Dean Stockwell, veteran actor of stage and screen whose career spanned over seventy years, died on Sunday, November 7, at the age of 85.
Stockwell began his career on Broadway at the age of seven, and was a successful child actor, taking hiatuses and then returning to show biz at least twice in his long career. Among his many, many roles were stints in science fiction television (Quantum Leap and Battlestar Galactica) and roles in David Lynch movies (Dune and Blue Velvet.) [CW: violence, language] After retiring from show biz in 2015, he took up a career as an artist.