# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-gavin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:25:02.586Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-gavin"
name: "John Gavin"
slug: "john-gavin"
description: "John Gavin was an American actor and diplomat who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–1973), and the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–1986). Among the films he appeared in were A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958), Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), Midnight Lace (1960) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading roles for producer Ross Hunter."
tagline: "American film actor and former Ambassador to Mexico (1931–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Gavin_Destry_1964_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-04-08"
deathDate: "2018-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.357777141220281
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump