Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021) was an American film, television and stage actor with a career spanning over 70 years. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in films including Anchors Aweigh (1945), The Green Years (1946), Gentleman's Agreement (1947), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), and Kim (1950). As a young adult, he had a lead role in the 1957 Broadway and 1959 screen adaptation of Compulsion; and in 1962 he played Edmund Tyrone in the film version of Long Day's Journey into Night, for which he won two Best Actor Awards at the Cannes Film Festival. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for his starring role in the 1960 film version of D. H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers. He appeared in supporting roles in such films as Dune (1984), Paris, Texas (1984), To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), Blue Velvet (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988). He received further critical acclaim for his performance in Married to the Mob (1988), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He subsequently had roles in The Player (1992), Air Force One (1997), The Rainmaker (1997) and The Manchurian Candidate (2004). His television roles include Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in Quantum Leap (1989–1993), Navy Secretary Edward Sheffield on JAG (2002–2004), and Brother Cavil on Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009). Following his roles on Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, he appeared at numerous science fiction conventions. He retired from acting in 2015 following health issues and focused his later life on sculpture and other visual art.

Filmography

• 2024Neil Young - Boarding House 1978 — Director
• 2021The Timekeepers of Eternity — Bob Jenkins (archive footage)
• 2016Max Rose — Ben Tracey
• 2015Entertainment — Frank
• 2014Deep in the Darkness — Phil Deighton
• Enlisted — Dan
• NCIS: New Orleans — Tom Hamilton
• 2014Persecuted — Dave Wilson
• 2014Rusty Steel — Hunts
• 2013C.O.G. — Hobbs
• 2012President Wolfman — President John Wolfman (archive footage)
• 2009Battlestar Galactica: The Plan — Brother Cavil
• 2009The Dunwich Horror — Dr. Henry Armitage
• 2009The Nanny Express — Jerry Hewitt
• 2008Al's Beef — The Sherrif
• 2006The Deal: El trato — Agent Tremayne
• 2005American Black Beauty — Tim Lane
• Battlestar Galactica — John Cavil
• 2004The Manchurian Candidate — Mark Whiting
• 2002Buffalo Soldiers — General Lancaster
• First Monday — Senator Edward Sheffield
• 2002Inferno — Mayor Bill Klinger
• 2001CQ — Dr. Ballard
• 2001In Pursuit — Charles Welz
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Colonel Grat
• 2001The Quickie — Michael
• 2000Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker — Tim Drake (voice)
• 2000They Nest — Sheriff Hobbs
• 1999Restraining Order — Charlie Mason
• 1999Rites of Passage — Del Farraday, Associate Producer
• 1999The Venice Project — Senator Campbell
• 1999Water Damage — Frank Skoufaris
• 1999What Katy Did — Tramp
• 1998Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights — Bophisto
• 1998The Shadow Men — Stan Mills
• 1997Air Force One — Walter Dean
• 1997Living in Peril — William
• 1997McHale's Navy — Capt. Wallace B. Binghampton
• 1997Midnight Blue — Katz-Feeney
• Stargate SG-1 — Doctor Kieran
• 1997The Rainmaker — Judge Harvey Hale
• The Tony Danza Show — Frank DiMeo
• 1996Last Resort — Grey Wolf
• 1996Mr. Wrong — Jack Tramonte
• 1996Naked Souls — Duncan
• 1996Twilight Man — Hollis Deitz
• 1996Unabomber: The True Story — Ben Jeffries
• Can't Hurry Love — Vic Carlucci
• 1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan — Aaron Bliss
• JAG — Edward Sheffield
• Nowhere Man — Gus Shepard
• The Drew Carey Show — Hal
• The Langoliers — Bob Jenkins
• Burke's Law — John Delaney
• 1994Chasers — Salesman Stig
• Chicago Hope — Robert St. Clair
• 1994In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance — Jack Lowe
• 1994Justice in a Small Town — Commissioner Sam Caldwell
• 1994Madonna: Innocence Lost — Tony Ciccone
• 1994The Innocent — Capt. Jason Flaboe
• The Man from Snowy River — Professor Julius Waugh
• Vanishing Son — Mickey Jo
• 1994Vanishing Son II — Mickey Jo
• 1993Bonanza: The Return — Augustus Brandenburg
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Preston Carpenter
• 1992Fatal Memories — Det. Robert Morse
• 1992Shame — Tim Curtis
• 1992The Player — Andy Civella
• The Commish — Robert Allardyce
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers — Duke Nukem (voice)
• 1990Catchfire — John Luponi
• 1990Sandino — Capitain Hatfield
• 1989Buying Time — Detective Novak
• 1989Limit Up — Peter Oak
• Quantum Leap — Al Calavicci
• 1988Jorge, um Brasileiro — Mário
• 1988Married to the Mob — Tony Russo, Sr.
• 1988Palais Royale — Michael Dattalico
• 1988The Blue Iguana — Detective Carl Strick
• 1988Tucker: The Man and His Dream — Howard Hughes
