Decades ago we saw an old movie on TV, “The Happy Years”, when he was a boy. It was hilarious at the time. Not sure if I’d think so now, but maybe.
It is one of my favorites. Not hilarious, but sweet, charming and funny. Besides Stockwell, Leon Ames, the perfect Gilded Age Dad plays his father (as he would in several other Victorian era films). It is based on "The Lawrenceville Stories" and tells of an incorrigible young punk who is sent to Lawrenceville School to hopefully grow up and start acting like a young man. He starts out rebellious but eventually matures and bonds with the other boys. Leo G Carroll is also on hand as the headmaster. Great movie, directed by William Wellman.
I remember seeing him in a movie as a child, but I’ll be doggoned if I can remember which one it was….