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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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1987
as Mr. Endakis
1982
as Milt Diamond
1980
as Billy Wilder
1978
as Count Rudolph
1976
as Everett Scoville
1973
as Hunnicutt
1972
as Lewis Morris (NY)
1970
as Mr. Townsend
1967
as Bediyoskin / Dr. Smith
1966
as L.A. Dispatcher
1966
as McIntyre
1965
as Major Keitel
1965
as Colonel Feldkamp
1965
as Wolfgang Hochstetter
1965
as Maj. Hochstetter
1965
as Major Hochstetter
1963
as Leon Chambers
1963
as Claude Bassanio
1962
as Tavern Owner
1962
as Harold
1962
as Paul Roney
1962
1962
as Mr. Setlin
1962
as Vlad
1961
as Hugo Wallner
1960
as Enrico Caruso
1960
as Creighton Duffy
1960
as Cadi of Kintafi
1959
as Nick
1955
as Mr. Dahl
1955
as Brady
1953
as The Bartender