An associate actor with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Kane played Puck in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of A Midsummer Night's Dream alongside Ben Kingsley, Alan Howard, Patrick Stewart and Frances de la Tour, before turning to comedy scriptwriting.
His TV acting credits include Tommy—an adult with learning difficulties—in the 1974 Doctor Who serial Planet of the Spiders.
Continuing to work as an actor with the RSC, Kane also created sitcoms Me and My Girl (1984–88) with Richard O'Sullivan and Tim Brooke-Taylor, All in Good Faith (1985–88) with Richard Briers and Aztec drama The Feathered Serpent (1976–78).
Turning to the stage, Kane wrote the RSC's adaptation of Wizard of Oz,[1] West End Cole Porter tribute A Swell Party and the words and music in 2005 for The Canterville Ghost at the Southwark Playhouse.
He also wrote the television film The Vamp starring Shelley Winters, children's cartoon Britt Allcroft's Magic Adventures of Mumfie, and won a CableACE Award for his screenplay Daisies in December starring Joss Ackland.