Howard Caine

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., 1928-01-02

Died: 1993-12-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	Marty	The Bartender	80
2	1960	Captain Brassbound's Conversion	Cadi of Kintafi	0
3	1960	From the Terrace	Creighton Duffy	66
4	1960	Pay or Die!	Enrico Caruso	72
5	1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Hugo Wallner	80
6	1962	Brushfire	Vlad	0
7	1962	Pressure Point	Tavern Owner	66
8	1963	The Man from the Diners' Club	Claude Bassanio	50
9	1966	Alvarez Kelly	McIntyre	62
10	1966	The Doomsday Flight	L.A. Dispatcher	63
11	1967	Get Smart: A Man Called Smart	Bediyoskin / Dr. Smith	0
12	1970	Watermelon Man	Mr. Townsend	64
13	1972	1776	Lewis Morris (NY)	68
14	1976	Helter Skelter	Everett Scoville	68
15	1980	Marilyn: The Untold Story	Billy Wilder	82
16	1982	Forced Vengeance	Milt Diamond	54

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Brady	66
2	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Mr. Dahl	77
3	1959	The Twilight Zone	Nick	84
4	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Mr. Setlin	78
5	1962	Fair Exchange		0
6	1962	The Lucy Show	Harold	70
7	1962	The Lucy Show	Paul Roney	70
8	1963	The Outer Limits	Leon Chambers	78
9	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Major Keitel	75
10	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Colonel Feldkamp	75
11	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Wolfgang Hochstetter	75
12	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Maj. Hochstetter	75
13	1965	Hogan's Heroes	Major Hochstetter	75
14	1973	Adam's Rib	Hunnicutt	50
15	1978	Fantasy Island	Count Rudolph	64
16	1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Mr. Endakis	60

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