Ataollah Zahed (; 1915 – 1991) also spelled as Ataullah Zahed, was an Iranian actor of theater, television, and film; a film director; film producer; screenplay writer; educator; and a voice-over actor and director.
Biography Ataollah Zahed was born in 1915 in Shiraz, Fars province, Qajar Iran. Around age 9 he started his artistic activities by acting in a play.
He attended the University of Tehran, where he received a B.A. degree in literature. He later studied Islamic jurisprudence at and Shahid Motahari University. Zahed was one of the founders of Hosseiniyeh Ershad, a non-traditional religious institute in Tehran, where he taught theater and cinema courses.
Zahed died of a heart attack on 6 November 1991, and is buried in Ibn Babawayh Cemetery in Ray, Greater Tehran.
Filmography Screenplay writer 1955 – The Incident of Life () 1956 – () 1957 – () 1958 – ()
Film producer 1958 – ()
Film director 1956 – () 1957 – () 1958 – ()
Film actor 1979 – () 1985 – () 1986 – (), as character Nooragha 1987 – (), as the marriage officiant 1987 – (), as character Seyyed Mamad 1987 – () 1988 – () 1988 – () 1989 – () 1989 – Eye of the Hurricane () 1991 – ()
Television series He acted in the following television series:
1983–1985 – () 1984 – () 1987 – () 1987 – Hezardastan (), on Channel 1, as character Seyyed Ebrahim Rohani, a rohani
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