John Vivyan (May 31, 1915 â€" December 20, 1983) was an American actor
active primarily between 1957 and 1970. He was known for his starring
role as the debonair gambler in the CBS adventure series Mr.
Lucky.Born John R. Vukayan to Serbian immigrant parents in Chicago,
Illinois, he served in the Guadalcanal campaign with the United States
Army Company "E", the 132nd Infantry Regiment during World War II. He
was wounded in the leg.John Vukayan changed his surname to Vivyan,
like other aspiring actors, after attending the American Academy of
Dramatic Art under the GI Bill of Rights. He first appeared on stage
in the late 1940s before taking film and television roles. His first
screen role was in the 1949 episode "Two Sharp Knives" of the Studio
One anthology series at a time when relatively few residences had
television access. In 1957, he appeared as the character Richard Goff
with Broderick Crawford in the episode "Nitro" of the syndicated
series, Highway Patrol. He guest starred in two other 1950s syndicated
programs too, Harbor Command and State Trooper. In 1957, appeared as
the character Hewitt in "The Laura Hunter Story" on CBS's The
Millionaire. He starred too as Mack Barron in the episode "The Little
Witness" on Loretta Young's NBC anthology series.Thereafter, he
appeared in three Warner Brothers series on ABC, two westerns, Colt
.45 (as George F. Foley in "The Mirage") and Sugarfoot (as Victor
Valla in the episode "Deadlock"), and then on the detective series 77
Sunset Strip (as Mitch in "The Girl Who Couldn't Remember"). Vivyan
appeared as LeBow in "Duel at the Oaks" in the CBS western Yancy
Derringer, starring Jock Mahoney.
active primarily between 1957 and 1970. He was known for his starring
role as the debonair gambler in the CBS adventure series Mr.
Lucky.Born John R. Vukayan to Serbian immigrant parents in Chicago,
Illinois, he served in the Guadalcanal campaign with the United States
Army Company "E", the 132nd Infantry Regiment during World War II. He
was wounded in the leg.John Vukayan changed his surname to Vivyan,
like other aspiring actors, after attending the American Academy of
Dramatic Art under the GI Bill of Rights. He first appeared on stage
in the late 1940s before taking film and television roles. His first
screen role was in the 1949 episode "Two Sharp Knives" of the Studio
One anthology series at a time when relatively few residences had
television access. In 1957, he appeared as the character Richard Goff
with Broderick Crawford in the episode "Nitro" of the syndicated
series, Highway Patrol. He guest starred in two other 1950s syndicated
programs too, Harbor Command and State Trooper. In 1957, appeared as
the character Hewitt in "The Laura Hunter Story" on CBS's The
Millionaire. He starred too as Mack Barron in the episode "The Little
Witness" on Loretta Young's NBC anthology series.Thereafter, he
appeared in three Warner Brothers series on ABC, two westerns, Colt
.45 (as George F. Foley in "The Mirage") and Sugarfoot (as Victor
Valla in the episode "Deadlock"), and then on the detective series 77
Sunset Strip (as Mitch in "The Girl Who Couldn't Remember"). Vivyan
appeared as LeBow in "Duel at the Oaks" in the CBS western Yancy
Derringer, starring Jock Mahoney.
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