Portrait of Jean Gaven

Jean Gaven

Acting

Biography

Jean Gaven (16 January 1922 – 5 May 2014) was a French actor. He appeared in more than sixty films between 1945 and 1996. 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. Source: Article "Jean Gaven" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Born: January 16, 1922

Place of Birth: Saint-Rome de Cernon, Aveyron, France

Filmography

1996
Les Bidochon

as Maître Nerval

1993
L'Œil écarlate

as Etienne Delvaux

1988
Juillet en septembre

as Monsieur Challe

1984
1983
One Deadly Summer

as Leballech, boss of the sawmill

1981
Signé Furax

as L'agent sans panier à salade

1977
Madame Claude

as Gustave Lucas

1976
The Groper

as Sicilian killer

1976
Bad Starters

as Gargantua

1975
1975
1974
1972
1971
Where Did Tom Go?

as Anton Caras

1971
One Way Ticket

as Dietrich

1970
Rider on the Rain

as Inspector Toussaint

1970
1968
Pasha

as Marc, un inspecteur

1966
Our Men in Bagdad

as General Yuri Fiodorenko

1965
1963
La Route

as Dupuy

1962
Emile's Boat

as Fisherman

1959
Minuit treize

as Le commissaire Bignon

1959
Visa to Hell

as Carlos

1959
Riff Raff Girls

as Henri / James

1959
Discorama

as Self

1957
1957
The Witches of Salem

as Peter Corey

1957
The River of Three Junks

as Capitaine Brichet

1956
Law of the Streets

as André Remoulin aka 'Dédé la Glace'

1956
1955
La Môme Pigalle

as Félix Michaux, l'inspecteur de la PJ infiltré

1955
Girl on the Third Floor

as Ernest Sapinaud

1955
La madone des sleepings

as Don Armando Félix

1955
The Babes Make the Law

as Frédéric Langlet, le mari de Christine

1954
Obsession

as Alexandre Buisson

1954
The Big Flag

as Lieutenant Lachenal

1953
The Wild Oat

as Abbot Daniel, village vicar

1952
Feather in the Wind

as François Bontemps

1952
1952
They Were Five

as Marcel - le boxeur

1951
1951
1951
1949
1949
La Bataille du feu

as Jacques Legrand

1948
Rapide de nuit

as One of the two accomplices

1947
History of Singing

as Jack Bing

1947
1946
1946
The Murderer Is Not Guilty

as Young inspector Gustave Perkinson

1946
Son of France

as Lieutenant Brévannes

1945
Les Cadets de l'océan

as Albertini, dit Tino