John Gavin
American film actor and former Ambassador to Mexico (1931-2018) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 86
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).
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True Fear: The Making of PsychoFilm1980
Sophia Loren: Her Own StoryFilm, Cary Grant1979Doctors' Private LivesSeries1978
Fantasy IslandSeries, Harry Kellino
Doctors' Private LivesFilm, 1978Dr. Jeffrey Latimer1977
The Love BoatSeries, Dan Barton1974
Hard Day at Blue NoseFilm1973
Keep It in the FamilyFilm, Roy McDonald1970
Cutter's TrailFilm, Ben Cutter1969
Medical CenterSeries1968
OSS 117 Murder for SaleFilm, Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath1967
MannixSeries
Pedro ParamoFilm, 1967Pedro Páramo1965ConvoySeries, Comdr. Dan Talbot1964
DestrySeries
The Solid Gold GirlFilm, 1964Harrison Destry1963
Kraft Suspense TheatreSeries, Carlos1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Johnny Kendall1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960
A Breath of ScandalFilm, Charles Foster1959
Imitation of LifeFilm, Steve Archer1957
Four Girls in TownFilm, Tom Grant1956
Behind the High WallFilm, Johnny Hutchins1931Born8 April 1931People around John
Ross Hunter Produced Imitation of Life (1959)
Douglas Sirk Directed Imitation of Life (1959)- Harry Keller Directed Quantez and Tammy Tell Me True
Peter Ustinov Directed Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
Sandra Dee Also in Imitation of Life and Tammy Tell Me True
André Hunebelle Directed OSS 117 - Double Agent (1968)
Hayden Rorke Also in Midnight Lace and Back Street
Carlos Velo Directed Pedro Páramo (1967)
Jean-Pierre Desagnat Directed OSS 117 - Double Agent (1968)
Manuel Barbachano Ponce Produced Pedro Páramo (1967)
Miguel Alemán Velasco Produced Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Psycho (1960)
Stanley Kubrick Directed Spartacus (1960)
Carlos Fuentes Wrote Pedro Páramo and Pedro Paramo
Juan Rulfo Wrote Pedro Páramo and Pedro Paramo
Carlo Ponti Produced A Breath of Scandal (1960)
Curd Jürgens Also in OSS 117 - Double Agent (1968)
Robert Hossein Also in OSS 117 - Double Agent (1968)- Sydney Chaplin Also in Quantez and Four Girls in Town
Virginia Grey Also in Tammy Tell Me True and Back Street
Abner Biberman Directed Behind the High Wall (1956)
Robert J. Wilke Also in Spartacus and Raw Edge
Aaron Rosenberg Produced Four Girls in Town (1957)
Charlton Heston Preceded John as President of SAG
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Psycho 1960
Disclosure 2020
Spartacus 1960
Imitation of Life 1959
A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 31
47 credits on file
Television 14
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About this person
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.
