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 Hogans 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 Diners Club 1963 Pressure Point 1962 and Alvarez Kelly 1966 He costarred 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 bestremembered as Major Hochstetter on Hogans Heroes 1965 He was featured as Everett Scovill a thinly disguised portrait of Charles Mansons attorney Irving Kanarek on Helter Skelter 1976 A native of Tennessee Caine had always been fascinated with the Appalachian fivestring banjo and began mastering it in the mid60s 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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