Cannon, Glenn (Glen Cannon, Glen Gannon, Glenn Gannon)

PERSONAL

Education: Temple University, B.A., drama, 1954.

Career:

Actor. Stanford Repertory Theatre, resident actor, director, and teacher, 1965-68; University of Hawaii at Manoa, drama professor, 1968—, codirector of cinematic and digital arts program, 2002—.

Member:

Actors Equity Association, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Screen Actors Guild (president, Hawaiian branch).

Awards, Honors:

Received 11 Po'okela Awards for excellence in directing; Po'okela Award, best actor.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(As Glen Gannon) "Rip" Xavier, street gang tough, Cop Hater, United Artists, 1958.

Harry, Mad Dog Coll, Columbia, 1961.

Mer. Pieper, Picture Bride (also known as Bijo photo), Miramax, 1994.

Television Appearances; Series:

Various, Combat!, ABC, 1962-65.

John Manicote, Hawaii Five-O (also known as McGarrett), CBS, 1970-77.

Dr. Ibold, a recurring character, Magnum, P.I., 1981-88.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Roy Wesler, Miracle Landing, CBS, 1990.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Wallace, The Islander (movie), 1978.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Aaron, "Honor," Playwrights '56 (also known as The Playwright Honor), NBC, 1956.

Davey, "Cop for a Day," Alfred Hitchcock Presents, NBC, 1961.

Corporal Lefty Morgan, "A Taste of Peace," The Gallant Men, ABC, 1963.

(As Glenn Gannon) Teenage Luminos, "A Feasibility Study," The Outer Limits, ABC, 1964.

Walter, "The $100,000 Canteen," No Time for Sergeants, ABC, 1964.

Doctor, "Soldiers," Tour of Duty, CBS, 1988.

"Fathers and Sons," Island Son, CBS, 1989.

"Gifts," Island Son, CBS, 1989.

"The Christmas Story," Island Son, CBS, 1989.

"Janine Returns," Island Son, CBS, 1990.

Priest, "The Moth," Lost, ABC, 2004.

Old scooter man, "Exodus: Part 2," Lost, ABC, 2005.

Also appeared in Studio One; Camera Three; Hallmark Hall of Fame; 77 Sunset Strip; Johnny Staccato; The Outer Limits.

Stage Appearances:

Young boy, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1956-57.

Mike Hogan, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Bijou Theatre, New York City, 1957.

Also appeared in The Three Penny Opera, Theatre DeLys, New York City; The Iceman Cometh, Circle at the Square Theatre, New York City; as Iago, Othello, Hawaiian production; the devil, J. B., Hawaiian production; Willie, The Sunshine Boys, Hawaiian production; Willy Loman, Death of a Salesman, Hawaiian production; Buddy, Follies, Hawaiian production; Nat, I'm Not Rappaport, Hawaiian production.

Major Tours:

Appeared in West Side Story; Tea and Sympathy; I Can Get It for You Wholesale.

Stage Work:

Directed over 100 plays, primarily in Hawaii.