Ataollah Zahed (Persian: عطاءالله زاهد; 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.
[1][2] Ataollah Zahed was born in 1915 in Shiraz, Fars province, Qajar Iran.
[4] He later studied Islamic jurisprudence at Marvi Theological School [fa] 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.
[4] Zahed died of a heart attack on 6 November 1991,[4] and is buried in Ibn Babawayh Cemetery in Ray, Greater Tehran.