Occupation Actor Role Actor | Name Gavin Packard Years active 1988-2002 Siblings Daryl | |
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Born 8 June 1964 ( 1964-06-08 ) Children Ericka Packard, Kamille Kyla Packard Parents Earl Packard, Barbara Packard Movies Aayushkalam, Aryan, Sadak, Season, Aanaval Mothiram Similar People T L V Prasad, Jack Gaud, Mahesh Anand, Mahesh Bhatt, Robin Bhatt | ||
Season movie clip 1 mohanlal gavin packard first meet
Gavin Packard (8 June 1964 – 18 May 2012) was an Indian actor of Irish descent noted for the villainous roles he portrayed in many Bollywood films of the 1990s like Mohra, Tadipaar and Chamatkar. He had also acted in several Malayalam films like Aayushkalam, Season, Aanaval Mothiram and Aryan. However, he left the industry in the early 2000s. He also appeared in 1989 Doordarshan Scifi Series Indradhanush.
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- Season movie clip 1 mohanlal gavin packard first meet
- Gavin packard indian malayalam actor died
- Personal life
- Death
- Filmography
- Hindi films
- References
Gavin packard indian malayalam actor died
Personal life
Packard was born on 8 June 1964 in the city of Kalyan in Maharashtra state. He was the eldest of the five children of Earl and Barbara Packard. His father was a computer expert and his mother was a Konkani Maharashtrian. His grandfather John Packard was an Irish American who had come to India in Bangalore as a member of the US Army and chose to settle there.Packard was a national award winning bodybuilder and the winner of many state awards. In Bollywood, he was a trainer to Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty and Shera, Salman Khan's trainer.
Packard and his wife mutually separated. Gavin has two daughters Erika Packard (elder) Kamille Kyla Packard (younger). His final years were spent with Daryl Packard, his younger brother, in Kalyan.
Death
Packard died of respiratory disorder on 18 May 2012 and was buried at the St. Andrews Burial Grounds in Bandra the next day. Despite his long and notable cinematic career, the funeral was conspicuous by the absence of any representative from the film industry.
Filmography
He made his debut onscreen through the Malayalam movie Aryan in 1988 in which he played the role of Martin, a local goon in Mumbai. His debut in Bollywood came in 1989 through Ilaaka. That year he also played the full length character of Fabien in P Padmarajan's Season, arguably his best cinematic performance. His last film was Yeh Hai Jalwa released in 2002 and directed by David Dhawan. He acted in nearly 60 films in English and Malayalam in a career that spanned nearly 15 years.