in Airport 1975 (1974)
"Bonanza" Michael Landon, Guy Stockwell in "Invention of a Gunslinger" 1964
Telly Savalas, Guy Stockwell, and Ava Zamora in Beau Geste (1966)
Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
Bradford Dillman, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)

Known for

The War Lord (1965)
The War Lord
6.6
  • Draco
  • 1965
Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
Quantum Leap
8.2
TV Series
  • Jake Edwards
Beau Geste (1966)
Beau Geste
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  • Beau Geste
  • 1966
Airport 1975 (1974)
Airport 1975
5.7
  • Colonel Moss
  • 1974

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  • Columbo (1971)
    Columbo
  • Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)
    Murder, She Wrote
  • Unspeakable Acts (1990)
    Unspeakable Acts
  • Robert Firth in Mick and Frankie (1989)
    Mick and Frankie
  • Santa Sangre (1989)
    Santa Sangre
  • Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989)
    Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure
  • Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell in Quantum Leap (1989)
    Quantum Leap
  • Square One Television (1987)
    Square One Television
  • Joe Howard and Beverly Leech in Mathnet (1987)
    Mathnet
  • Grotesque (1988)
    Grotesque
  • Chuck Connors, Lance LeGault, and John J. York in Werewolf (1987)
    Werewolf
  • Andy Griffith in Matlock (1986)
    Matlock
  • Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker in Simon & Simon (1981)
    Simon & Simon
  • The Fall Guy (1981)
    The Fall Guy
  • Andrea Elson and Matthew Labyorteaux in Whiz Kids (1983)
    Whiz Kids

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    • November 16, 1933
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • February 6, 2002
    • Prescott, Arizona, USA(complications from diabetes)
    • May 10, 1975 - ? (divorced)
    • Harry Stockwell
    • Nina Olivette(Stepparent)
  • Other works
    Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a pilot called "The Hunters" about two adventurers who run a safari.

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    Older brother of Dean Stockwell.

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