• 1987Banzai Runner — Billy Baxter
• 1987Beverly Hills Cop II — Chip Cain
• 1987Gardens of Stone — Capt. Homer Thomas
• 1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues — James McLaughlin
• 1987The Time Guardian — Boss
• 1986Blue Velvet — Ben
• 1986Papa Was a Preacher — John White
• 1986To Kill a Stranger — John Carver
• 1985The Legend of Billie Jean — Muldaur
• The Twilight Zone — Martin Decker
• 1985To Live and Die in L.A. — Bob Grimes
• 1984Dune — Doctor Wellington Yueh
• Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense — Greg Denver
• Hunter — Brother Hobarts
• Miami Vice — Jack Gretsky
• Murder, She Wrote — Elliot Easterbrook
• 1984Paris, Texas — Walt
• 1984The Sweet Scent of Death — Greg Denver
• The A-Team — Officer Collins
• 1982Alsino and the Condor — Frank
• 1982Human Highway — Otto Quartz, Director, Screenplay
• 1982Wrong Is Right — Hacker
• 1981Born to Be Sold — Marty Helick
• Simon & Simon — Dr. Griss
• Hart to Hart — James Francis
• 1979She Came To The Valley — Pat Westall
• 1978Daniel in the Lions' Den — Hissar
• 1977A Killing Affair — Kenneth Switzer
• 1976One Away — Pete Bass
• 1976Tracks — Mark
• 1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Paul Levell
• 1975Cop on the Beat — Det. Callan
• 1975Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer — Narrator (voice)
• Ellery Queen — Cliff Waddell
• Three for the Road — Ethan Crawford
• 1975Win, Place or Steal — Billy
• 1974The Pacific Connection — Miguel
• Orson Welles' Great Mysteries — Jerry Norton
• Police Story — Ott, Detective Giacino, Callan, Bennett
• 1973The Werewolf of Washington — Jack Whittier
• 1972The Adventures of Nick Carter — Freddy Duncan
• 1972The Loners — Stein
• The Streets of San Francisco — Charlie Blake
• Cannon — Tom Longman
• Columbo — Eric Wagner, Lloyd Harrington
• 1971Paper Man — Avery Jensen
• 1971The Failing of Raymond — Raymond
• 1971The Last Movie — Billy the Kid
• McCloud — Pete Lancaster
• Night Gallery — Charlie Evans
• 1970The Dunwich Horror — Wilbur Whateley
• 1968Psych-Out — Dave
• 1968The Ping-Pong Match — Ping Pong Player
• Mannix — Chris Townsend
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Bruno
• Mission: Impossible — Gunnar Malstrom
• 1965Rapture — Joseph
• The F.B.I. — Michael Vincent Riley, Darryl Ryder
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — The Man
• 1964Pas de Trois — Director
• Burke's Law — Jay Boy Calhoun
• Kraft Suspense Theatre — Martin Rosetti
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Harley Brydell
• Combat! — Rob Lawson
• 1962Long Day's Journey Into Night — Edmund Tyrone
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — David H. Kelsey / William Newmaster
• Bus Stop — Buzz Shelby
• Dr. Kildare — Dr. Rudy Devereux
• The Defenders — Arnold Foster
• Outlaws — Billy Joe Minden
• 1960Sons and Lovers — Paul Morel
• Bonanza — Matthew Rush
• 1959Compulsion — Judd Steiner
• Johnny Staccato — Dave - the Slasher
• The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Johnny Perry
• The Twilight Zone — Lieutenant Katell / Lieutenant Yamuri
• 1957The Careless Years — Jerry Vernon
• Wagon Train — Jimmy Drew, Juan Ortega, Rodney Lawrence, Will Santee
• 1956Gun for a Coward — Hade (Harry) Keough
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Billy Weaver
• Matinee Theater — Carl Mittelbach
• Climax! — Les Marshall
• General Electric Theater — Private First Class John Townsend, Clete Weber
• 1951Cattle Drive — Chester Graham, Jr.
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Davis Tucker
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1950Kim — Kim
• 1950Stars in My Crown — John Kenyon
• 1950The Happy Years — John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
• 1949Down to the Sea in Ships — Jed Joy
• 1949The Secret Garden — Colin Craven
• 1948Deep Waters — Donny Mitchell
• 1948The Boy with Green Hair — Peter
• 1947A Really Important Person — Billy Reilly
• 1947Gentleman's Agreement — Tommy Green
• 1947Song of the Thin Man — Nick Charles Jr.
• 1947The Arnelo Affair — Ricky Parkson
• 1947The Mighty McGurk — Nipper
• 1947The Romance of Rosy Ridge — Andrew MacBean
• 1946Home Sweet Homicide — Archie Carstairs
• 1946The Green Years — Robert Shannon as a child
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Donald Martin
• 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood — Dean (uncredited)
• 1945The Valley of Decision — Paulie
• Friends and Enemies
• Paperman

Appearances as themselves (13)

• 2017In Hollywood's Backyard: Topanga in the 1970s — Self
• 2016Along for the Ride — Self
• 2008The Cool School — Self
• Phenomenon: The Lost Archives — Self - Host
• 1997Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch — Self
• MADtv — Self
• 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper — Self
• 1989When We Were Young: Growing Up on the Silver Screen — Self
• Jeopardy! — Self - Contestant
• Late Night with David Letterman — Self - Guest
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)