Jean Gaven (16 January 1922 – 5 May 2014) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1945 and 1996.
Life and career Born in Saint-Rome-de-Cernon, France on January 16, 1922, Gaven began acting sometime after the end of World War II, amassing a filmography of more than 60 motion pictures during a career spanning more than five decades. Married to the actress Dominique Wilms, he died at the age of 92 in Paris, France, on May 5, 2014.Lentz IIII, Harris. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2014, p. 126. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Publishers, 2015.
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes1945Les cadets de l'océanAlbertini, dit Tino1946Son of FranceLe lieutenant Brévannes1946The Murderer is Not GuiltyLe jeune inspecteur Gustave Perkinson1946Dropped from HeavenRobert1947Six Hours to LoseAntoine1947 Something to Sing AboutJack Bing1948 Night ExpressUn des deux complices1949La bataille du feuJacques Legrand1949 At the Grand Balcony Belfort1951 Tomorrow We Get Divorced Johnny Buck1951La peau d'un hommeMoussac1951 They Were Five Marcel - le boxeur1951Duel in DakarFred1952Les quatre sergents du Fort CarréFinot1952 The Crime of BouifMichel1952 Feather in the WindFrançois Bontemps1953 The Baker of ValorgueLe curé1954 The Big FlagLe lieutenant Lachenal1954ObsessioAlexandre Buisson1955 The Babes Make the Law Frédéric Langlet - le mari de Christine1955Madonna of the Sleeping CarsDon Armando Félix1955 Sophie and the CrimeErnest Sapinaud1955 Scandal in MontmartreFélix Michaux1956If All the Guys in the WorldJos - le second1956La Loi des ruesAndré Remoulin dit Dédé la Glace1957The River of Three JunksCapitaine Brichet1957The CruciblePeter Corey1957Young Girls BewarePetit Jo1958Les aventuriers du MékongLe Scaph1959Du rififi chez les femmesJames1959Visa pour l'enferCarlos1960Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuitPaul1961Leon Garros ishchet drugaGrégoire1962Le bateau d'Émile1964Henri-Georges Clouzot's InfernoPaul1965Trap for CinderellaGabriel1966Our Men in BagdadGeneral Yuri Fiodorenko1968PashaMarc1970Rider on the RainToussaint1971Un aller simpleDietrich1971Où est passé Tom?Anton Caras1972And Hope to DieRizzio1975Histoire d'OPierre1976Les mal partisGargantua1976Le trouble-fessesUn tueur sicilien1977The French WomanGustave Lucas1978Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?Salpetre1979Un jour un tueurHugo Klein1981Signé FuraxL'agent sans panier à salade1983One Deadly SummerLeballech, the boss of the sawmill1984VénusWaldo1988Juillet en septembreMonsieur Challe1993L'oeil écarlateEtienne Delvaux1996Les BidochonMaître Nerval(final film role)
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