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Dean Stockwell (1936-2021) was an Oscar®-nominated American actor. Stockwell’s acting career spanned over 8 decades. As a child actor he was known for his roles in 1945’s Anchors Aweigh (1945), 1946’s The Green Years, 1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement, and 1950’s Kim. As an adult actor he is known for 1988’s Married To The Mob, 1986’s Blue Velvet and the television show Quantum Leap. His IMDb page shows 205 acting credits from 1945 to 2015. This page ranks 56 Dean Stockwell movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, bit parts and his movies not released in North America theaters are not included in the rankings.
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Love This Picture…..Dean is on the Top Row!
Just added 15 more Dean Stockwell movie trailer pages…including two very strange movies (three is you count Blue Velvet)….in Human Highway and The Last Movie. That now makes 24 Stockwell trailer pages.
The first Dean Stockwell movies I recall seeing were The Boy with Green Hair on a black and white TV, therefore not seeing the green hair and Compulsion which was on ABC debuting in 1969. The last film of his I saw was CQ last week.
Dean was #198 on the Oracle of Bacon Top 1000 Center of the Hollywood Universe list in 2016 (he has since dropped to 245). Dean has appeared in a film with last year’s best actor Oscar winner, Gary Oldman and the winners of the 1931 best actor (Lionel Barrymore) and the co-winner of the 1932 (Wallace Beery) awards. These are the other actors on the 2016 list he has worked with;
1 ERIC ROBERTS Restraining Order (1999)
1 ERIC ROBERTS The Shadow Men (1998)
7 WILLEM DAFOE To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
8 MALCOLM MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
15 SEYMOUR CASSEL Chasers (1994)
18 BRUCE WILLIS The Player (1992)
20 MAX VON SYDOW Dune (1984)
24 RANCE HOWARD Limit Up (1989)
25 RICHARD RIEHLE Last Resort (1998)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Blue Velvet (1986)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Catchfire (1990)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Chasers (1994)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Neil Young: Human Highway (1982)
27 DENNIS HOPPER The Last Movie (1971)
27 DENNIS HOPPER The Venice Project (1999)
27 DENNIS HOPPER Tracks (1977)
31 JOHN TURTURRO Catchfire (1990)
31 JOHN TURTURRO To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
37 SALLY KIRKLAND The Player (1992)
37 SALLY KIRKLAND Tracks (1977)
38 NICK NOLTE The Player (1992)
39 DANNY GLOVER The Rainmaker (1997)
40 HARRY DEAN STANTON Midnight Blue (1997)
40 HARRY DEAN STANTON Paris, Texas (1984)
40 HARRY DEAN STANTON Win, Place or Steal (1975)
41 GARY OLDMAN Air Force One (1997)
43 JAMES CAAN Gardens of Stone (1987)
46 MATT DAMON The Rainmaker (1997)
54 HARRISON FORD Air Force One (1997)
58 ELLIOTT GOULD The Player (1992)
59 MICHAEL PAPAJOHN Naked Souls (1996)
61 TINY LISTER JR. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
63 ED HARRIS Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
64 JEFF GOLDBLUM The Player (1992)
66 SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
67 JAMES HONG McHale’s Navy (1997)
69 MARTIN LANDAU Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
76 ALEC BALDWIN Married to the Mob (1988)
77 KAREN BLACK The Player (1992)
80 BRAD DOURIF Blue Velvet (1986)
80 BRAD DOURIF Dune (1984)
81 BILLY ZANE CQ (2001)
82 JAMES RUSSO The Blue Iguana (1988)
84 PHILIP BAKER HALL Air Force One (1997)
87 MICKEY ROURKE The Rainmaker (1997)
88 JON VOIGHT The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
88 JON VOIGHT The Rainmaker (1997)
90 JOHN CUSACK The Player (1992)
91 JAMES EARL JONES Gardens of Stone (1987)
94 XANDER BERKELEY Air Force One (1997)
96 BURT REYNOLDS The Player (1992)
112 ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
113 TRACEY WALTER Married to the Mob (1988)
113 TRACEY WALTER The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
116 GERARD DEPARDIEU CQ (2001)
