Juan Vincent Apablasa was born on the 8th April 1931 in Los Angeles USA, of Chilean and Mexican descent, and as John Gavin, is known a diplomat and a former film and television actor, active in the entertainment industry from 1956 to 1981. He served as the ambassador of the US in Mexico during the government of Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1986.
How much is the net worth of John Gavin? It has been estimated by authoritative sources that the outright size of his wealth is as much as $2 million, as of the data presented in the middle of 2017.
John Gavin Net Worth $2 Million
To begin with, the boy’s parents divorced, his mother re-married and John was formally adopted, and became John Anthony Golenor, subsequently being raised in a wealthy family. He studied at Stanford University, from which he graduated with a specialization in Economic History in Latin America. After finishing his studies, he was assigned to the intelligence area of the US Navy and served three years as an officer in the Korean War aboard the USS Princeton aircraft carrier.
After fulfilling military service, he volunteered for a technical position in a film about the army, but the manager refused and encouraged him to pursue a career in the field of acting instead. Without being completely convinced, Gavin signed his first contract with Universal Pictures. He then said that although his ideas were going for a completely different life at that time, Hollywood opened his eyes, as did the money on offer! Universal Pictures bet big on Gavin, and gave him the starring role in one of the most expensive films that it had produced “A Time to Love and a Time to Die” (1958) by Douglas Sirk, portraying a German solder Ernst Graeber during the last days of war, and for which the actor won the Golden Globe Award for the New Star of the Year. Later, John Gavin was part of the blockbusters “Imitation of Life” (1959) by Douglas Sirk, and “Psycho” (1960) by Alfred Hitchcock. In the historical film “Spartacus” (1960) the actor portrayed Julius Caesar, then in the film “The Back Street” (1961) Gavin starred opposite Susan Hayward. He landed the lead role in the film “OSS 117 – Double Agent” (1968), and concurrently he participated in television series, starring in the “Destry” series in 1964. All added consistently to his net worth.
During the seventies he performed theatrical tours in the musicals “The Fantasticks” and “Seesaw”, in which also starred on Broadway. In 1971, he was elected to serve as the president of the Screen Actors Guild, a position that he occupied until 1973 when he was succeeded by Dennis Weaver.
In the diplomatic area, he had been appointed as a special advisor to the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in 1961. In 1981 he left the production of a musical in Broadway, looking for a change, and partly because of his fluency in Spanish and previous experience with the OAS, was appointed US Ambassador to Mexico in June 1981 by President Ronald Reagan, and remained in the position until June 1986. During his tenure there were tense moments in relations between the countries, and parts of the Mexican press accused him of being insensitive to Mexico and its people. Finally, Gavin resigned.
Since then, Gavin has been involved in businesses, usually on boards, including Gamma Services International, Causeway Capital (Chairman); The TCW Strategic Income Fund since 2001; Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. since April 1993; Claxson Interactive Group Inc. since September 21, 2001; International Wire Holdings Company and International Wire Group Holdings, Inc. since June 1995, all of which have added to his net worth.
Finally, in the personal life of John Gavin, he married the actress Cicely Evans in 1957, with whom he had two daughters before they divorced in 1965. Since 1974 he has been married to Constance Towers, who has two children from a previous marriage.
