Ataollah Zahed
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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1915 births
1991 deaths
Actors from Shiraz
Iranian male actors
University of Tehran alumni
Shahid Motahari University
Iranian film directors
Iranian voice actors
Iranian screenwriters