Born - January 2, 1926
Died - December 28, 1993
At the age of thirteen Howard moved with his family from his home town of
Nashville, Tennessee to New York City where he began studying acting. Learning
to erase a Southern accent, he went on to became a master of 32 foreign and
American dialects. After service in the Navy during WWII, Caine continued
his studies at The School of Drama, Columbia University, where he graduated
Summa Cum Laude. Howard was featured on Broadway in WONDERFUL TOWN, INHERIT
THE WIND, LUNATICS & LOVERS and TIGER AT THE GATES. He replaced Ray Walston,
as "Mr. Applegate" the star of Broadway's DAMN YANKEES. Featured
in FROM THE TERRACE, PAY OR DIE, JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG, THE MAN FROM THE DINER'S
CLUB, PRESSURE POINT and ALVAREZ KELLY, Howard co-starred with Godfrey Cambridge
and Estelle Parsons in WATERMELON MAN. Mr. Caine played a featured role as
"Lewis Morris" of New York in Jack Warner's Columbia Pictures production,
"1776." He was a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Science. Howard Caine acted in over 750 live and film TV shows. He is perhaps
best remembered as "Major Hochstetter" of the Gestapo on HOGAN'S
HEROES, a role he played for the six year run of the series. He was featured
as "Everett Scovill" (Irving Kanarek), Manson's attorney, on the
CBS two-part TV Movie of the Week, HELTER SKELTER. Mr. Caine, always fascinated
with the Appalachian five-string Banjo, began mastering it in the mid 1960s.
Since the summer of 1970 until his untimely 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. Howard's
widow communes with him spiritually yet misses his physical presence deeply.
LOVE CONQUERS ALL BUT DEATH
From the Internet Movie Database - mini-biography by Actress, Valerie Webber
Caine
Personal quotes
"Interested in building a career? If so NEVER accept any role that doesn't
offer at least TWO of the following: 1. Big money (above scale) 2. Top of
the show credit 3. Role which displays your talent to its fullist REMEMBER
the role must meet any two of the above. (crap role, big bucks, guest star
billing) (low budget, star billing, great role) (great money, great role,
end crawl billing).
