[1] He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945).

Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.

[1][2] Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films.

[1] During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series.

He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).