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Milton Katselas (Milton George Katselas) was born on 22 December, 1933 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., is an American stage and film director and producer (1933-2008). Discover Milton Katselas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Milton George Katselas
Occupation Director, acting instructor, coach, producer
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 22 December 1933
Birthday 22 December
Birthplace Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death 24 October, 2008
Died Place Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Lynette Dalton (m. 1978), Patricia Letts (m. 1961–1974)

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1933

Milton George Katselas (December 22, 1933 – October 24, 2008) was an American-Greek director and producer of stage and film, as well as a Hollywood acting instructor and coach who trained under Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg at the acclaimed Actors Studio in New York City.

1954

"I talked to him in Greek, and he talked with me"... [H]e told me, `When you finish college, come see me.'", Katselas recalled. Following graduation in 1954, he began studying with Strasberg and serving as an apprentice to Kazan.

1960

After working with several other big-name directors, including Joshua Logan, Joseph Anthony, and Sanford Meisner, Katselas struck out on his own, beginning with the original 1960 Off-Broadway production of Edward Albee's The Zoo Story.

This was followed by another critical success the following year, Michael Shurtleff's Call Me By My Rightful Name.

1965

Katselas was a long-time Scientologist, having been introduced to the religion in 1965, and had attained the Scientology state of Operating Thetan.

While his relationship with Church of Scientology management broke down in his later years, he remained dedicated to Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard to his death.

1969

He was nominated for a Tony Award for the Broadway production of Leonard Gershe's Butterflies Are Free in 1969, and also directed the 1972 movie version starring Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, and Eileen Heckart, who won an Academy Award for her role.

1973

In 1973 he reunited with Gershe and Albert for the film version of 40 Carats.

His other credits include the Broadway shows Camino Real and The Rose Tattoo, local productions of The Seagull, Romeo and Juliet, and Streamers - all of which won him L.A. Drama Critics Circle awards for best direction.

1978

In 1978, he acquired the Beverly Hills Playhouse, where he taught a master class for many years.

Katselas was a Scientologist and some former students have alleged that his acting classes were used as recruitment for the Church of Scientology, while others have stated Katselas never mentioned or spoke about Scientology during classes.

Katselas was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Greek immigrant parents, who owned a small restaurant outside the gates of a Westinghouse Electric plant.

When Milton was 14 years old, his father went into the movie theater business and ran a local theater company of Greek actors.

Milton Katsalas later adjusted his surname to Katselas.

After high school, he set off for Pittsburgh's Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon) to study theater.

On a visit to New York, he sneaked in to watch Lee Strasberg's acting class where he also saw renowned director Elia Kazan on the street and chased him down.

In 1978, Katselas founded an acting school in Los Angeles called the Beverly Hills Playhouse, where he for 30 years gave acting classes.

He had a wide range of students, including Gene Hackman, Jenna Elfman, George Clooney, Alec Baldwin, Giovanni Ribisi, Tom Selleck, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ted Danson, Tony Danza, Jeffrey Tambor, Tyne Daly, Lakshmi Manchu, Doris Roberts, Anne Archer, Kate Hudson, Kim Cattrall, Thaao Penghlis, Robert Urich, and Patrick Swayze.

Some students reportedly felt alienated by the unspoken pressure to join the Church of Scientology, however.

While Katselas was highly regarded as a teacher, his classes remained controversial.

In his later years, Katselas became disaffected with post-Hubbard Scientology.

He eventually had a break with the organisation, when a Scientologist named Grant Cardone sent an e-mail accusing Katselas of improper sexual conduct with his students.

Following the incident, a number of Scientologist actors left the school.

Katselas was the author of two books.

1983

In 1983, Katselas directed a revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives, the only Broadway stage production in which Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton co-starred together.

However, after the show was panned in its Boston tryout, Taylor, who was a producer, fired Katselas, yet he retained his directing credit for the Broadway run.

He also directed the screen adaptation of Mark Medoff's When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

2008

Katselas died of heart failure on October 24, 2008, aged 74, at the Los Angeles hospital Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Katselas was portrayed by actor James Franco in the Sal Mineo biopic Sal, which Franco also directed.