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name: "John Vivyan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-vivyan"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "31 May 1916"
died: "20 December 1983"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:39:39.519913+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Vivyan

Actor. Born 31 May 1916 in Chicago, Illinois. Died 20 December 1983.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 31 May 1916, Chicago, Illinois
- **Died:** 20 December 1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/139600

## Biography

John Vivyan (1915–1983) was an American actor known for his work in film and television. Born John R. Vukayan in Chicago, Illinois, he trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began appearing on stage in the late 1940s before moving into screen roles.

His film credits include an uncredited part in Alfred Hitchcock's *The Wrong Man* (1956) and the role of Young Man in Douglas Sirk's *Imitation of Life* (1959). He is best known for starring as the title character, a gambler, in the CBS series *Mr. Lucky* (1959–1960). Vivyan also appeared in numerous television series, particularly Westerns, and had a leading role in the 1962 film *Rider on a Dead Horse*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Imitation of Life* (1959), Fi1m 86, as Young Man — [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising* (1962), Actor
- *Imitation of Life* (1959), as Young Man — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/imitation-of-life.md)

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