John Gavin Overview:

Actor, John Gavin, was born John Anthony Golenor on Apr 8, 1931 in Los Angeles, CA. Gavin died at the age of 86 on Feb 9, 2018 in Beverly Hills, CA .

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Although Gavin was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1977Best WritingI Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)N/ANominated
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Actor From Cary Grant to Rod Taylor, we have heard of many actors that were considered to play Ian Fleming?s James Bond. And one came closer than others: . , who passed away Feb. 9, 2018, is not an actor as well-known as Grant or Sean Connery, but he was a handsome lea... Read full article


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John Gavin Quotes:

Marion Crane: Oh, we can see each other. We can even have dinner but respectably in my house with my mother's picture on the mantel and my sister helping me broil a big steak for three.
Sam Loomis: And after the steak, do we send Sister to the movies? Turn mama's picture to the wall?


Lora: You're aiming high.
Steve: Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?


[Millie is trying to seduce her boss Trevor Graydon, who has nicknamed her John]
Millie Dillmount: Do you have a mo?
Trevor Graydon: A what?
Millie Dillmount: A moment. I would just love to get a man's opinion of Rudolph Valentino.
Trevor Graydon: Huh?
Millie Dillmount: I mean, in The Sheik, he takes Agnes Ayres by brute force, and she enjoys it. She enjoys it... a lot. What is your opinion of brute force, Mr. Graydon?
Trevor Graydon: Well, I'm not for it. No, I'm not for it at all. No, that is not what women really want today. The late war has upset them. Now they are disillusioned. They yearn for truth. Give them a young man they can trust. Tom Sawyer, at twenty.
Millie Dillmount: I never read Tom Sawyer. Was he... sexy?
Trevor Graydon: He was only twelve!
Millie Dillmount: [seductively] So? If ya got it, ya got it.
Trevor Graydon: [shocked] Why John!


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John Gavin Facts
Although he lost the part of James Bond in Diamonds Are Forever (1971), he received his full salary for the role.

President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG). [1971-1973]

Signed on for the role of James Bond after George Lazenby

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