Biography
Charles Cane (born Charles Radford Cannefax Jr.) was an American character actor. Born on 18 April 1899 in Springfield, Missouri, he began his career in vaudeville and on stage before appearing in films from the early 1930s. He was billed early as Charlie Cannefax and later as Charles Cane, and worked under additional variants including Charles R. Cane.
Cane appeared in numerous supporting and uncredited roles across films and early television until the early 1960s. His credits include Policeman (uncredited) in Born Yesterday (1950), Plainclothesman at Airport in The Killing (1956), Angry Husband in Convertible (uncredited) in In a Lonely Place (1950), Hopkins (uncredited) in The Big Heat (1953), and Lou (uncredited) in Marty (1955). He was the younger brother of billiard champion Bob Cannefax and died on 30 November 1973 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
