Dean Stockwell, star of ‘Quantum Leap,’ ‘Blue Velvet,’ and ‘Dune,’ dead at 85
reps have confirmed. Born Robert Dean Stockwell in 1936, the Hollywood native got his start in a series of supporting MGM child actor parts throughout the ’40s, including 1945’s “Anchors Away” with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, 1947’s “Gentlemen’s Agreement” opposite Gregory Peck and a starring role in the 1948 Technicolor sleeper hit “The Boy with Green Hair,” which made him a cult star of sorts.“I started at a very early age in this business and I’m sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences,” Stockwell once said of his early days as a kid star, according to his IMDB bio.