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Vivian Matalon(1929-2018)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Producer
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Vivian Matalon was born on 11 October 1929 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for ITV Play of the Week (1955), Z Cars (1962) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He was married to Stephen Temperley. He died on 15 August 2018 in Glenford, New York, USA.
BornOctober 11, 1929
DiedAugust 15, 2018(88)
BornOctober 11, 1929
DiedAugust 15, 2018(88)
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Known for

ITV Play of the Week (1955)
ITV Play of the Week
6.6
TV Series
  • Director
Z Cars (1962)
Z Cars
7.1
TV Series
  • Director
The Wednesday Play (1964)
The Wednesday Play
7.3
TV Series
  • Director
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.0
TV Series
  • Harry Becker
  • Seaman 1st Class Junius Urban
  • Richard Kurt
  • Muawiya

Credits

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Director

  • Lou Diamond Phillips and Anne Meara in The General Motors Playwrights Theater (1991)
    The General Motors Playwrights Theater
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1992
  • Morning's at Seven (1982)
    Morning's at Seven
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1982
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1982
  • Lynda Bellingham in Cottage to Let (1977)
    Cottage to Let
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Ian Hendry, Carole Mowlam, and Maureen Pryor in The Sunday Drama (1977)
    The Sunday Drama
    5.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Jan Francis in Rooms (1974)
    Rooms
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1977
  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Couples (1975)
    Couples
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1976
  • Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, and Anna Calder-Marshall in ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969)
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973–1974
  • Gillian Raine and Jackie Burnett in Home and Away (1972)
    Home and Away
    4.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • NBC Experiment in Television (1967)
    NBC Experiment in Television
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1966
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1963–1965
  • The Wednesday Play (1964)
    The Wednesday Play
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1965
  • Z Cars (1962)
    Z Cars
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1964

Actor

  • For Ladies Only (1981)
    For Ladies Only
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • The Public Theater Director
    • 1981
  • King & Country (1964)
    King & Country
    7.5
    • Padre
    • 1964
  • The Four Just Men (1959)
    The Four Just Men
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Arthur Barrett
    • Guido
    • 1959–1960
  • Bob Dylan, David Warner, Ursula Howells, Reg Lye, James Mellor, and Maureen Pryor in The Madhouse on Castle Street (1963)
    BBC Sunday-Night Play
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Poncho Rivera
    • 1960
  • Orson Welles, Bradford Dillman, Juliette Gréco, and Catherine Lacey in Crack in the Mirror (1960)
    Crack in the Mirror
    6.5
    • Young man at Buvette
    • 1960
  • Too Young to Love (1960)
    Too Young to Love
    5.9
    • Larry Webster
    • 1960
  • Tim Turner in The Invisible Man (1958)
    The Invisible Man
    7.0
    TV Series
    • King Rashid
    • 1959
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Harry Becker
    • Seaman 1st Class Junius Urban
    • Richard Kurt ...
    • 1957–1959
  • Van Johnson and Hildegard Knef in Subway in the Sky (1959)
    Subway in the Sky
    5.8
    • Stefan Grant
    • 1959
  • O.S.S. (1957)
    O.S.S.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • McGaffery
    • 1958
  • ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
    8.3
    TV Series
    • John
    • Pedro Moreno
    • 1956–1957
  • Rita Hayworth, Robert Mitchum, and Jack Lemmon in Fire Down Below (1957)
    Fire Down Below
    6.0
    • 1st U.S. Sailor
    • 1957
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Oscar Hubbard
    • Private William H. Dean
    • 1956–1957
  • Herbert Marshall, Steve Cochran, Nicole Maurey, Lizabeth Scott, and Jon Whiteley in The Weapon (1956)
    The Weapon
    6.2
    • Private (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • For the Defence
    TV Movie
    • Donald Ford
    • 1956

Producer

  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
    6.6
    TV Series
    • producer
    • 1963

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Broadway org.
  • Alternative name
    • a man
  • Born
    • October 11, 1929
    • Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
  • Died
    • August 15, 2018
    • Glenford, New York, USA(complications from diabetes)
  • Spouse
    • Stephen Temperley2003 - August 15, 2018 (his death)
  • Other works
    Directed "Quartet" play by Ronald Harwood (Berkshire Theater Festival, Stockbridge, Massachussets, USA).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Won Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Director (Play) for a revival of "Morning's at Seven." In 1984, a Best Director (Musical) nomination followed for "The Tap Dance Kid."

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