Dean Stockwell, an actor of cinema and TV series, who was also an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated whose career on stage, whose 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 to Deadline. He was 85
Dean Stockwell was reported to have died “peacefully in his sleep of natural causes,” his family told Deadline.
Born in 1936 in North Hollywood, Dean Stockwell was already, at the age of 7, on the stage on Broadway. As a child, he notably played with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly in Escale à Hollywood. As an adult, he appeared in dozens of films, including Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders, Dune and Blue Velvet by David Lynch , to name a few.
Two awards in Cannes
Most importantly, the comedian became a star playing in all 97 episodes of the five seasons of the sci-fi series Quantum Code , which aired from 1989 to 1993. Dean Stockwell, who played Scott Bakula, was critically acclaimed. for this role which earned him four Emmy nominations, and won him the award for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globes in 1990.
Dean Stockwell is also one of only three actors to have twice won the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival: for Le Génie du mal in 1959 and for Long voyage vers la nuit in 1962.
He has also appeared in many series, including The Fourth Dimension , Columbo , For the Love of Risk , Arabesque , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , Battlestar Galactica.
In recent years, Stockwell, who retired from acting in 2015, did pursue a career change, making art and exhibiting around the U.S. under his full name, Robert Dean Stockwell.
Those close to Stockwell describe him as a rebel who loved to act, to laugh, smoke cigars and play golf.
He is survived by his wife, Joy Stockwell; and their two children, Austin Stockwell and Sophie Stockwell.