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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-01-02 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

Howard Caine

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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Known For

Acting

1987

1982

Forced Vengeance as Milt Diamond

1980

1978

Fantasy Island as Count Rudolph

1976

Helter Skelter as Everett Scoville

1973

Adam's Rib as Hunnicutt

1972

1776 as Lewis Morris (NY)

1970

Watermelon Man as Mr. Townsend

1967

Get Smart: A Man Called Smart as Bediyoskin / Dr. Smith

1966

The Doomsday Flight as L.A. Dispatcher
Alvarez Kelly as McIntyre

1965

Hogan's Heroes as Major Keitel
Hogan's Heroes as Colonel Feldkamp
Hogan's Heroes as Wolfgang Hochstetter
Hogan's Heroes as Maj. Hochstetter
Hogan's Heroes as Major Hochstetter

1963

The Outer Limits as Leon Chambers

1962

Brushfire as Vlad
Pressure Point as Tavern Owner
The Lucy Show as Harold
The Lucy Show as Paul Roney

1961

Judgment at Nuremberg as Hugo Wallner

1960

From the Terrace as Creighton Duffy
Pay or Die! as Enrico Caruso

1959

1955

1953

Marty as The Bartender