Were you a fan of Dean Stockwell’s early work as a child actor, or did you prefer his later work as a character actor during his adult years? Fans were devastated to learn that character actor and former child star Dean Stockwell had passed away on November 7, 2021, from natural causes. The death came after Dean had been retired from acting for several years, having ended his career after appearing in the 2015 independent feature Entertainment to focus on his health. That actor had suffered a stroke and decided that it would be best to take it easy during his remaining years.
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By 2015, Dean had done so much in his lifetime that he deserved the rest! The actor had started out acting when he was in his single digits, having been pushed into the entertainment industry by his show-business parents. His parents never made it as successful entertainers, and they saw a meal ticket in young Dean when he started showing some acting talent. They subsequently pushed him into a career as a child star, and he was soon financially supporting his entire family himself!
Dean resented being a child actor and decided to leave the industry during his young adulthood to pursue an education. He then came back during the late 1950s and received some acclaim for his dramatic performance alongside Orson Welles in the film Compulsion. He received middling work after this, and also joined a hippie commune in the mid-1960s. Another member of the commune was Neil Young.
In the 1980s, Dean retired again before approaching David Lynch and asking for a role in his adaptation of Dune. David gave him a role, and Dean’s appearance in the film sparked a third phase of his career that proved his most successful yet! Join Facts Verse as we pay our respects to Dean Stockwell, former child actor, and Quantum Leap star.
RIP Dean Stockwell, Former Child Actor & Quantum Leap Star
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