Guy Stockwell
Harry Guy Stockwell was an American actor who appeared in nearly 30 movies and 250 television series episodes.
Life and career
Stockwell was born in New York City, the son of singer/dancer Elizabeth "Betty" Margareta Veronica and Harry Stockwell. Guy's father, a baritone singer/actor on Broadway, was famously known for singing the voice of Prince Charming in Disney's animated film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Guy's younger brother was actor Dean Stockwell.Stockwell began his acting career on the stage, working in the Broadway productions Innocent Voyage with his brother Dean 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 in the South Pacific.
Stockwell was also cast in episodes of The Roaring 20's, Perry Mason, Mannix, Quincy, M.E., Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Magnum, P.I., Murder, She Wrote, Columbo, Quantum Leap, Bonanza, Land of the Giants, Tombstone Territory, Combat!, The Richard Boone Show, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, The Virginian and Return to Peyton Place. He had important roles in several major motion pictures, including The War Lord, The Plainsman, Blindfold, the leading role in Beau Geste, Tobruk, The Monitors, It's Alive and Santa Sangre.
Stockwell suffered from diabetes in later years and died of its complications. He was married and divorced three times and had three children.