 In 1949–1950, he portrayed Lieutenant Cummings in "Mysteries of Chinatown" a crime drama on ABC television.Crane also appeared in the outer-space adventure serial "" in 1953, as Dick Preston, Cody's semi-comical sidekick, and was the hero of the 1951 serial based loosely on Jules Verne's "Mysterious Island".Crane portrayed Gene Plehan in the crime drama "Surfside 6" on ABC (1960-1962).