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name: "Leonard Kantor"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonard-kantor"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "10 July 1920"
died: "12 April 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:01:07.058316+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Leonard Kantor

Writer. Born 10 July 1920 in New York, USA. Died 12 April 1984.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 10 July 1920, New York, USA
- **Died:** 12 April 1984

## Biography

Leonard Kantor was an American writer of plays and television drama. His 1953 Broadway play *Dead Pigeon*, based on the death of the Murder Inc. informant Abe Reles, was adapted into the 1955 film *Tight Spot*.

He wrote episodes for numerous crime and procedural series, including *The Untouchables* (1959), *The Fugitive* (1963), *The F.B.I.* (1965), *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972) and *Hart to Hart* (1981). He also contributed extensively to the daytime soap *The Doctors*.

Kantor died in New York City in 1984.

*Sources: imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Fugitive* (1963), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)

## Also known for

- *The Untouchables* (1959), Writer

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