Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – November 7, 2021)

NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor
who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series
“Quantum Leap“ and in a string of indelible performances in
film, including David Lynch’s “Blue Velvet,” Wim Wenders’
“Paris, Texas” and Jonathan Demme’s “Married to the Mob,”
has died.

Agent Jay Schwartz said Stockwell died of natural
causes at his home Sunday.

Quantum Leap is a science-fiction television series, that originally aired on NBC for five seasons, from March 25,
1989 through May 5, 1993. It stars Scott Bakula (right) as
Dr. Sam Beckett, and Dean Stockwell as Rear Admiral “Al”
Calavicci.