John Gavin

1931-

Biography: life and films

John Gavin is an American actor whose birth name is John Anthony Golenor. He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on 8th April 1931.

His best films as an actor include Abner Biberman's Behind the High Wall (1956), Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life (1959), Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Psycho (1960) and Harry Keller's comedy Tammy Tell Me True (1961).

John Gavin has so far appeared in 20 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Harry Keller (2 films), Douglas Sirk (2) and David Miller (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (8 films), comedy (5), romance (3), comedy-romance (3), Thriller (3), Horror (3), comedy-drama (2) and Western (2).

Our average rating for John Gavin over all films is: 3.0

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Behind the High Wall (1956) [a]

Raw Edge (1956) [a]

Four Girls in Town (1957) [a]

Quantez (1957) [a]

A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958) [a]

Imitation of Life (1959) [a]

A Breath of Scandal (1960) [a]

Midnight Lace (1960) [a]

Psycho (1960) [a]

Spartacus (1960) [a]

Back Street (1961) [a]

Romanoff and Juliet (1961) [a]

Tammy Tell Me True (1961) [a]

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) [a]

Pas de rose per OSS 117 (1968) [a]

The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) [a]

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970) [a]

Keep It in the Family (1973) [a]

La Casa de las sombras (1976) [a]

Jennifer (1978) [a]



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