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Cannon graduated from Temple University in 1954.
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Cannon is a professor of Theatre, and co-Director of the Cinematic and Digital Arts program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in Honolulu.
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Cannon is the president of the Hawaii branch of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
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In 2002, Cannon co-founded the University of Hawaii's Cinematic and Digital Arts (CDA) program with the former Columbia-Tristar president Chris Lee.