Arthur Cantor, play producer and press representative, was born March 12, 1920, in Boston, Massachusetts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at Harvard College in 1940, and during World War II he served with the United States Air Force.
Mr. Cantor has been active in many branches of the entertainment field, both as a press representative for theater and television productions, and as a producer. In the theater, he became an assistant to the press representative of the Playwrights' Company in 1945. Serving as an independent press representative for Hook 'n' Ladder (New York, April 29, 1952), he has since handled the publicity for many Broadway shows such as Inherit the Wind (April 21, 1955), The Most Happy Fella (May 3, 1956), Auntie Mame (October 31, 1956), Long Day's Journey Into Night (November 7, 1956), The Music Man (December 19, 1957), The Miracle Worker (October 19, 1959) and Toys in the Attic (February 25, 1960).
Arthur Cantor has also produced or co-produced many stage plays. Those that are represented in this collection are The Tenth Man (November 5, 1959), All the Way Home (November 30, 1960), Gideon (November 9, 1961), The Elizabethans (January 21, 1962), A Thousand Clowns (April 5, 1962), Put It in Writing (May 13, 1963), The Golden Age (November 18, 1963) and The Passion of Josef D. (February 11, 1964). Among Mr. Cantor's later productions are The Venetian Twins, co-produced with Zenon R. Mocarski (May 1968) and Tango, co-produced with Ninon Karlweis and Martin Rubin, in association with Zvi Kolitz (January 18, 1969).
He was co-producer of The Concept, an Off-Broadway production which was performed by members of Daytop Village, a therapeutic community of former narcotic addicts.
Mr. Cantor has been publicity agent for many television series, including Alcoa Theater, Alcoa Presents, Alcoa Hour, Alcoa Premiere, and Armstrong Circle Theatre, and for numerous television specials.
He married Deborah Rosmarin in 1951. They have three children.
