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Frédéric Adolphe Cavens (born Laeken, Belgium, 30 August 1882; died Woodland Hills, California, 30 April 1962) was a Belgian-born fencing master who emigrated to Hollywood and worked as an actor, stuntman and fencing master from the silent film era, then in television. He trained Jean Peters in the film Anne of the Indies (1951) and Guy Williams in the television role of Zorro. Cavens was married to Elizabeth Francoise Saymons (1886 - 1971) and they were the parents of Albert Frederic Rene Cavins, who followed in his father's footsteps.