 In 1965, he and John McCabe were two of the five founding members of the now worldwide society of The Sons of the Desert, an appreciation club for the works of Laurel and Hardy.He had a role in "Kojak" in 1974.After "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter", McCann's motion picture career took a turn back into comedy with many supporting roles and a co-starring turn (with Tim Conway) in "They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way" (1978).