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John Vivyan (né John R. Vukayan; May 31, 1915 – December 20, 1983) [1] was an American stage and television actor, who was best known for portraying the title character in the television series Mr. Lucky.
Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from 1959 to 1960. The title character, played by John Vivyan, was an honest professional gambler who used his plush floating casino, the ship Fortuna, as his base of operations.
John Lambrick Vivian (1830–1896), genealogist and historian; John Vivyan (May 31, 1915 – December 20, 1983) an American stage and television actor; John Vyvyan (1908–1975), writer on animal rights; Johnny Vyvyan (John Vyvyan, 1924–1984), Australian-born actor, appeared in Hancock's Half Hour and other British series
Mr. Lucky was adapted as a radio play on the October 18, 1943, broadcast of Lux Radio Theatre with Cary Grant and Laraine Day reprising their film roles. [3] It was also presented on the January 20, 1950, broadcast of Screen Directors Playhouse with Cary Grant again reprising his film role.
Rider on a Dead Horse is a 1962 American Western film directed by Herbert L. Strock and starring John Vivyan. Plot
Vyvyan was born in Sussex.He originally trained as an archaeologist, he worked with Sir Flinders Petrie in the Middle East. He was the author of three books on Shakespeare, including The Shakespearean Ethic (1959), and two on the origins of anti-vivisection activism, In Pity and in Anger: A Study of the Use of Animals in Science (1969) – which documents the disputes between Frances Power ...
Music from Mr. Lucky is a soundtrack album composed and conducted by Henry Mancini.The music is from the CBS-TV television series Mr. Lucky starring John Vivyan.The album's liner notes were written by Blake Edwards, the creator of the television series.
The series depicts the activities of real-life police detective Barney Ruditsky as he fights organized crime in New York City. [2] Its original title was Ruditsky. [3]The show has "a certain claim to authenticity . . . in its meticulous attention to period detail" and in depicting actual cases on which Ruditsky worked. [2]