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Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 22 August 1977) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, "Giles French," opposite Brian Keith's character, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair. He was also known for playing Dr. Carl Hyatt in the series Checkmate and for doing the voice of Bagheera in The Jungle Book.
Cabot was born in London, England. As a young man, he employed his burly frame and theatrical flair for three years as a professional wrestler, "Pierre Sauvage, the eighteen stone champion of Belgium". His formal acting career began... MORE
Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 22 August 1977) was an English film and television actor, best remembered as the gentleman's gentleman, "Giles French," opposite Brian Keith's character, in the 1960s sitcom Family Affair. He was also known for playing Dr. Carl Hyatt in the series Checkmate and for doing the voice of Bagheera in The Jungle Book.
Cabot was born in London, England. As a young man, he employed his burly frame and theatrical flair for three years as a professional wrestler, "Pierre Sauvage, the eighteen stone champion of Belgium". His formal acting career began with a bit part in Foreign Affaires (1935); his first screen credit was in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936). Other British films such as Love on the Dole, Pimpernel Smith, Old Mother Riley: Detective, and Old Mother Riley: Overseas followed. In 1946, he portrayed Iago in a short film version of Othello. By 1947, Cabot had relocated to Hollywood, and landed roles in such films as They Made Me A Fugitive, Third Time Lucky, The Spider and the Fly, the 1952 version of Ivanhoe, Babes in Baghdad, The Love Lottery, Westward Ho, the Wagons!, and the 1954 Italian version of Romeo and Juliet as Lord LESS
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