Max Cantor

Michael Cantor (May 15, 1959 – October 3, 1991) was an American journalist and actor in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Fear, Anxiety & Depression (1989).

Max Cantor
Born
Michael Cantor

(1959-05-15)May 15, 1959
New York, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 3, 1991(1991-10-03) (aged 32)
New York, New York, U.S.
Cause of deathHeroin Overdose
NationalityAmerican
EducationCollegiate School
Buxton School
Alma materHarvard University
Occupationjournalist and actor
Years active1983-1989
Parent(s)Arthur Cantor

Biography

Cantor's father was the theatrical producer Arthur Cantor. During Cantor's trips to London with his father, Vidal Sassoon personally cut his hair. He grew up in the Dakota Apartments on West 72nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Cantor attended Collegiate School but graduated from Buxton School in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He spent his summers until age 14 at Camp Hillcroft in Billings, New York, alongside fellow campers such as the children of American Federation of Teachers president Albert Shanker and actor Burt Lancaster. At camp, he won top roles in Winnie the Pooh and The Velveteen Rabbit. Cantor was a 1982 graduate of Harvard University, where he lived in Adams House and starred in several productions by the then-student director Peter Sellars.

Career

Cantor wrote for The Village Voice about ibogaine as a cure for heroin addiction,[1] and had taken an interest in the cult surrounding East Village cannibal/murderer Daniel Rakowitz.[1]

Death

He died from a heroin overdose at the age of 32. At the time he died, he was conducting research and writing a book about Rakowitz and the murder of dancer Monika Beerle.[1][2]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1983DinerShrevieTV Short
1987Dirty DancingRobbie Gould
1989Fear, Anxiety & DepressionJack(final film role)
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References
  1. Marcus, Anthony (2006). Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis. Berghagen Books. p. 123. ISBN 9781845450502.
  2. Aronowitz, Al (June 2, 2002). "Column 72: The Strange Case of Max Cantor". the Blacklisted Journalist.

"The Strange Sad Death of Max Cantor", Sarah Ferguson, 'Esquire' February 1992, pp45 - 49.

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