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Jules Irving
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Jules Irving

American director (1925–1979)

Jules Irving (born Julius Israel; April 13, 1925 – July 28, 1979) was an American director, educator, producer and actor, who in the 1950s co-founded the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. When the Actor's Workshop closed in 1966, Irving moved to New York City and became the first Producing Director of the Repertory Company of the Vivian Beaumont Theater of Lincoln Center.2

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Born Apr 13, 1925, died Jul 28, 1979.1

About

In 1955, the Actor's Workshop was the first West Coast theater to sign an Equity "Off-Broadway" contract. Irving had started the Workshop with fellow New Yorker Herbert Blau, whom he knew from undergraduate days at New York University and then during graduate study at Stanford University. Both men were professors at San Francisco State, with Irving serving in the Drama department and Blau in English.

He was active in school shows and made his Broadway debut at the age of thirteen in George S. Kaufman's The American Way. He joined the army in 1943, serving in the infantry during the Battle of the Bulge and as a Russian translator when his unit met Soviet forces. After V-E Day, he transferred to Special Services and had the opportunity to hone his theater managerial skills as he organized camp shows under Joshua Logan.

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Companies

Career

Occupation: stage actor, film actor, theatre manager, film director, television producer, film producer, actor, television director.5

  • Date not recordedWorked at San Francisco State University3
  • Date not recordedFounded Actor's Workshop4

Personal life

  • BornApr 13, 1925, New York City6
  • DiedJul 28, 1979, Reno7
  • CitizenshipUnited States8
  • SpousePriscilla Pointer 1947 to 19799

In 1947, Irving married actress Priscilla Pointer, to whom he remained married until his death in 1979. The couple had three children, including director David Irving and actress Amy Irving. Pointer remarried a year later in 1980 to Robert Symonds, who had been Irving's producing partner at Lincoln Center.

He died of a heart attack in 1979 on a vacation trip to Reno, Nevada, aged 54.

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