IVAN CURY began acting on radio in Let’s Pretend at the age of 11. He would go on to appear on other radio programs such as Cavalcade of America, The Electric Theater, Theatre Guild on the Air, The Jack Benny Program, Mr. President, Dr. Christian and many others. He is perhaps best known as Portia’s son on Portia Faces Life and as Bobby Benson on Bobby Benson and The B-Bar-B Riders. From 1949-1951, Ivan played the title character on Bobby Benson on the Mutual network. The cast also included a young Don Knotts in the part of the old geezer, Windy Wales. After receiving a BFA from Carnegie Tech, and a MFA from Boston University, Ivan began working as a producer-director. His work includes: Camera Three’s 25th Anniversary of the Julliard String Quartet, The Harkness Ballet, Actor’s Choice and Soul!, as well as The Doctors and The Young and the Restless. He created numerous television commercials, notably for The Men’s Wearhouse. Cury taught at Hunter and Adelphi Colleges, and UCLA. He is the author of two books on television Production
