NEWS
July 15, 1990 | Daniel Cerone
It happens, every so often, that an actor comes upon a role that permits him to explore a strange new life. Dustin Hoffman put on a bra for "Tootsie." Daniel Day-Lewis was born with cerebral palsy in "My Left Foot." Tom Cruise lost the use of his legs in "Born on the Fourth of July." For some actors, such choice roles come once in a lifetime. For Scott Bakula, they come along about once a week. In the NBC series "Quantum Leap," which is in reruns on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.
REAL ESTATE
September 23, 2007 | Ruth Ryon, Times Staff Writer
IN the mid-'90s, after Scott Bakula had starred for five years as time traveler Sam Beckett in the TV series "Quantum Leap," the actor and avid gardener set down his hoe and listed his home in Ojai. "It breaks my heart to sell it," he said then of his retreat, "but sometimes you have to do what you have to do." He put the five-bedroom house, which he had built, on the market at close to $1.8 million. Now the home is for sale again, and the current sellers are asking nearly $4.3 million.
NEWS
August 12, 1990
I certainly enjoyed the July 15 cover story on "Quantum Leap." Being a sci-fi fan, this show immediately was appealing to me. It has mystery, romance, science fiction and humor. The latter is provided by the interaction between Sam (Scott Bakula) and Al (Dean Stockwell). I am glad the series was renewed and will be presented on Friday (at 8 p.m.). Now if its time slot could be at 9 p.m., that would be even better. But it doesn't matter; I watched the series every night it aired during "Quantum Leap" week.
ENTERTAINMENT
April 22, 1989 | DAVID PECCHIA
"This is not heavy, serious leading-man adventure stuff," says Scott Bakula, who takes a "Quantum Leap" every Friday night on NBC. "Just your classic American hero who faces adversity with humor." Hmmm. Pretty lofty stuff coming from an actor who is no stranger to the tube but has yet to make a name for himself beyond the theatrical stage. Bakula (rhymes with Dracula ) stars in this new sci-fi fantasy series (moving to Wednesday nights, starting May 3) with Dean Stockwell, who appears as a hologram known as The Observer.
ENTERTAINMENT
December 20, 1989 | HOWARD ROSENBERG
Imagine it: A male time traveler who each week occupies a different body, surfacing as a blind concert pianist or a rabbi or a woman or an understudy to the lead in "The Man of La Mancha." Talk about reaching for the unreachable star. That is exactly what Sam Beckett does each week on "Quantum Leap," the NBC hour (10 p.m. Wednesdays on Channels 4, 36 and 39) that ranks among the boldest, freshest and most-entertaining dramatic series on TV.
ENTERTAINMENT
September 17, 2009 | Michael Ordona
Scott Bakula is a theater person first. Or a sports fan first. Or both first -- evident as he extols the virtues of spending a month in Decatur, Ill., with the cast and crew of "The Informant!" during filming. "One of the good things they talk about in sports is that teams bond when they're on the road because you don't have the distractions of home. That's why they take shows on the road before they go to New York; 24/7 you're living that experience. There was nowhere to go, nothing else for us to do except focus on the movie," he says.