The great character actor Dean Stockwell has died at the age of 85. His acting career spanned 70 years, starting as a child star in the studio era of the 1940s, spanning well into the 21st century. The height of his career, after his childhood, was in the 1980s and 1990s in classic films like Dune, Paris Texas, Blue Velvet, Married to the Mob (Oscar nomination) and To Live and Die in LA.
But his greatest role was as Al, the holographic sidekick, in the 1989-1993 sci-fi show Quantum Leap. His performance was so funny, so moving, so brilliant that he crafted one of the most unlikely and great characters in TV history.
Last year, in the doldrums of the pandemic, I interviewed Jean-Piere Dorleac, the talented costume designer for Quantum Leap who outfitted Dean Stockwell in all kinds of memorable garbs. You can read the interview and lots more about this great show here.
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