
Person
Vivian Matalon
Directing · 1929–2018 · Manchester, England, UK
Biography
Vivian Matalon was a British theatre director. Born in Manchester, Matalon began his career as an actor in a series of forgettable British films, but his greatest success was as a director of West End, Broadway and regional theatre productions.
Known for

American Playhouse
Director

The Wednesday Play
Director

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director

ITV Play of the Week
Director

Z-Cars
Director

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Director
Sunday-Night Play
Director

The Count of Monte Cristo
1956

Centre Play
Director

Rooms
Director
Filmography
- 1991The General Motors Playwrights TheaterDirector
- 1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept SecretSelf
- 1982American PlayhouseDirector
- 1982Morning's at SevenDirector
- 1981For Ladies OnlyThe Public Theater Director
- 1977Cottage to LetDirector
- 1977The Sunday DramaDirector
- 1976A Man of MoralityDirector
- 1976Home Sweet IndiaDirector
- 1975CouplesDirector
- 1974RoomsDirector
- 1973Centre PlayDirector
- 1972Home and AwayDirector
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreDirector
- 1967NBC Experiment in TelevisionDirector
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreDirector
- 1964The Wednesday PlayDirector
- 1964King and CountryPadre
- 196324-Hour CallDirector
- 1962Z-CarsDirector
- 1960Sunday-Night PlayDirector
- 1960Crack in the MirrorYoung man at Buvette
- 1960Too Young to LoveLarry Webster
- 1959Subway in the SkyStefan Grant
- 1957Emergency: Ward 10Director
- 1956The Weapon
- 1956The Count of Monte Cristo
- 1955ITV Play of the WeekDirector
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