131 GARY BUSEY Chasers (1994)
131 GARY BUSEY The Player (1992)
136 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Sandino (1990)
136 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON The Last Movie (1971)
137 VINCENT D’ONOFRIO The Player (1992)
142 ERNEST BORGNINE McHale’s Navy (1997)
149 OLIVER PLATT Married to the Mob (1988)
152 JAMES REMAR PERSECUTED (2014)
152 JAMES REMAR Rites of Passage (1999)
158 CHRISTIAN SLATER The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
158 CHRISTIAN SLATER Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
162 DANNY DEVITO The Rainmaker (1997)
166 BRUCE DAVISON PERSECUTED (2014)
170 SCOTT GLENN Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
170 SCOTT GLENN She Came to the Valley (1979)
170 SCOTT GLENN The Player (1992)
171 JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
177 WILLIAM H. MACY Air Force One (1997)
178 LAURENCE FISHBURNE Gardens of Stone (1987)
182 MATTHEW MODINE Married to the Mob (1988)
185 WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
197 ELIAS KOTEAS Gardens of Stone (1987)
197 ELIAS KOTEAS Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
213 MARSHALL BELL Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
231 BILL PULLMAN Mr. Wrong (1996)
232 CHARLES NAPIER Married to the Mob (1988)
232 CHARLES NAPIER The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
234 TOM BOWER Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
239 JEREMY PIVEN The Player (1992)
245 MICKEY ROONEY Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998)
248 GLENN MORSHOWER Air Force One (1997)
255 TIM ROBBINS The Player (1992)
260 PETER COYOTE The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
264 GLENN CLOSE Air Force One (1997)
265 TOM BERENGER Chasers (1994)
269 BRION JAMES The Player (1992)
271 ROBERT WAGNER The Happy Years (1950)
271 ROBERT WAGNER The Player (1992)
274 BRUCE DERN Psych-Out (1968)
274 BRUCE DERN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
277 JURGEN PROCHNOW Air Force One (1997)
277 JURGEN PROCHNOW Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
277 JURGEN PROCHNOW Dune (1984)
279 MERYL STREEP The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
289 SEAN CONNERY Wrong Is Right (1982)
292 SPENCER GARRETT (I) AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
294 ANTHONY MACKIE THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
297 FRED WARD Catchfire (1990)
297 FRED WARD The Player (1992)
299 SEAN YOUNG Dune (1984)
305 JEFF BRIDGES Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
306 ADAM LEFEVRE The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
309 DAVID WARNER Naked Souls (1996)
317 PETER FONDA The Last Movie (1971)
321 JOAQUIM DE ALMEIDA Sandino (1990)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE Sons and Lovers (1960)
323 DONALD PLEASENCE To Kill a Stranger (1985)
324 LIEV SCHREIBER The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
326 TOM ARNOLD McHale’s Navy (1997)
332 ELYA BASKIN Air Force One (1997)
340 KEVIN POLLAK MAX ROSE (2013)
348 CHARLIE SHEEN Catchfire (1990)
349 ISABELLA ROSSELLINI Blue Velvet (1986)
352 GINA GERSHON The Player (1992)
360 ROBERT HARVEY Mr. Wrong (1996)
361 DENZEL WASHINGTON The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
369 MICHELLE PFEIFFER Married to the Mob (1988)
379 MICHAEL PENA BUFFALO SOLDIERS (2001)
382 ANJELICA HUSTON Gardens of Stone (1987)
382 ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
386 JIM BELUSHI Living in Peril (1997)
398 PATRICK STEWART Dune (1984)
402 CHEECH MARIN The Venice Project (1999)
404 GIANCARLO GIANNINI CQ (2001)
407 ROBERT PETERS Air Force One (1997)
413 JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
437 MICHAEL BOWEN The Player (1992)
457 PARKER POSEY The Venice Project (1999)
468 JASON ROBARDS Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
471 JEFF FAHEY Inferno (2002)
478 JOHN SAXON Wrong Is Right (1982)
489 JODIE FOSTER Catchfire (1990)
490 VIRGINIA MADSEN Dune (1984)
490 VIRGINIA MADSEN The Rainmaker (1997)
491 JACK NICHOLSON Psych-Out (1968)
