Name
Howard Caine
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1928-01-02
Deathday
1993-12-28 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Biography
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.
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- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg as Hugo Wallner
- 1960 From the Terrace as Creighton Duffy
- 1970 Watermelon Man as Mr. Townsend
- 1960 Pay or Die! as Enrico Caruso
- 1976 Helter Skelter as Everett Scoville
- 1966 The Doomsday Flight as L.A. Dispatcher
- 1962 Brushfire as Vlad
- 1980 Marilyn: The Untold Story as Billy Wilder
- 1967 Get Smart: A Man Called Smart as Bediyoskin / Dr. Smith
- 1963 The Man from the Diners' Club as Claude Bassanio
- 1966 Alvarez Kelly as McIntyre
- 1962 Pressure Point as Tavern Owner
- 1960 Captain Brassbound's Conversion as Cadi of Kintafi
- 1982 Forced Vengeance as Milt Diamond
- 1972 1776 as Lewis Morris (NY)
- 1953 Marty as The Bartender
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Brady
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Nick
- 1962 Fair Exchange ( 24 episodes )
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Major Keitel
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Feldkamp
- 1963 The Outer Limits ( 1 episode ) as Leon Chambers
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Harold
- 1962 The Lucy Show ( 1 episode ) as Paul Roney
- 1973 Adam's Rib ( 1 episode ) as Hunnicutt
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 7 episodes ) as Wolfgang Hochstetter
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 14 episodes ) as Maj. Hochstetter
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Dahl
- 1965 Hogan's Heroes ( 3 episodes ) as Major Hochstetter
- 1987 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Endakis
- 1978 Fantasy Island ( 1 episode ) as Count Rudolph
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Setlin
- 1965 Get Smart ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Fish
- 1965 Get Smart ( 3 episodes ) as Bediyoskin / Dr. Smith
- 1974 Get Christie Love! ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Anderson
- 1988 War and Remembrance ( 2 episodes ) as Lord Maxwell Beaverbrook
