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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.
Born Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr., Gavin was of Mexican, Chilean and Spanish descent, and was fluent in Spanish. His father, Juan Vincent Apablasa Sr., was of Chilean origin, and his paternal ancestors, including Cayetano Apablasa, were early landowners in California under Spanish rule. Gavin's mother was Delia Diana Pablos. Gavin’s parents divorced when he was about two years old. Gavin’s mother married Herald Ray Golenor, who adopted Gavin and changed his name to John Anthony Golenor.
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22 June 1960
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
13 October 1960
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion.
25 March 1970
An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
10 February 1970
The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
19 June 2020
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
18 September 1973
Depicts events around the rise and fall of Queen Nefertiti.
01 January 1976
Audrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.
13 October 1960
Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
09 April 1959
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
11 October 1961
Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II.
20 March 1978
Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.
12 April 1973
Two bratty lovers decide to pull the old screw-and-switch on their difficult parents.
13 December 1978
The long-familiar Heidi tale is given a contemporary (and musical) setting as the young heroine leaves her familiar Swiss mountain for the bright lights of Manhattan.
26 July 1961
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin).
24 March 1956
A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother.
22 March 1967
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties.
16 March 1960
A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
26 January 1967
When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inher�
01 July 1956
A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.
13 May 1978
Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
09 July 1958
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
12 February 1974
Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.
12 October 1969
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others.
06 September 1957
A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted.
06 June 2002
Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies.
14 February 1964
While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin) stumbles into a town where an old cell mate of his is being tried for robbery and murder.
27 July 1968
A secret agent is sent to the Middle East to destroy a gang of assassins.
26 October 1980
This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.
16 January 1957
Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film.
08 June 1961
Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
29 October 2015
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 black-and-white, low-budget film Psycho gave birth to the modern psychological thriller.