507 TED LEVINE THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
511 JOAN CUSACK MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988)
511 JOAN CUSACK MR. WRONG (1996)
516 JEFFREY WRIGHT THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
522 JAY O. SANDERS Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
531 ZEIJKO IVANEK The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
535 ERICK AVARI MCHALE’S NAVY (1997)
537 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH The Quickie (2001)
537 JENNIFER JASON LEIGH Wrong Is Right (1982)
544 MAKO Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
546 NASTASSJA KINSKI Paris, Texas (1984)
548 HENRY SILVA Wrong Is Right (1982)
554 ILLEANA DOUGLAS MAX ROSE (2013)
555 TOMAS MILIAN The Last Movie (1971)
557 FRED WILLARD MAX ROSE (2013)
558 SAM SHEPARD Paris, Texas (1984)
561 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Air Force One (1997)
561 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
562 STOCKARD CHANNING The Venice Project (1999)
568 FRANK PESCE Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
571 WILLIAM SMITH The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
571 WILLIAM SMITH Win, Place or Steal (1975)
572 CARRIE FISHER The Time Guardian (1987)
586 PETER GERETY PAPA WAS A PREACHER (1985)
597 CRISPIN GLOVER CHASERS (1994)
607 CATHERINE KEENER Catchfire (1990)
609 LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
620 ANDIE MACDOWELL The Player (1992)
639 DANIEL BALDWIN WATER DAMAGE (1999)
646 MARY KAY PLACE The Rainmaker (1997)
649 ALLEN GARFIELD Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
650 MIMI ROGERS The Player (1992)
651 ROY SCHEIDER The Rainmaker (1997)
652 GRETA SCACCHI The Player (1992)
673 PAUL DOOLEY The Player (1992)
684 PETER FALK The Player (1992)
685 PETER GALLAGHER The Player (1992)
693 RICHARD E. GRANT The Player (1992)
706 SALLY KELLERMAN Limit Up (1989)
706 SALLY KELLERMAN The Player (1992)
735 PENELOPE ANN MILLER The Deal (2006/I)
743 JUDE CICCOLELLA THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
744 DAVID ALAN GRIER McHale’s Navy (1997)
744 DAVID ALAN GRIER The Player (1992)
750 ROBERT CARRADINE The Player (1992)
755 ILIA VOLOK AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
758 GARY CARLOS CERVANTES BEVERLY HILLS COP II (1987)
782 DON MCMANUS AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
799 BRUCE CAMPBELL McHale’s Navy (1997)
800 CHRIS ROCK Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
803 TIM CURRY McHale’s Navy (1997)
807 TERI GARR The Player (1992)
807 TERI GARR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
811 MIGUEL FERRER THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
854 IDRIS ELBA BUFFALO SOLDIERS (2001)
855 LESLIE NIELSEN Wrong Is Right (1982)
872 JOE PESCI Catchfire (1990)
873 RANDALL BATINKOFF THE PLAYER (1992)
890 JASON SCHWARTZMAN CQ (2001)
911 TONY SIRICO Catchfire (1990)
912 ARTHUR TOVEY Compulsion (1959)
921 D.B. SWEENEY GARDENS OF STONE (2007)
935 BILL SMITROVICH AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
951 TONY LONGO LIVING IN PERIL (1997)
970 TOM EVERETT AIR FORCE ONE (1997)
971 BRAD WILLIAM HENKE MR. WRONG (1996)
977 GABRIEL MANN BUFFALO SOLDIERS (2001)
978 JOAN ALLEN TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM (1988)
979 DYLAN MCDERMOTT THE BLUE IGUANA (1988)
995 ROB LOWE LIVING IN PERIL (1997)
998 BRUNO GANZ THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (2004)
The following actors appeared on the 2000 list (when Dean was # 37) and worked with him but have since fallen off;
9 ORSON WELLES Compulsion (1959)
14 JOHN CARRADINE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
43 KEENAN WYNN Song of the Thin Man (1947)
58 JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
61 TREVOR HOWARD Sons and Lovers (1960)
75 CAMERON MITCHELL The Mighty McGurk (1947)
77 JOSE FERRER Dune (1984)
93 HARRY CAREY JR. Cattle Drive (1951)
119 RICHARD WIDMARK Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
125 VINCENT PRICE Catchfire (1990)
139 E.G. MARSHALL Compulsion (1959)
