Eduardo Cansino Reina[1] (March 2, 1895 – December 24, 1968) was a Spanish-born American dancer and actor of Calé Roma descent.

After she began making films in Hollywood, Margarita Carmen Cansino took her mother's maiden name as her professional surname, becoming Rita Hayworth.

Hayworth confided in her husband, Orson Welles that her father began to sexually abuse her as a child, when they were touring together as the Dancing Cansinos.

Leaming wrote that the abuse experienced by Hayworth as a young girl contributed to her difficulty in relationships as an adult.

[9][10] Eduardo Cansino Sr. died in Pompano Beach, Florida, in 1968, aged 73, and is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale).