John Gavin

. In 1989 he was knighted. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1971 to 1973. In 1978, he married Mercia Tinker, and this final marriage lasted until his death. He was signed on for the role of James Bond after George Lazenby left the role, but he never played Bond in a movie. His next wife was Elizabeth, former wife of actor Richard Harris, but they soon divorced. His most famous movie roles were in Psycho in 1960 and Spartacus in 1961. Kay Kendall died in 1959, and in 1962 Harrison married actress Rachel Roberts, whom he divorced in 1971.

Born April 8, 1928, as John Anthony Golenor, John Gavin is an American movie actor and former US Ambassador to Mexico. He also starred in 1967's Doctor Dolittle. Harrison was best known for his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady, based on the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, especially after he reprised the role in the 1964 film version. It was rumoured that he tried for a reconciliation with Lilli, but changed his mind when he discovered that Kendall was terminally ill. Harrison and Palmer divorced in 1957, and he was soon remarried to actress Kay Kendall.

The scandal of his affair with young actress Carole Landis, which led to her suicide, almost derailed his career. He followed that with his first major American film, starring as King Mongkut in Anna and the King of Siam. After several years in film, he achieved wide success starring in the adaptation of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit (1945). In 1942 he divorced his first wife, Marjorie Thomas, and married actress Lilli Palmer the next year; the two later appeared in numerous plays and films.

He acted in the West End of London when he was young, appearing in the Terrence Rattigan play French Without Tears, which proved to be his breakthrough role. He acted in various stage productions until May 11 of the year in which he died. He first appeared on the stage in 1924 in Liverpool. He died in New York City of pancreatic cancer.

He was born in Huyton, Lancashire, England. Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theater and film actor. Won Best Actor for My Fair Lady (1964). Nominated as Best Actor for Cleopatra (1963).