146 MIKE MAZURKI Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
147 LLOYD BRIDGES Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
151 CESAR ROMERO Deep Waters (1948)
156 GREGORY PECK Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
156 GREGORY PECK The Valley of Decision (1945)
160 ROBERT RYAN The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
171 JOHN WOOD The Venice Project (1999)
192 YVONNE DE CARLO Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
195 MICHAEL GREENE The Last Movie (1971)
195 MICHAEL GREENE To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
203 JOE SPINELL Married to the Mob (1988)
222 BESS FLOWERS Song of the Thin Man (1947)
237 PETER LAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
241 BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
253 ROBERT WEBBER Wrong Is Right (1982)
270 FRANK SINATRA Anchors Aweigh (1945)
271 PETER BROCCO Compulsion (1959)
271 PETER BROCCO The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
278 KEYE LUKE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
280 BILLY BARTY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
299 FRITZ FELD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON Compulsion (1959)
302 RICHARD ANDERSON The Player (1992)
313 JAMES TOLKAN The Werewolf of Washington (1973)
317 CLIFTON JAMES The Werewolf of Washington (1973)
321 LAUREN BACALL The Venice Project (1999)
384 GILBERT ROLAND The Pacific Connection (1974)
390 BUCK HENRY The Player (1992)
394 ALDO RAY To Kill a Stranger (1985)
394 ALDO RAY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
395 WALTER PIDGEON Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
397 ELKE SOMMER One Away (1976)
421 MICHAEL ANSARA Kim (1950)
424 ZSA ZSA GABOR Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
428 JOHN PHILLIP LAW CQ (2001)
428 JOHN PHILLIP LAW The Last Movie (1971)
446 RAY WALSTON The Player (1992)
451 DANA ANDREWS Deep Waters (1948)
456 JACK RILEY The Player (1992)
460 SCATMAN CROTHERS Win, Place or Steal (1975)
461 FRANK MCRAE Tracks (1977)
466 KENNETH MCMILLAN Dune (1984)
467 VAN JOHNSON The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
473 RENE AUBERJONOIS The Player (1992)
499 JESSICA TANDY The Green Years (1946)
499 JESSICA TANDY The Valley of Decision (1945)
513 RICHARD JORDAN Dune (1984)
516 MADELINE KAHN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
540 FREDDIE JONES Dune (1984)
545 HARDY KRUGER Wrong Is Right (1982)
546 REED MORGAN Limit Up (1989)
555 HUME CRONYN The Green Years (1946)
585 HAMILTON CAMP Kim (1950)
585 HAMILTON CAMP The Happy Years (1950)
594 G.D. SPRADLIN Wrong Is Right (1982)
608 FREDERIC FORREST Chasers (1994)
608 FREDERIC FORREST Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
612 JEFFREY HUNTER Gun for a Coward (1957)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN The Boy with Green Hair (1948)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN The Last Movie (1971)
623 RUSS TAMBLYN Win, Place or Steal (1975)
639 FRANCES BAY Blue Velvet (1986)
648 HARRY MORGAN Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
651 MELVYN DOUGLAS Rapture (1965)
661 RICHARD BRADFORD The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
663 MILTON BERLE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
681 BRADFORD DILLMAN Compulsion (1959)
681 BRADFORD DILLMAN One Away (1976)
682 RAY TEAL Anchors Aweigh (1945)
697 DON GORDON The Last Movie (1971)
699 ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
714 ERIK HOLLAND Gardens of Stone (1987)
730 JUDGE REINHOLD Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
737 SAMUEL FULLER The Last Movie (1971)
740 GEORGE CHANDLER The Happy Years (1950)
742 RICARDO MONTALBAN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
775 DINA MERRILL The Player (1992)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Anchors Aweigh (1945)
783 JAMES FLAVIN Song of the Thin Man (1947)
783 JAMES FLAVIN The Mighty McGurk (1947)
803 JOHN NEVILLE Water Damage (1999)
808 LUANA ANDERS Limit Up (1989)
817 JACK CARTER Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
