John Gavin (I) (1931–2018)

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John Gavin, the American film and TV actor, businessman and diplomat who was Ronald Reagan's first ...

Born: April 8, 1931
Died: February 9, 2018 (age 86)

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Known For

Psycho Sam Loomis (1960)
Spartacus Julius Caesar (1960)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die Ernst Graeber (1958)
Known For

Imitation of Life Steve Archer (1959)
Actor

Fantasy Island Jack Foster (1978-1981)
Hart to Hart Craig Abernathy (1980)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story Cary Grant (1980)
Doctors' Private Lives Dr. Jeff Latimer (1979)
The New Adventures of Heidi Dan Wyler (1978)
Flying High Sinclair (1978)
Jennifer Senator Tremayne (1978)
Doctors' Private Lives Dr. Jeffrey Latimer (1978)
The Love Boat Dan Barton (1977)
La casa de las sombras Roland Stewart (1976)
Medical Center Lt. Col. Halliday (1976)
The Lives of Jenny Dolan (1975)
The Wide World of Mystery (1974)
Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973)
Keep It in the Family Roy McDonald (1973)
Mannix Arthur Danford (1973)
The Doris Day Show Dr. Forbes (1971)
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Charlie Harrison (Grant Granite) (1970)
Cutter's Trail Ben Cutter (1970)
The Madwoman of Chaillot The Reverend (1969)
OSS 117 Murder for Sale Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath, alias OSS 117 (1968)
Thoroughly Modern Millie Trevor Graydon (1967)
Pedro Páramo Pedro Páramo (1967)
Convoy Comdr. Dan Talbot (1965)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Johnny Kendall (1963-1965)
Kraft Suspense Theatre Tom Threepersons (1964)
The Virginian Charles Boulanger (1964)
Destry Harrison Destry (1964)
Alcoa Premiere William Fortnum (1962)
Back Street Paul Saxon (1961)
Tammy Tell Me True Tom Freeman (1961)
Romanoff and Juliet Igor Romanoff (1961)
Insight Priest (1960)
Midnight Lace Brian Younger (1960)
Spartacus Julius Caesar (1960)
Psycho Sam Loomis (1960)
A Breath of Scandal Charlie Foster (1960)
Imitation of Life Steve Archer (1959)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die Ernst Graeber (1958)
Quantez Teach (1957)
Four Girls in Town Tom Grant (1957)
Behind the High Wall Johnny Hutchins (1956)
Actor

Raw Edge Dan Kirby (1956)
Soundtrack

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
Soundtrack

Destry (1964)
Archive footage

Disclosure (2020)
Entertainment Tonight (2018)
Pop Culture Beast's Halloween Horror Picks (2015)
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger (2010)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007)
The Making of 'Far from Heaven' (2002)
Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation (2001)
Biography (1998)
Archive footage

Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
The Horror Show (1979)

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Served in the Navy (1952-1955) during and after the Korean War. He was an air intelligence officer. Due to his fluency in both Spanish and English he was also a flag lieutenant.

I don't want to be called another Rock Hudson. And Hudson was probably angrier than I am about that. They use his name too loosely. It is true there is a faint physical resemblance. Like Rock, I am six feet four, weigh 190 pounds, have brown eyes ...