Gavin Packard
Biography
Gavin Packard (9 June 1964 – 18 May 2012) was an Indian actor of Irish American descent, noted for the villainous roles he portrayed in many Bollywood films of the 1990s like Sadak, Mohra, Tadipaar, and Chamatkar.
He 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 the 1989 Doordarshan Sci-fi Series Indradhanush.
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 Bangalore as a member of the US Army and chose to settle there.
Packard was known for his physique and was a national and state award-winning bodybuilder. In Bollywood, he was a trainer to Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty, and Shera, Salman Khan's bodyguard.
Packard and his wife mutually separated. Gavin has two daughters Erika Packard (elder) and Kamille Kyla Packard (younger).
Sanjay Dutt is the godfather of Kamille. His final years were spent with Daryl Packard, his younger brother, in Kalyan.
Packard died of a 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.
As per the reports, Gavin had met with an accident while riding his bike at Kalyan Flower Market. He had got severely injured in that accident.
