Albert Cavens (1 October 1906 â€" 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.
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.
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