Dean Stockwell of ‘Quantum Leap’ Dies at 85

Actor Dean Stockwell poses at an unknown location in February 1989. Alan Greth/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series “Quantum Leap,” has died. He was 85.

Jay Schwartz, a family spokesperson, said Stockwell died of natural causes at home Sunday.