Dean Stockwell (born March 5, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-nominated, Cannes Award and Golden Globe-winning American actor of film and television, active for over 60 years. He played Rear Admiral Albert "Al" Calavicci in the NBC television series Quantum Leap, and currently appears in the Sci Fi Channel revival of Battlestar Galactica as Brother Cavil. He also had a small role in Blue Velvet.

Biography

Career

Stockwell began his acting career at age seven. Some of his notable child roles include that of Robert Shannon in The Green Years (1946), as well as playing Gregory Peck's son in Gentleman's Agreement (1947). He also starred in the lead role of the film The Boy With Green Hair in 1948, and in a film adaptation of The Secret Garden in 1949. Unlike many child actors, he continued to act past his teenage years. In 1945 he appeared in a main character role (Donald Martin) in the musical movie "Anchors Aweigh" alongside Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly. In 1950, he appeared in a lead role alongside Errol Flynn in Kim, the film of Rudyard Kipling's novel of the same name.