American actor Dean Stockwell, best known for his role as Admiral Al Calavicci in the series Quantum code, died Sunday, November 7, at the age of 85, his family told Deadline, confirming information by TMZ. The actor died in his sleep at his home, said his entourage to the magazine Variety.
Best known in France for his role as a caustic hologram alongside Scott Bakula in the series broadcast on M6 in the 1990s, Dean Stockwell already had a long film career behind him. He notably won an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1988 for Veuve but not too much, by Jonathan Demme, and has also starred in major films like Dune and Blue Velvet, by David Lynch, and Paris, Texas, by Wim Wenders.
Born March 5, 1936 in Hollywood, the comedian made his film debut at the age of 7. He plays the son of Gregory Peck in The invisible wall, the Kim of Rudyard Kipling in the film of the same name by Victor Saville, the young Peter in The Boy with Green Hair by Joseph Losey. At 16, with more than twenty films to his credit, he gave up everything and ran the roads for five years.
Dean Stockwell returned to the profession in 1957. He notably played in Lovers and sons, The Genius of Evil – for which he obtained in 1959 the prize for male interpretation at the Cannes Film Festival shared with Bradford Dillman and Orson Welles – and Long journey into the night – Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival shared with Jason Robards and Ralph Richardson in 1962.
In 1985, he turns in Los Angeles Federal Police, by William Friedkin, and in 1986 in Blue Velvet, by David Lynch – he’s the one who, during a dark nightmare evening, sings in playback on a Roy Orbinson record, lighting himself up with a floor lamp…
He goes on Stone gardens, by Francis Ford Coppola, Beverly Hills Cop 2, by Tony Scott, then Tucker, always with Coppola. His popularity increased further on television when he joined the cast of Battlestar Galactica in 2006.