Sám mluvil plynně španělsky. Studoval na Stanfordově univerzitě, kde získal titul BA. Během Korejské války sloužil v námořnictvu, konkrétně na lodi USS Princeton.
John Gavin (born Juan Vincent Apablasa; April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor and diplomat who was the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–1973), and the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–1986). [1 ] Among…
11. 5. 2022John Gavin. Actor: Psycho. John Gavin, the American film and TV actor, businessman and diplomat who was Ronald Reagan's first Ambassador to Mexico, was born Juan Vincent Apablasa in Los Angeles, California.