Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the inquisitive Eddy Bolton in "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man" (1962). Born into a working-class family, the only son of a professional boxer and an educator, after attending the Sacred Heart Academy in New York City, New York, he began his career appearing on the stage in juvenile theatre. After being discovered by director William Saroyan during a production of "A Christmas Carol," he was so impressed by his dark good looks, charm, and wisdom beyond his years, and arranged for him to begin a career in the television industry beginning with him being under his supervision per a supporting role on an episode of "Actor's Studio." For the next 29 years, he would go on to enjoy a successful career as a character actor appearing in over 75 features; often typecast as schoolboys, best friends, sidekicks, husbands, reporters, fathers, schoolteachers, doormen, waiters, butlers, clergymen, foreigners, doctors, jurors, blue-collared guys, clergymen, con-artists, city slickers, boyfriends, playboys, medics, photographers, soldiers, patients, cowboys, neighbors, and landlords. He appeared in such feature films as "The Man from the Alamo" (1953), "Desert Sands" (1955), "Diane" (1956), "The Purple Gang" (1959), "The Big Night" (1960), "Pocketful of Miracles" (1961), "Operation Bikini" (1963), "Young Fury" (1964), "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), "The Wild Angels" (1966), "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), and "California Spirit" (1974). During the advent of television, he became a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Colgate Theatre," "Studio One," "The Ford Theatre Hour," "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show," "Out There," "Cameo Theatre," "The Man Behind the Badge," "Lux Video Theatre," "Big Town," "The Sherriff of Cochise," "Cheyenne," "Climax!," "Crossroads," "Adventures of Superman," "Man with a Camera," "Rescue 8," "Peter Gunn," "Johnny Midnight," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Twilight Zone," "M Squad," "Angel," "Thriller," "The Jim Buckus Show," "Coronado 9," "This Man Dawson," "Bachelor Father," "The Lieutenant," "Channing," "Breaking Point," "Batman," "The Lucy Show," "Gunsmoke," and "Pistols 'n' Petticoats." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was supportive of the California State Democratic Committee, had been a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, was recognized as being the 1959 Most Promising Star of Tomorrow, and had been a male model for the Forbes Agency. In 1978, Cavell, who never married nor had any children, retired from acting and went on to spend the remainder of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, painted in oils, divided time between his homes in New York and California, and he was often seen partaking in numerous recreational activities at the Los Angeles Country Club, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.