Fred Cavens


Frédéric Adolphe Cavens 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. He trained Jean Peters in the film Anne of the Indies and Guy Williams in the television role of Zorro.
Cavens was married to Elizabeth Francoise Saymons ; they were the parents of Albert Frederic Rene Cavins, who followed in his father's footsteps.

Filmography

Complete filmography

Director (feature film)

The Three Must-Get-Theres as Assistant Director

Cast (feature film)

The Three Must-Get-Theres as BernajouxThe Sword of Valor The King of Kings The Iron Mask as DeRochefort's Ruffian Breed of the Border as Mike CavinsThe World Moves On as French taxi driver Paris Interlude as Mechanic The Count of Monte Cristo as Fencing Master The Merry Widow as Gendarme Marie Galante as Postmaster Kid Courageous as Louie - Henchman Lottery Lover as French stage doorman Folies Bergère de Paris as Airport official Love on the Run as French waiter Café Metropole as Train guard Kidnapped as Minor Role Artists and Models Abroad as Guard The Man in the Iron Mask as Francois Pack Up Your Troubles as French infantry captain Eagle Squadron as Frenchman Around the World as Instructor Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Thief Till We Meet Again as Carpenter The Exile as Alec - CoachmanFortunes of Captain Blood as Turnkey Lydia Bailey as Fencing instructor The Iron Mistress as Aged Swordsman Dreamboat as Fencer The Mississippi Gambler as Emile Maitre - Fencing Master The Robe as Sword-fighting soldier Around the World in 80 Days as Minor Role The Lost World as French member Hell Is for Heroes as Old Man

Dance (feature film)

The Three Musketeers as Dance arr.

Feature film production

Queen Christina, sword fight staging byCardinal Richelieu as Research dirRomeo and Juliet, created and staged duels and sword fightsTower of London as Fencing instructorThe Man in the Iron Mask as Fencing dir.The Black Swan as Fencing instructorAli Baba and the Forty Thieves as Fencing instructorDon Ricardo Returns as Fencing instructorForever Amber as Technical AdvisorThe Black Arrow as Fencing masterBagdad as Technical AdvisorAdventures of Don Juan as Fencing instructorBuccaneer's Girl as Fencing instructorCyrano de Bergerac as Fencing masterAnne of the Indies as Jean Peters' fencing instructorLydia Bailey as Fencing instructorDreamboat as Clifton Webb's fencing instructorSon of Ali Baba as Fencing coachThe Mississippi Gambler as Fencing tech adv.The Robe as Fencing instructorCasanova's Big Night as Supv of dueling scenesThe Vagabond King as Technical Advisor