819 RALPH RICHARDSON Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
824 FRANK WILCOX Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
824 FRANK WILCOX The Arnelo Affair (1947)
830 SUSAN STRASBERG Psych-Out (1968)
833 HARRY NORTHUP The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
845 SEVERN DARDEN The Last Movie (1971)
867 RORY CALHOUN Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
877 JERRY LEWIS MAX ROSE (2013)
886 PHIL LEEDS Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
893 RAY BAKER Living in Peril (1997)
897 PETER DONAT Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
904 ROGER CORMAN The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
915 IVAN TRIESAULT Kim (1950)
946 EARL BOEN Living in Peril (1997)
959 LEON AMES Anchors Aweigh (1945)
959 LEON AMES Cattle Drive (1951)
959 LEON AMES Song of the Thin Man (1947)
959 LEON AMES The Happy Years (1950)
961 NICKY BLAIR Limit Up (1989)
967 STEVE JAMES The Player (1992)
967 STEVE JAMES To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
980 VICTOR MATURE Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
982 BILLY BENEDICT Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
984 PETER MAMAKOS Kim (1950)
1000 TED MARKLAND Catchfire (1990)
1000 TED MARKLAND The Last Movie (1971)
Dean has appeared with 39 Oscar winners;
ANJELICA HUSTON Gardens of Stone (1987)
ANJELICA HUSTON The Player (1992)
ART CARNEY Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
BRODERICK CRAWFORD Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood (1976)
CELESTE HOLM Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
CHARLES COBURN The Green Years (1946)
CHER The Player (1992)
DENZEL WASHINGTON The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
DONALD CRISP THE VALLEY OF DECISION (1945)
ERNEST BORGNINE McHale’s Navy (1997)
FRANK SINATRA Anchors Aweigh (1945)
GARY OLDMAN Air Force One (1997)
GLORIA GRAHAME Song of the Thin Man (1947)
GLORIA GRAHAME The Loners (1972)
GREER GARSON The Valley of Decision (1945)
GREGORY PECK Gentleman’s Agreement (1947)
GREGORY PECK The Valley of Decision (1945)
JACK LEMMON The Player (1992)
JACK NICHOLSON Psych-Out (1968)
JAMES COBURN The Player (1992)
JASON ROBARDS Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
JEFF BRIDGES Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
JESSICA TANDY The Green Years (1946)
JESSICA TANDY The Valley of Decision (1945)
JODIE FOSTER Catchfire (1990)
JON VOIGHT The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
JON VOIGHT The Rainmaker (1997)
JOSE FERRER Dune (1984)
JULIA ROBERTS The Player (1992)
KATHARINE HEPBURN Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962)
LIONEL BARRYMORE Down to the Sea in Ships (1949)
LIONEL BARRYMORE The Valley of Decision (1945)
LOUISE FLETCHER The Player (1992)
MARTIN LANDAU Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
MELVYN DOUGLAS Rapture (1965)
MERYL STREEP The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
PAUL LUKAS Kim (1950)
ROD STEIGER The Player (1992)
SEAN CONNERY Wrong Is Right (1982)
SUSAN SARANDON The Player (1992)
TERESA WRIGHT The Rainmaker (1997)
THOMAS MITCHELL THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE (1947)
WALLACE BEERY The Mighty McGurk (1947)
WENDY HILLER Sons and Lovers (1960)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG The Player (1992)
Hey Dan
1. Well after a few UMR subjects that had short lists…..Dean Stockwell brings with him some very long lists.
2. Thanks as always for including this information.
3. I like the Best Actor Oscar trivia….from Barrymore/Beery to Oldman almost covers 100 years of Oscar winning performances.
4. Stockwell had a stroke in 2006 and has retired from acting…I imagine his rankings will continue to drop fast……but still kudos for being in the Top 250 right now.
5. Bess Flowers in only ONE Dean movie? I want a recount…..lol.
6. Looks like Dennis Hopper was his most frequent co-star…..that makes me appreciate their appearance in Blue Velvet…..by then they had worked together for 20 years.
7. 39 Oscar winners is the highest total for awhile.
