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Howard Caine

Howard Caine

Actor · 1928 – 1993 · Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Howard Caine (January 2, 1928 – December 28, 1993), was a popular character actor, probably best known as Gestapo agent Major Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series Hogan's Heroes. At the age of 13 Howard Cohen moved with his family from his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee to New York City, where he began studying acting. Learning to erase his Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and American dialects. After serving in World War II- he joined the United States Navy fighting the Japanese in the Pacific theater - Caine continued his studies at The School of Drama, Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude. He appeared on Broadway in Wonderful Town, Inherit the Wind, Lunatics and Lovers and Tiger at the Gates. He succeeded Ray Walston as "Mr. Applegate" in the original production of Damn Yankees. He was featured in such films as From the Terrace (1960), Pay or Die (1960), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Brushfire (1962), The Man from the Diner's Club (1963), Pressure Point (1962) and Alvarez Kelly (1966). He co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge and Estelle Parsons in Watermelon Man (1970). He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. He acted in more than 750 live and filmed television programs, including the 1961 episode "The Vials" of the western series Two Faces West. He may be best-remembered as Major Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes (1965). He was featured as "Everett Scovill", a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, on Helter Skelter (1976). A native of Tennessee, Caine had always been fascinated with the Appalachian five-string banjo, and began mastering it in the mid-'60s. From the summer of 1970 until his death in 1993, he had taken trophies at 29 prominent banjo and fiddle contests in the Southland for both Best Traditional Banjo and Traditional Singing. He was also a popular folk singer and appeared at a number of prominent folk clubs and folk festivals. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Caine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Movies15

  • Movie8.0

    Judgment at Nuremberg

    1961 · 988 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Forced Vengeance

    1982 · 80 votes

  • Movie6.9

    1776

    1972 · 89 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Alvarez Kelly

    1966 · 62 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Helter Skelter

    1976 · 69 votes

  • Movie5.8
  • Movie6.6

    From the Terrace

    1960 · 57 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Pressure Point

    1962 · 42 votes

  • Movie6.9
  • Movie6.3

    Watermelon Man

    1970 · 62 votes

  • Movie7.5

    Pay or Die!

    1960 · 10 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.0

    Marty

    1953 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.5

    The Doomsday Flight

    1966 · 9 votes

  • Movie10.0

    Brushfire

    1962 · 1 votes

Series15

  • TV7.9
  • TV7.5

    Hogan's Heroes

    1965 · 193 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV7.8

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    1955 · 265 votes

  • TV7.1

    The Lucy Show

    1962 · 53 votes

  • TV6.5

    Fantasy Island

    1978 · 130 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Outer Limits

    1963 · 164 votes

  • TV6.8
  • TV7.5
  • TV7.9

    War and Remembrance

    1988 · 37 votes

  • TV7.5

    Adam's Rib

    1973 · 2 votes

  • TV8.4

    Get Christie Love!

    1974 · 6 votes

  • TV8.0

    Fair Exchange

    1962 · 1 votes