'''Frédéric Adolphe Cavens''' (30 August 1882, Laeken, Belgium – 30 April 1962, Woodland Hills, California) was a Belgian-born fencing master who emigrated to Hollywood and worked as an actor, stuntman and fencing master from the silent film era, then in television.<ref>Evelyn Mack Truitt ''Who was who on screen'' 1977 -- Page 75 "CAVENS, FRED (Frederic Adolphe Cavens) Born: Aug. 30, 1882, Belgium. Died: Apr. 30, 1962, Woodland Hills, Calif. (uremia). Screen actor, stuntman and fencing master. Appeared in: 1922 The Three-Must-Get-Theres, 1927 King of Kings.</ref><ref>Eugene Michael Vazzana ''Silent film necrology'' 2001 Page 85 Cavens, Fred [actor/fencing master] (ni Frederic Adolphe Cavens, b. Belgium, 30 Aug 1882 – 30 Apr 1962 [79], Woodland Hills CA; uremic poisoning). "Fred Cavens," Variety, 9 May 1962, p. 87. AS, p. 216. BHD1, p. 98. IFN, p. 51. Fred Cavens ...</ref> He trained Jean Peters in the film ''Anne of the Indies'' (1951) and Guy Williams in the television role of ''Zorro''.
Cavens was married to Elizabeth Francoise Saymons (1886–1971); they were the parents of Albert Frederic Rene Cavins, who followed in his father's footsteps.
==Filmography== Complete filmography<ref>TCM.com</ref>
===Director (feature film)=== * ''The Three Must-Get-Theres'' (1922) as Assistant Director
===Cast (feature film)=== {{Div col}} * ''The Three Must-Get-Theres'' (1922) as Bernajoux * ''The Sword of Valor'' (1924) * ''The King of Kings'' (1927) (uncredited) * ''The Iron Mask'' (1929) as DeRochefort's Ruffian (uncredited) * ''Breed of the Border'' (1933) as Mike Cavins * ''The World Moves On'' (1934) as French taxi driver (uncredited) * ''Paris Interlude'' (1934) as Mechanic (uncredited) * ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (1934) as Fencing Master (uncredited) * ''The Merry Widow'' (1934) as Gendarme (uncredited) * ''Marie Galante'' (1934) as Postmaster (uncredited) * ''Kid Courageous'' (1935) as Louie - Henchman (uncredited) * ''Lottery Lover'' (1935) as French stage doorman (uncredited) * ''Folies Bergère de Paris'' (1935) as Airport official (uncredited) * ''Love on the Run'' (1936) as French waiter (uncredited) * ''Café Metropole'' (1937) as Train guard (uncredited) * ''Kidnapped'' (1938) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Artists and Models Abroad'' (1938) as Guard (uncredited) * ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) as Francois (uncredited) * ''Pack Up Your Troubles'' (1939) as French infantry captain (uncredited) * ''Eagle Squadron'' (1942) as Frenchman (uncredited) * ''Around the World'' (1943) as Instructor (uncredited) * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1944) as Thief (uncredited) * ''Till We Meet Again'' (1944) as Carpenter (uncredited) * ''The Exile'' (1947) as Alec - Coachman * ''Fortunes of Captain Blood'' (1950) as Turnkey (uncredited) * ''Lydia Bailey'' (1952) as Fencing instructor (uncredited) * ''The Iron Mistress'' (1952) as Aged Swordsman (uncredited) * ''Dreamboat'' (1952) as Fencer (uncredited) * ''The Mississippi Gambler'' (1953) as Emile Maitre - Fencing Master (uncredited) * ''The Robe'' (1953) as Sword-fighting soldier (uncredited) * ''Around the World in 80 Days'' (1956) as Minor Role (uncredited) * ''The Lost World'' (1960) as French member (uncredited) * ''Hell Is for Heroes'' (1962) as Old Man (uncredited) (final film role) {{div col end}}
===Dance (feature film)=== * ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935) as Dance arr.
===Feature film production=== * ''Queen Christina'' (1933), sword fight staging by * ''Cardinal Richelieu'' (1935) as Research dir * ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1936), created and staged duels and sword fights * ''Tower of London'' (1939) as Fencing instructor * ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) as Fencing dir. * ''The Black Swan'' (1942) as Fencing instructor * ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1944) as Fencing instructor * ''Don Ricardo Returns'' (1946) as Fencing instructor * ''Forever Amber'' (1947) as Technical Advisor * ''The Black Arrow'' (1948) as Fencing master * ''Bagdad'' (1949) as Technical Advisor * ''Adventures of Don Juan'' (1949) as Fencing instructor * ''Buccaneer's Girl'' (1950) as Fencing instructor * ''Cyrano de Bergerac'' (1951) as Fencing master * ''Anne of the Indies'' (1951) as Jean Peters' fencing instructor * ''Lydia Bailey'' (1952) as Fencing instructor * ''Dreamboat'' (1952) as Clifton Webb's fencing instructor * ''Son of Ali Baba'' (1952) as Fencing coach * ''The Mississippi Gambler'' (1953) as Fencing tech adv. * ''The Robe'' (1953) as Fencing instructor * ''Casanova's Big Night'' (1954) as Supv of dueling scenes * ''The Vagabond King'' (1956) as Technical Advisor
===Television=== * ''Zorro'' (1957) * ''The Adventures of Hiram Holliday'' (1956)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.moviediva.com/MD_root/MDimages/Copy_of_Zorro8.jpg Zorro]
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