John Gavin
Sign in to saveAmerican film actor and former Ambassador to Mexico (1931–2018)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1931-01-01
- Died
- 2018-01-01
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Second petition of John Gavin to Col. Blair
- Growing into God
- Imitation of Life
- Mysteries of the Lord's Prayer
- Pope John Paul II on the body
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Film & TV
Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
John Gavin (April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86) and the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–73). He was best known for his performances in the films Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading roles in a series of films for producer Ross Hunter.…
Known for
- Disclosure — Sam Loomis (archive footage)2020
- The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema2002
- Sophia Loren: Her Own Story — Cary Grant1980
- Hart to Hart1979
- Doctors' Private Lives1979
- Jennifer — Senator Tremayne1978
- Doctors' Private Lives — Dr. Jeffrey Latimer1978
- The New Adventures of Heidi — Dan Wyler1978
- Flying High1978
- Fantasy Island — Harry Kellino1978
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 199,603x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,243x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,227x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,013x
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1931
- Died
- 1 January 2018
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Spouse
- Constance Towers
- Occupation
- ambassador
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
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Connections
Categories
1931 births2018 deathsAmbassadors of the United States to MexicoAmerican actor-politiciansAmerican male actors of Mexican descentAmerican male film actorsAmerican male stage actorsAmerican military personnel of the Korean WarAmerican people of Chilean descentAmerican people of Irish descentBusinesspeople from Los AngelesCalifornia Republicans