Howard Caine

Howard Caine (born Howard Cohen; January 2, 1926 – December 28, 1993) was a popular American character actor, probably best known as Gestapo agent Major Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series Hogan's Heroes (1965–71). He also played Lewis Morris of New York in the musical film 1776, and Everett Scovill, a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, in the television movie, Helter Skelter.

Early life

Howard Caine was born on January 2, 1926, in Nashville, Tennessee, into a Jewish family. At the age of 13, Cohen moved with his family 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. Caine served in the United States Navy during World War II, fighting the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, Caine studied drama at Columbia University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

Career

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 western series, The Californians, Two Faces West, and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. He may be best-remembered as Major Hochstetter on Hogan's Heroes (1965). In 1966, in the Hogan's Heroes episode "The Battle of Stalag 13" he was cast as Colonel Feldkamp. Caine was featured as "Everett Scovill", a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Manson's attorney Irving Kanarek, in Helter Skelter (1976).

From his early childhood in Tennessee, Caine had always been fascinated with the Appalachian five-string bluegrass banjo and began mastering it in the mid-1960s. 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.

Death

Caine died of a heart attack on December 28, 1993.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Genre	Notes
1953	Marty	Bartender	TV series
1957	The Californians	Schaab		TV series, 8 episodes, 1957–1958
1960	From the Terrace	Creighton Duffy	Film
	Pete and Gladys	Burke	CBS-TV	"Pete Takes Up Golf"
	Pay or Die	Enrico Caruso	Film
1961	Judgment at Nuremberg	Hugo Wallner
	Two Faces West	Jethro	TV series, "The Vials"
1962	Brushfire	Vlad
	Straightaway		TV series, "Full Circle"
	Leave It To Beaver	A crooked dairy foreman	TV series, "Eddie, the Businessman"
	87th Precinct	Meinig	TV series, "Idol in the Dust"
	Fair Exchange	Assorted roles	TV series	4 episodes
1963	The Man from the Diner's Club	Claude Bassanio
	The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis	R.J. Crumley	TV series	"The Call of the, Like, Wild"
	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	The Indian, "Afraid-of-His-Horse	TV series	"The Day of the Pawnees, Parts 1 and 2"
	The Twilight Zone	Nick Bloss	TV series	"He's Alive"
1966	Alvarez Kelly	McIntyre
	The Doomsday Flight	L.A. dispatcher	TV film
1970	Watermelon Man	Mr. Townsend	Film
1972	1776	Lewis Morris
1976	Helter Skelter	Everett Scoville	TV film
1979	Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo		TV series	(unknown)
1980	Marilyn: The Untold Story	Billy Wilder	TV film
1982	Forced Vengeance	Milt Diamond	Film
1984	Challenge of the GoBots		TV series	(unknown)
1986	The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show			(unknown)
1987	Jonny Quest	Days and nights of molly Dodd- played main character's land lord		(unknown)
1988	War and Remembrance	Lord Maxwell Beaverbrook	TV miniseries	2 episodes, 1988

External links

• Howard Caine at the Internet Movie Database
• Howard Caine at the Internet Broadway Database
• Howard Caine at Find a Grave

• Actor Howard Caine dies of heart attack at 67