Albert Cavens | |
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Born |
Brussels, Belgium |
1 October 1906
Died | 17 December 1985 Los Angeles, California, United States |
(aged 79)
Other names | Al Cavens |
Occupation | Actor |
Albert Cavens (1 October 1906 – 17 December 1985) was a Belgian-born American silent film child actor.
Cavens moved to the United States soon after birth and began his career only aged 8 in a number of films in 1914, including The Town of Nazareth, also starring Charlotte Burton. However, after 1914, Cavens took a break from acting. He returned to it as an adult over thirty years later, playing Valvert, the nobleman whom Cyrano duels with while reciting a poem, in Cyrano de Bergerac (1950). (Cavens was the son of Fred Cavens, a fencing instructor in Hollywood). Between 1950 and 1969, he made a number of appearances in film and television, and appeared in Star Trek in 1969 shortly before his retirement.