Max Cantor
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Michael 'Max' Cantor (May 15, 1959 - October 3, 1991) was an American journalist and actor in films such as Dirty Dancing (1987) and Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989). His father was the theatrical producer Arthur Cantor. He grew up in the famed Dakota Apartments on West 72nd Street in New York. He 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. He wrote for The Village Voice on ibogaine as a cure for heroin addiction, and took an interest in the cult surrounding East Village cannibal murderer Daniel Rakowitz.
He became a heroin addict while researching addicts in New York and died from a shot of pure heroin at the age of 32.
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- Cantor attended the Collegiate School (a prestigious New York private school where John F. Kennedy, Jr. and Anthony Root, among others, were educated). Max graduated from the equally prestigious Buxton School in Williamstown, MA in 1981. He spent his summers until 14 at Camp Hillcroft in Billings, New York; (other illustrious campers included the children of Albert Shanker and Burt Lancaster). He won top roles in Winnie the Pooh and The Velveteen Rabbit.
- During Cantor's trips to London with his father, Vidal Sassoon personally cut his hair.
[edit] Selected filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Fear, Anxiety & Depression | Jack | |
| 1987 | Dirty Dancing | Robbie Gould |
