Dean Stockwell An Actor Has Died At The Age Of 85

Dean Stockwell, an actor, died at the age of 85. His film credits include Dune, Blue Velvet, and Married to the Mob, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received four Emmy nominations for his appearances in the TV shows Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica, which made him a fan favourite among science fiction fans.

Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who found new fame in middle age in the science fiction series “Quantum Leap” and a streak of unforgettable performances in films such as David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders’ “Paris, Texas,” and Jonathan Demme’s “Married to the Mob,” has died. He was 85 years old at the time.

Stockwell died of natural causes at home on Sunday, according to a family spokesperson, Jay Schwartz.

Stockwell was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as a humorous mafia lord in “Married to the Mob” and was nominated for an Emmy four times for “Quantum Leap.” Stockwell, who had a seven-decade career, was a master of the character actor, lip-syncing Roy Orbison in a nightmarish party scene in “Blue Velvet,” a desperate agent in Robert Altman’s “The Player,” and Howard Hughes in Francis Ford Coppola’s “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” — and his performances didn’t have to be long to be captivating.

Stockwell’s personal connection with acting, which he began at the age of seven on Broadway, was problematic. He left show business numerous times over his sporadic career, notably at the age of 16 and again in the 1980s, when he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico, to sell real estate.

“Dean spent his entire life bouncing back and forth between fame and anonymity,” says the author “In a statement, his family expressed their condolences. “As a result, he was grateful when he got a job. He never took anything for granted in the business. He was a troublemaker, a genius, and a breath of new air.”