Star of the 1990s, Dean Stockwell impressed audiences for his role in the “Quantum Code” series or in the films “Paris, Texas” by Wim Wenders and “Dune” by David Lynch.
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He was one of the figures from the television series Quantum code. American actor Dean Stockwell, star of the 1990s and familiar face of Hollywood for decades, has died aged 85, his agent has announced.
Son of comedians, Dean Stockwell began to perform at the age of seven, in a musical with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, Stopover in Hollywood. During his long career he has notably appeared in classics like Paris, Texas by Wim Wenders in 1984 and in the adaptation of Dune by David Lynch the same year.
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Dean Stockwell reunited with David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan for the film Blue Velvet, where he sang in playback on the song In Dreams by Roy Orbison. He was then shortlisted for the Oscars thanks to his role as mafia godfather Tony Russo in the comedy Widow but not too much, alongside Michelle Pfeiffer.
His most popular role will certainly have been his character of Al, who appears as a hologram in the Quantum Code series to help the scholar played by Scott Bakula in his temporal wanderings. This role had earned him a Golden Globe and four Emmy nominations.