Joseph Anthony made his Broadway debut in 1937, and in the years
following he was the partner of dancer
Agnes de Mille, was employed as a set
designer on films and dabbled as a film actor. His main interest,
however, was the stage, and he became one of Broadway's most
accomplished directors. In addition to occasionally acting on stage and
in TV, he directed a handful of films, with varying success, and tried
his hand at directing for television, becoming the house director on
the series "Brenner" (1964).