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Charlie Matkin



I am having problems with the photos showing up on this page and have begun a NEW web page (as of November, 2002). Please go there in the future. The address is http://matkin.topcities.com.

My email address: [email protected]

Thanks for your interest.

I have been an Innkeeper since 1982. My wife Jean and I
own and operate the OLD WORLD INN of New Orleans. . For details, click on the name.


Before that I was in broadcasting for approximately
20 years, alternating with various sales endeavors. My first job in TV was in my home town, Mobile, Alabama.



I am also a professional singer. I have traveled the U.S. & Canada with various performing groups and have sung leading roles in Summer Stock as well as in local productions. I have appeared on many radio and television programs as well as in radio and television commercials. When I first came to New Orleans, I sang at various clubs in the French Quarter (As well as in the Opera Chorus) while working fulltime in radio:



With the Ronnie Kole Trio, I recorded an album of show tunes. Here are some of the publicity photos for the album. Below, with Ronnie Kole:





I was the first President and Baritone Soloist with the New Orleans Symphony Chorus. Shown here with Director Larry Wyatt & Guest Conductor Robert Paige









Family ties have become increasingly important as the years go by. I became interested in genealogy several years back and have been able to contribute some information to the Matkins Information Center in Montana. It was a surprise to learn that there are several hundred Matkin(s) families in the U.S. & Canada. On a trip to England a few years ago, we met with several Matkin families. More recently, I learned that the name is popular in the Ukraine and possibly originated in Russia. In russian, the word for mother is "Mat".


For more information on Matkin genealogy, click on and/or


"Family History"

My Parents

My Son






Jean is a former model and television weather program hostess and commercial spokesperson.





She is also a talented harpist and a dedicated hotelier.


I will be adding more photos here in the near future.

Several years ago, a group of professional actors and/or broadcasters got together to re-create old time radio scripts as a fund-raiser for WRBH-FM, Radio for the Blind in New Orleans. This led to the creation of a non-profit organization, New Orleans Radio Theatre, Inc., of which I was a co-founder and am now President and Executive Producer. Find out more by going to our NEW web page:
radiotheatre.topcities.com






My Connections


Old World Inn
New Orleans Radio Theatre, Inc.

Paul Yacich


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