No shit. Those off-duty clothes he wore as Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap were something else.
I saw an interview with him, he talked about how he hated being a child actor, and was forced to work to support his mother and brother after his father left the family.
StG
He was set up by creepy murderer Robert Vaughn, but of course Columbo saw through the frame!
This was the episode where Patrick MacNee and Bernard Fox were also guest stars.
Maybe I’ll down a Heineken in his honor tonight. 
Considering that another version of Dune is out now, it’s interesting to note that he played Doctor wellington Yueh in the 1984 David Lynch version. Chang Shen plays him in the current version.
One of the first things I thought of, oddly enough. What’s interesting here is that he also had a big role in the 2008 TV movie of the same novel, playing Dr. Armitage this time instead of Wilbur Whately
Sadly, neither version is really very good, or at all faithful to Lovecraft’s excellent story. The 1970 version is interesting in that it was an early attempt by American-International to introduce some sex and nudity into their horror films, along with psychedelic overtones.
Heineken??? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!
I will always remember Mr. Stockwell as “Dave” in the sixties time-capsule Psych-Out (1968) lecturing a pony-tailed Jack Nicholson (as “Stoney’), “You’re righteous, Stoney, but you’re not very hip.” Later, he proves himself a total dickwad by giving the powerful psychedelic STP to innocent deaf runaway Susan Strasberg.
I recall him being very good in The Secret Garden (1949), though without much to do. He is excellent in the title role of Kim (1950) as an orphan participating in “The Great Game” of geopolitical intrigue in India. He was also well-cast in Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962) – a film no one should see twice - as an alcoholic, but he is upstaged by his co-stars and Katherine Hepburn’s hair.
Nevertheless, his finest performance for me is as Howard Hughes in Tucker: The Man and his Dream (1988). Without resort to cliché or parody, Mr. Stockwell captured the charisma, paranoia and disconnected thinking of a drug-addled Hughes in a one-scene cameo lasting but a few minutes, yet leaving an indelible impression. It is the best cinematic portrayal of Hughes, imo.
Given his talent and with better career timing, I think Mr. Stockwell could have made a very credible Tony Stark.
Paris, Texas isn’t the greatest movie. Not really all that much to it, but what makes it so enjoyable is it stars Harry Dean Stanton and Dean Stockwell. These two guys together in one movie makes it worth watching.
And of course, “Fuck That Shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!”
Jason Robards played the older brother alcoholic, Stockwell had tuberculosis. That was a large part of the conflict of the play, whether the skinflint father would pay to send him to a decent sanatorium. I thought he held his own.
I was sorry to see that he hated being a child actor. He was good at it, engaging without being too cute. I remember him in Anchors Aweigh, he had a lot of screen time in that movie and never became unbearable.
Battlestar Galactica had references to The Boy With Green Hair, btw
The 2009 film Battlestar Galactica: The Plan , which also starred (the adult) Dean Stockwell, made extensive reference to The Boy with Green Hair . Director Edward James Olmos, a fan of Stockwell’s earlier film, had a replica of Peter’s costume created for a war orphan character in The Plan named John. Olmos stated that he wanted John to have green hair, but the studio refused to allow it
I’m sorry to learn that Dean Stockwell felt that way about his childhood roles. Certainly he didn’t show it–I can’t imagine any other kid being as effective in Gentleman’s Agreement as he was.
When contemplating the sad loss of so many performers from the Silver Screen era, I’d often think ‘well, at least we still have Dean Stockwell—he acted with William Powell and Myrna Loy!’
A true professional, and a unique presence. Condolences to his family and friends.
Oh…life well lived!
Despite Frank Booth obviously dominating this clip, I post it anyway to show what I’ve always noted, in the way Stockwell slightly recedes, turning away, and switching off the light as his exuent from the flick, and now, life.
And now, it’s dark
R.I.P.