Herman O. Arbeit Biography (1925-)

Born April 19, 1925; son of Max (a candystore keeper, packer, and sewing machine operator) and Katie (Zweibel) Arbeit; married Sylvia Newfeld (a receptionist), February 16, 1958; children: Barbara Rachel. Addresses: Contact--c/o 14055 34th Ave., Apt. 1B, Flushing, NY 11354-3029.

Nationality
American

Famous Works

  • Credits; Stage Appearances
  • (Debut) Doc, Come Back, Little Sheba, Playrads Drama Group, City Collegeof New York, 1952.
  • Tarleton, Misalliance, Cragsmoor, NY, 1954.
  • Kendall, Little Scandal, Cragsmoor, NY, 1954.
  • (New York debut) Reverend, Climate of Eden, Actors Playhouse, New York, NY, 1955.
  • Doctor, Boy Meets Girl, Equity Library, NY, 1955.
  • Lawyer, A Dream Play, Minor Latham, NY, 1957.
  • Paravicini, The Mouse Trap, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Papa, The Happy Time, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Sheriff Talbott, Orpheus Descending, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Uncle Max, A Hole in the Head, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Barney, Summer of the Seventeenth Doll, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Bellhop, The Girls in 509, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Otto Frank, Diary of Anne Frank, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Noah, The Flowering Peach, Rockland County Playhouse, NY, 1959.
  • Walter, Time Remembered, Woodstock Playhouse, NY, 1960.
  • Milgrim, The Disenchanted, Woodstock Playhouse, NY, 1960.
  • Rabbi David and Aaron, The World of Sholom Aleichem, Woodstock Playhouse,NY, 1960.
  • Gant, Look Homeward, Angel, Woodstock Playhouse, NY, 1960.
  • Hunk, Dead End, Equity Library, NY, 1960.
  • Professor, The Lesson, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1963.
  • Brabantio, Othello, Corning Summer Theatre, NY, 1963.
  • Dodds, Calculated Risk, Corning Summer Theatre, NY, 1963.
  • Sidney Black, Light Up the Sky, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1963- 64.
  • Chausable, The Importance of Being Earnest, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD,1963-64.
  • Senator, The Respectful Prostitute, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1963-64.
  • Bert, The Room, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1963-64.
  • Alonzo, The Tempest, Washington Theatre Club, Washington, DC, 1965.
  • Title role, The Prisoner, Erie Civic Theatre Association, Erie, PA, 1967.
  • Peter Stockmann, An Enemy of the People, Equity Library, NY, 1968.
  • Sgt. Carlino, Wait Until Dark, Corning Summer Theatre, NY, 1968.
  • Gilbert, Everything in the Garden, Corning Summer Theatre, NY, 1968.
  • The Merchant, The Exception and the Rule, Assembly, NY, 1970.
  • Duncan, porter, and Hecate, Macbeth, North Shore Music Theatre, Beverly,MA, 1972.
  • Harry Brock, Born Yesterday, Firehouse Dinner Theatre, Omaha, NE, 1973.
  • Uncle Murray, Moonchildren, Charles St. Playhouse, Boston, MA, 1974.
  • Reb Alter, Yentl, Chelsea, NY, 1974-75.
  • Yekel, God of Vengeance, Masterworks Laboratory, Brooklyn, NY, 1975.
  • Reb Alter, Yentl, Eugene O'Neill, NY, 1975-76.
  • Wiseman, Cohn, and understudy Abe, Knock Knock, Biltmore, NY, l976.
  • Dankel, Marathon '33, Lion, NY, 1976.
  • Abe, Knock Knock, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1977.
  • Oscar Wolfe, The Royal Family, Seattle Repertory, Seattle, WA, 1977-78.
  • Loach, The National Health, Seattle Repertory, Seattle, WA, 1977- 78.
  • Uncle Morty, Awake and Sing, Playwrights Horizons, NY, 1978.
  • Harry Edison, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, Playwrights Horizons, NY, 1978.
  • Dodge, Buried Child, GeVa, Rochester, NY, 1979.
  • Uncle David, Me and Molly, Jewish Repertory, NY, 1980.
  • Soloway, The Goodbye People, PAF, NY, 1981.
  • Dr. Edward Peller, In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer, American Jewish Theatre, NY, 1981.
  • Ranger Three, Who Killed Johnny Granger, Columbia University, NY, 1982.
  • Zog, The Seventh Day, Quaigh, NY, 1983.
  • Max Glass, Taking Steam, Jewish Repertory, NY, 1983.
  • Judge, Christopher Blake, Quaigh, NY, 1983.
  • Harpagon, The Miser, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1983.
  • Cymberline, Globe Playhouse, Los Angeles, CA, 1986-87.
  • Understudy Ben/Jack, Broadway Bound, St. Paul's Ordway Music Theatre, 1988, then Providence Performing Arts Center, 1989.
  • Mordechai Weiss, A Shayna Maidel, Delaware Theatre Company, Wilmington, DE, 1990-91.
  • Sam, Black Forest, Vineyard Theatre/26th Street, New York, NY, 1994.
  • Participated in a public reading of two unproduced Tennessee Williams' plays, Kathryn Bache Miller Theatre, 1995.
  • Credits; Tours
  • Bellamy, The Fantasticks, Bermudiana Hotel, Bahamas, 1964.
  • Mayor, Never Too Late, summer tour, Barnesville, PA, then Detroit, MI, 1965.
  • Doc, West Side Story, Beverly, Cohasset, and Hyannis, MA, 1968.
  • Understudy Gregory Solomon, The Price, U.S. cities, 1969-70.
  • Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, National Theatre Company, 1970- 71.
  • Murray, The Odd Couple, Chateau de Ville Dinner Theatre productions tour,MA and CT, 1973-74.
  • Professor Lyman, Bus Stop, ACT tour, KY and IL, 1981.
  • Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
  • (Debut) Waiter, Concerning Miss Marlowe, NBC, 1954.
  • Juror, Another World, NBC, 1965.
  • Superintendent, Edge of Night, ABC, 1981.
  • Police Sergeant, As the World Turns, CBS, 1982.
  • Desk Sergeant, The Guiding Light, CBS, 1983.
  • Credits; Other Television Appearances
  • Scott Candless, It's My Body, It's My Life (special), WCVB, Boston, 1974.
  • Harry Fine, Law & Order (episodic), NBC, 1991.
  • Credits; Film Appearances
  • (Debut) Detective, Cop Haters, 1964.
  • Desk Clerk, Headin' for Broadway, 1980.