8. And finally…looks like two movies really helped Dean out on all the lists…The Player and Won Ton Ton….at least he actually has a role in The Player…..versus it just being a cameo.
Good information.
6.
I have seen 14 Dean Stockwell movies. He was one of the few child stars to make a strong transition into adult roles. He is one of my favourite child star actors,
The HIGHEST ranked film I have seen is Gentleman’s Agreement. I know it stars Gregory Peck, but it is a difficult film to watch and therefore not a favourite.
The highest ranked film I have NOT seen is Beverly Hills Cop II. That’s right. I have indeed seen Air Force One, a recent film.
The LOWEST ranked film I have seen is The Secret Garden.
Favourite Dean Stockwell Movies:
Anchors Aweigh
Down to the Sea With Ships
Compulsion
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Kim
The Valley of Decision
The Boy With Green Hair
Stars in My Crown
Stockwell was in two episodes of Columbo. In one he was the murder victim. In the other he was a suspect, but not the killer (Robert Vaughn was).
HI FLORA
Saw those two Columbo episodes and particularly remember the first one you mention [The Most Dangerous Game 1972] in which Dean played a callow, womanising waster who was murdered in his swimming pool by Robert Culp of Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice fame.
Dean’s role was short but he was excellent in it – a far cry from the nice little innocent boy in Down to the Sea in Ships.
Hey Bob…thanks for the mini-reviews of Stockwell on Columbo. I knew none of this information.
Hey Flora…..thanks for the Dean Stockwell feedback. Your 14 tally is right behind Steve’s 16 and not too far behind my 20. I saw Gentleman’s Agreement about 8 years ago…..it was not one of my favorite Peck movies I watched for the first time. His success for 70 years should be mentioned more often. Apparently he had a stroke a couple of years ago….and is now retired. I did not hear either of those news items. I have only seen 4 of your favorites….of those four…I give Complusion the edge for being my favorite. But Orson Welles steals the show in that one. Good trivia on his Columbo appearances. Good stuff.
Dean Stockwell – You sure know how to press my nostalgia buttons Teach! Ironically enough we male kids who were enthralled by the adult heroes of the 1950s were never too interested in boys our own age – they were just ”kids” after all!
Dean was an exception for me because he was in Down to the Sea in Ships one of my fave films starring my Richard and also in Cattle Drive and Stars in my Crown** with Joel McCrea whom I followed loyally as a youngster. Dean had a 70 year long career as a supporting actor in movies and on television and is still alive today at 82. He survives his brother Guy Stockwell who looked like him and played the title role in the 1966 remake of Beau Geste.
**I see Wiki is currently having its Gabby Hayes moment by naming Randy Scott instead of McCrea as the star of that movie in its write-up on Dean’s career so my own fave Moderator who, W o C and Joel aside, is very much a lone wolf can be forgiven for the very occasional Gabby moment!
My fave Stockwell adult role was in 1959’s Compulsion starring Welles for which Dean won the best actor award at the Cannes Film festival, sharing the accolade with Welles and Bradford Dillman . He also won the best actor award at Cannes for the l962 Long Day’s Journey into Night, no mean achievement when he was “competing” in that one with seasoned acting giants Katie Hep, Sir Ralph Richardson, and Jason Robards. Dean shared the award with the two actors and Katie of course won the best actress award.
The other “kid” that I could tolerate in movies was Brandon D Wilde because he was with my Alan in Shane and my other idols Audie and Jimmy in Night Passage. Besides we youngsters didn’t pay close attention to spelling in those days and for a long time I thought his name was BRANDO De Wilde.
I forgive myself for that because professionals in the early 1950s were making the same mistake. Around Belfast on marquees and in newspaper ads Chuck for example was often called CHARLES Heston, Jeanne Crain got JEAN or Jeannie with often a CrainE tucked onto the end, and the great orator was at times referred to as Marlon Brandon or even Marlo Brandon. You gotta remember though, WH, that Chuck and Bud were newcomers at that time.
Nobody ever said that Angela Lannsbury was Delilah though! YOU scored an original there! Brandon had a 20 year acting career probably mostly in TV but died aged 30 in a tragic accident. His death brought more tears to me than usual because for me “little Joey Starrett” from Shane had passed away.
