Albert Cavens (1 October 1906 – 17 December 1985) was a

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Biography

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

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. 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 ''

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'' (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

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, and appeared in '' Star Trek'' in 1969 shortly before his retirement.

Filmography

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* American male film actors American male silent film actors American male television actors American male child actors Belgian emigrants to the United States 1906 births 1985 deaths 20th-century American male actors Western (genre) television actors {{US-screen-actor-1900s-stub