Trivia

Father of actress Amy Irving, Katie Irving, and director David Irving. Younger brother of producer/director Richard Irving.

Co-founded the San Francisco Actor's Workshop with wife Priscilla Pointer, Herbert Blau and Beatrice Manley.

Director of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center in the 1960s and 1970s. He guided his wife Priscilla Pointer in many of them, including "The Country Wife", "Danton's Death", "The Condemned of Altona" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Grandfather of Max Spielberg and Gabriel Davis Barreto.

Father-in-law of Kenneth Bowser Jr. Ex-father-in-law of Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto.