Following stints with several newspapers in the United States, Crane went to Tokyo in 1925, to become financial editor of the Japan Advertiser.
At the conclusion of World War II Crane joined the Tokyo Bureau of The New York Times.
[2] His wife was Esther and transcripts exist of his recollections on the Occupation Period of Japan in the Columbia University Oral History Research Office.
Crane appeared as a featured subject on a 1961 episode of To Tell The Truth, hosted by Bud Collyer.
The four panelists - Tom Poston, Kitty Carlisle, Don Ameche, and Peggy Cass - correctly identified him among the impostors playing the game alongside him.