Guy Stockwell

Background

Stockwell was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Nina Olivette (née Elizabeth Margaret Veronica), an actress and dancer, and Harry Bayless Stockwell, or Harry Stockwell, an actor and singer.

Career

Stockwell began his acting career on the stage, working in the Broadway productions, Innocent Voyage and Chicken Every Sunday. He then went on to hold the recurring role of Chris Parker from 1961 to 1962 in twenty-six episodes of the American Broadcasting Company series, Adventures in Paradise, starring Gardner McKay as the skipper of a sailing vessel set in the South Pacific. Stockwell also was cast in episodes of The Roaring 20s, Quincy, Mechanical Engineering, Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, Tales of the Gold Monkey, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, Magnum, Philippine Islands, 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, lieutenant"s Alive and Santa Sangre.

Guy suffered from diabetes in later years and died of its complications.

Achievements

• That affinity for the stage would later inspire him to become a co-founder in the Los Angeles Art Theater.

Works

• book

  • Tobruk