Albert Cavens

Albert Cavens
Born	(1906-10-01)1 October 1906 Brussels, Belgium
Died	Los Angeles, California, United States
Other names	Al Cavens
Occupation	Actor

Albert Cavens (1 October 1906 – 17 December 1985) was a Belgian-born American silent film child actor.

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 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.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1914	A Slice of Life
1946	Monsieur Beaucaire		Uncredited
1953	The Robe	Sword-fighting Soldier	Uncredited
1956	Around the World in 80 Days	Featured player	Uncredited
1958	As Young as We Are	Jessup	Uncredited
1960	The Boy and the Pirates	Dutch Captain
1963	The Jolly Genie	Antique Dealer
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1954	My Little Margie		1 episode
1957	Zorro	Ship's Captain	1 episode
1959	Peter Gunn	Bank Guard	1 episode
1961	The Wonderful World of Disney	Sailor	1 episode
	Have Gun – Will Travel	Jaillet	1 episode
	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis		1 episode
1969	Star Trek	Second Fop	episode "All Our Yesterdays"

External links

• Albert Cavens at the Internet Movie Database
• Albert Cavens at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)