Anyway Teach thanks for making my Sunday with a page on this actor who although he gave up acting as late as just 2014 is for me a big “blast from the past”. I was never a Flynn fan but to this day I can vividly remember going to the Majestic in Belfast one Saturday afternoon in the early 50s with my late aunt to watch Kim. I see Steve has joined me in a big “Vote Up” for this exciting new page. By the way super ensemble still above – those were the days!
Hey Bob…..glad this Dean Stockwell UMR page brought back such good memories. I was looking at my MGM book…and I saw the MGM stars picture….and Dean being in the picture has always fascinated me. I have not seen Down to the Sea in Ships…but I will add it to my list of movies to watch. Interesting that Stockwell and Brandon D Wilde were the child actors you liked so much. I have always put Stockwell as my generations Kurt Russell….somebody that has been a star for as long as I have been around. Thanks for the vote up and for the Stockwell feedback….it is of course greatly appreciated.
HI STEVE
When I saw Brandon in Shane I had never heard of him before [and had anyway eyes only for Laddie] and Julius Caesar was out that year starring a Marlon Brando whose name also meant nothing to me then so in my immature mind I kept mixing up a Brando D Wilde with a Marlon Brandon, helped along with marquee misspelling as I’ve said.
And it took me a year or so to grasp Chuck was Charlton and not Charles. Ah the naivete of boyhood – only Joel seems to have carried that innocence with him into manhood!
Never got confused between Sir Michael Caine and Sir Maurice Micklewhite in later life though – always knew they were the same guy!
Hey Bob….interesting about getting Brando D Wilde and Marlon Brando mixed up. Ah….the minds of young men….lol. It is hard for me to get Caine and Micklewhite mixed up….he has been Michael Caine for as long as I have been born.
HI BRUCE
I suppose that’ where age has its benefits and I have the advantage of you.
I even remember Glenn when he was Charlie Bill Stuart!
Thumbs up to Bob’s 9/4/18 7:25 AM comment.
Brando the wild (e) . I love it. “Marlyn”, the icons. Brando and Marilyn M. possibly.
HI BOB COX
When one was young one didn’t really read posters too closely – just looked at the pictures on them – and I often got actors and even movie names mixed up or misspelt them
Cinema posters often aggravated the situation by wrongly spelling names/movie titles. However here in Belfast the posters were usually made locally by general advertising firms who didn’t specialise in promoting movies.
That probably wouldn’t happen today as a fortune is pumped into the promotion of movies and a firm that kept getting things wrong most likely wouldn’t survive too long in the movie advertising business nowadays.
Anyway good to hear from you again Robert.
The only film I care about here is Dune, you can keep the rest.
Oh alright let’s see what else is on the chart… I count 16 films out of 56 that I know I’ve watched. Favorites are – Dune, Beverly Hills Cop II, Anchors Aweigh, Air Force One and To Live and Die in LA.
I watched The Dunwich Horror again fairly recently, not very good. And the Werewolf of Washington was worse.
I’m almost sure I’ve seen Kim starring the great Errol Flynn but it might have been just clips in a documentary.
The only film here I’ve seen multiple times is David Lynch’s Dune, the one film in his filmography he doesn’t talk about. The original novel by Frank Herbert was a big favorite when I was a kid, less so the rest of the series.
I want to see Married to the Mob again, watched it once a long time ago looks like I wasn’t overly impressed with it. Might be worth another look. Blue Velvet too.
Nice work Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve…..thanks for checking out our Dean Stockwell page. So you have seen 16 of his movies…or 28.57% of the movies listed. I am at 20 movies watched or 35.71% of his movies. I included a photo of Dune just for you. Of your favorites…I have seen all of them with Air Force One and To Live and Die In L.A. are my favorites too. I have not even heard of The Dunwich Horror or Werewolf in Washington before doing this page. I have not seen Married To The Mob in probably 30 years…I had forgotten he got an Oscar nomination for that one. I bet there are some excellent Dennis Hopper stories that Stockwell could share. Stockwell made numerous movies with Hopper including ones like Human Highway and The Last Movie which might be some of the most unusual behind the scenes movies ever made. Good feedback as always.