Guy Stockwell
| Guy Stockwell | |
|---|---|
 Screenshot of Guy Stockwell in an episode of Adventures in Paradise (1961) | |
| Born |
November 16, 1933 New York, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
February 6, 2002 (aged 68) Prescott, Arizona, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Diabetes |
| Years active | 1946-1990 |
| Spouse(s) |
Suzanne (divorced) Sandy (divorced) Olga (divorced) |
| Children |
Douglas Stockwell Victoria Stockwell Kerry Stockwell (adopted with Sandy) |
| Parent(s) |
Harry Stockwell (father) Elizabeth Veronica (mother) |
| Relatives | Dean Stockwell (brother) |
Guy Harry Stockwell (November 16, 1933 – February 6, 2002) was an American actor who appeared in nearly 30 movies and 250 television series episodes.[1][2]
Stockwell was born in New York City, the son of Elizabeth Margaret Veronica and Harry Stockwell, an actor and singer.[3] His younger brother is actor Dean Stockwell.
Stockwell began his acting career on the stage, working in the Broadway productions Innocent Voyage and Chicken Every Sunday. That affinity for the stage would later inspire him to become a co-founder of the Los Angeles Art Theater. He then went on to hold the recurring role of Chris Parker from 1961 to 1962 in twenty-six episodes of the ABC series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay as the skipper of a sailing vessel set in the South Pacific.
Stockwell was also cast in episodes of The Roaring 20s, Quincy, M.E., Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Columbo, Quantum Leap, Bonanza, Tombstone Territory, Combat!, The Richard Boone Show, Gunsmoke, and Return to Peyton Place, He had important roles in several major motion pictures including The War Lord, The Plainsman, Beau Geste, Tobruk, The Monitors, It's Alive and Santa Sangre.
Guy suffered from diabetes in later years and died of its complications. He was married and divorced three times and was survived by his three children Kerry, Douglas, and Victoria, his grandchildren (thru Douglas) Nicholas Paul and Lauren Elizabeth and Hannah and Abigail "Bea" (thru Kerry), his brother Dean, his nephew and niece, Austin and Sophia.
Filmography
- Three Swords of Zorro (1963)
- The War Lord (1965)
- Blindfold (1966)
- The Plainsman (1966)
- Beau Geste (1966)
- Tobruk (1967)
- Banning (1967)
- The King's Pirate (1967)
- In Enemy Country (1968)
- The Monitors (1969)
- The Gatling Gun (1971)
- It's Alive (1974)
- The Disappearance of Flight 412 (1974)
- Airport 1975 (1974)
- Burned at the Stake (1981)
- Grotesque (1988)
- Santa Sangre (1989)