Professor Cannon

Professor Cannon (first name unrevealed) is an antagonist appearing on the OWN prime-time soap opera The Haves and the Have Nots.

He is played Robert Pralgo.

He is Amanda Cryer and Candace Young's law professor who first appears in the show's first season.

In "The Criminal," Professor Cannon is stunned to see Amanda wearing makeup and a sexy dress, and he agrees to give her a makeup exam. Later, he visits Amanda at her and Candace's apartment, and makes very unwelcome sexual advances towards her. When Amanda resists, he threatens to give her a poor grade and even calls her "stupid." Amanda further fights him, so Cannon pulls her into her bedroom, where he throws her down on the bed and slams the door behind them. He then proceeds to rape Amanda.

Afterward, Cannon gets dressed and chats happily to Amanda, who sits in bed shell-shocked by her ordeal, commenting her on how good she was during their "tryst" and even asking if she wants something to eat. Amanda remains silent, and Cannon, apparently unconcerned by this, assures her that her grade is safe before leaving the apartment.

After learning what Cannon did to Amanda, Candace confronts him and then blackmails him into her service.

As she begins to spiral into insanity, Amanda buys a gun and begins stalking Cannon. She breaks into his house while he's asleep in bed with his wife, and threatens with the gun. Later, she again breaks into his home while he's in the shower. Sometime after that, Amanda confronts Cannon while he's out jogging, and Cannon expresses his displeasure with Amanda stalking him. Amanda then stabs him with a knife and flees.