American actor who played the nobleman who recites a poem while dueling in the 1950 film Cyrano de Bergerac. He also appeared in Around the World in 80 Days and The Boy and the Pirates.
He started his acting career when he was only eight years-old, appearing in films such as The Town of Nazareth and A Slice of Life. He retired from acting shortly after that and returned to the craft over thirty years later.
He appeared on television in an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney in 1961 and eight years later in an episode of Star Trek.
His father was Fred Cavens, a Hollywood fencing instructor.
He appeared in an episode of the TV version of Zorro, which starred Guy Williams.
