Irving, Jules, 1925-1979

found: Wikipedia, August 18, 2017(Jules Irving (né Julius Israel; born April 13, 1925, New York City--July 28, 1979, Reno, Nevada) was an American actor, director, educator, and producer, who in the 1950s co-founded the San Francisco Actor's Workshop. 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. 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 both professors at San Francisco State, Irving in the Drama department and Blau in English. He ended his regime at Lincoln Center in 1972. He and his family moved to Southern California where his wife Priscilla Pointer found opportunity to flourish in film roles, and where their daughter Amy Irving, who began her acting career at age nine on the Workshop stage, would carry on the family name. Irving produced television revivals of classic films, including Dark Victory and directed Loose Change and the celebrated series, Rich Man, Poor Man. He died of a heart attack in 1979 on a vacation trip to Reno, Nevada, aged 54)

found: The New York times, July 31, 1979, viewed online August 18, 2017:Jules Irving, Director of Lincoln Center Theater, Dead (Jules Irving, the former artistic director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, died of a heart attack Saturday while vacationing in Reno. The Bronx-born Mr. Irving, who had worked in Hollywood in recent years, was 54 years old. Jules Irving was born April 13, 1925, the son of Jack Irving, a salesman, and Ida Irving, and had his New York stage debut at the age of 13 in a small part in The American Way)

found: IMDb, August 18, 2017(Jules Irving (1925-1979), director, producer, actor. Jules Irving was born on April 13, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA as Julius Israel. He died on July 28, 1979 in Reno, Nevada)