Eduardo Cansino, Jr

Eduardo Cansino, Jr. (October 13 1919 - March 11 1974) was an actor, the son of Volga Hayworth, a Ziegfeld Follies showgirl, and Spanish-Andalusian dance master Eduardo Cansino, Sr.

He was the youngest brother of actress Rita Hayworth and actor Vernon Cansino (1922-1974). The Cansino family lived in a theatrical boarding house in Broadway where Eduardo Cansino, Sr. was appearing nightly with his sister Elisa as The Dancing Cansinos.

By 1929, however the family were having trouble finding a steady job on vaudeville so they moved out west to Hollywood. Eduardo Cansino, Jr. appeared in a fair number of films during the 1950s, but GeneRally with small parts.

Filmography

  • Miss Sadie Thompson
  • The Mississippi Gambler
  • The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
  • The Brigand

Death

Eduardo Cansino died of cancer at age of 54, and is buried next to his brother Vernon at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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