"Walter Matthau diamond in the rough" . . "Biographical television programs" . "Walter Matthau was barely three when his father deserted the family. Poverty and New York street smarts produced a self-deprecating humor that never left. The G.I. Bill let him study acting and by 1951 he earned a New York Drama Critics Award." . . . . . . . . "Documentary television programs" . . . "Diamond in the rough" . . . "Biography" . . . . . . .