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  Dean Stockwell, actor best known for the hit time-travel series Quantum Leap and David Lynch’s noir film Blue Velvet – obituary

  Dean Stockwell, who has died aged 85, started out as a child actor and later appeared in the time-travelling American television series Quantum Leap as Rear Admiral Albert “Al” Calavicci, the “hologram” adviser of Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) who not only leaps through time but also tries to change history by occupying the bodies of the people he encounters; the show ran for five seasons (1989-93) creating one of television’s great double acts, with Bakula’s character being a man of impeccable mor

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  Dean Stockwell: cult indie character actor who refused to fit in

  Dean Stockwell: cult indie character actor who refused to fit in. At once an insider yet never quite Hollywood enough, Stockwell’s prolific career was at its best when he showed his own alienation

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  Dean Stockwell death: Quantum Leap and Dune star dies aged 85

  Actor also featured in ‘Married to the Mob’ and ‘Paris, Texas’

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  Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap and Blue Velvet actor, dies aged 85

  Dean Stockwell, Quantum Leap and Blue Velvet actor, dies aged 85. Versatile actor had worked in Hollywood since childhood, and was Oscar nominated for his role in 1988 comedy Married to the Mob A life in pictures: Dean Stockwell

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  Quantum Leap star Dean Stockwell dies aged 85

  'Quantum Leap' actor Dean Stockwell has died of natural causes aged 85, according to a representative.

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  Quantum Leap star Dean Stockwell dead age 85

  The actor died peacefully at home on Sunday.

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  Dean Stockwell: Tributes to Quantum Leap actor who has died age 85

  One fan wrote: ‘RIP Dean Stockwell, a great actor who never met a scene he couldn’t steal’

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  Quantum Leap star Dean Stockwell dies aged 85 - actor was also known for films and shows including Dune, Married To The Mob and Battlestar Galactica

  Tributes are being paid to the "wildly talented" actor Dean Stockwell, best known for starring in Quantum Leap, who has died aged 85. A spokesperson told Sky News that the star passed away peacefully at his home of natural causes. Stockwell was a Golden Globe winner and an Oscar and Emmy nominee, who appeared in a range of films including Air Force One, Married To The Mob, The Rainmaker, Dune and Blue Velvet, in a career in entertainment spanning more than 70 years.

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  Socially conscious TV done right: why Dean Stockwell’s Quantum Leap was ahead of its time

  These were the first words from Dr Sam Beckett every time he “leaped” into a new body, a new time and place, and a new potentially fatal or – even worse – socially awkward scenario: as a pilot at the controls of a nose-diving aeroplane; a soldier mid-firefight in the jungles of Vietnam; swinging upside down in a trapeze act; an actor on stage who doesn’t know his lines; a male stripper being ravaged by over-excited ladies; and locked in the throes of many, many romantic trysts. “Oh boy.” Oh boy

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