Ben McCain

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Ben McCain
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McCain at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards (2011)
Background information
Born (1955-06-25) June 25, 1955 (age 67)
Muleshoe, Texas, U.S.
Origin Bovina, Texas
Occupation(s)Actor, TV host, producer, singer-songwriter
Years active1973–present

Ben McCain (born 25 June 1955) is an American actor, broadcaster, producer and one half of The McCain Brothers, a singing-songwriting duo. McCain appeared as news anchor Aries West in MGM's comedy Bio-Dome, the character, Travis, in Roger Corman's remake Humanoids From The Deep, and the Mayor of Gold Lick in Bruce Campbell's My Name Is Bruce. Ben and his brother, Butch McCain, also wrote and performed the theme song in My Name is Bruce titled "The Legend of Guan Di". McCain had a recurring role as news anchor Brock Thompson in ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and another recurring role as newscaster Don MacDonald in SyFy's Black Scorpion.

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Early life

Born in Muleshoe, Texas, and raised on a farm near Bovina in Parmer County. McCain is a graduate of Bovina High School, South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, and West Texas State University now West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

Career

Ben McCain and his brother, Butch McCain, co-hosted a morning television program in Oklahoma City from 1981 to 1987 at KTVY (NBC affiliate) and from 1987 to 1994 the brothers hosted "Good Morning Oklahoma" and anchored the noon newscast at KOCO-TV (ABC affiliate). Ben anchored the news and Butch served as the weather anchor. [1]

While hosting their daily morning television program, the brothers appeared on the syndicated TV show Hee Haw twice in the 1980s as well as ABC soap operas General Hospital , All My Children and Loving .[3] Ben and his brother, Butch, made 3 appearances on General Hospital.

The McCain Brothers did live segments on the KCBS-TV morning show in Los Angeles in 2000.

The McCain Brothers have recorded four CDs on Rise and Shine Records. The country single, "If Love Was a Crime I Couldn't Get Arrested" went number one on 50,000-watt KOMA radio in 1985. [2] They also hosted a syndicated TV music show called "The McCain Brothers Show." [2]

Ben and his brother, Butch, have appeared in numerous films together including MGM's comedy Bio-Dome ,[4] Roger Corman's Humanoids from the Deep and Bruce Campbell's My Name is Bruce , where they wrote and performed the theme song, "The Legend of Guan Di".[5] In the movie, Ben plays the mayor and Butch has dual roles as the sheriff and a uni-browed farmer. In a 1997 Daily Variety article, columnist Andrew Hindes described the McCain Brothers as "multi-hyphenated".[6]

McCain has been nominated twice for Los Angeles Area Emmy awards. The first time in 2010 as Producer and Host for the program "So-Cal's Best Iconic Movie Locations" [3] and again in 2012 as Producer for the program "Leimert Park Today". [4] McCain worked as a producer, host and reporter for Time Warner Cable from 2002 to 2012.

McCain narrated the audio book NICHOLAS: The Fantastic Origins of Santa Claus in 2013.

Ben McCain began co-anchoring a news show for Torrance CitiCable in 2000. On April 9, 2020, McCain began anchoring live COVID-19 updates for Torrance CitiCable. April 15, 2021 McCain announced that it would be his final time anchoring for Torrance CitiCable's "COVID-19 Today" stating that he was moving to Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife and son. [5]

Filmography

YearFilmRoleOther notes
1985-1988 Nashville Now
1988Dark Before Dawn(News Reporter)
1993 General Hospital Medical Examiner
1996 Bio-Dome Anchor Aries West
1996 Humanoids From The Deep Travis
1997Click (U.S. TV series)Tofu Man #2
1997Midnight Blue (film)Second Executive
1995-1997 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Brock Thompson8 episodes
1997 Two Came Back Coast Guard Official
1998The Adventures of Pug and ZeroSheriff
1998 The Pretender Jordon Brock
1998 Outside Ozona Radio Furniture Salesman
1998Under The Legs of CloudsPreacher
1999 The Sex Monster Radio Shock Jock
1999Born BadDeputy
2000 Martial Law Airline Pilot
2000 Arrest & Trial Narrator
2001Skippy (2001 film)TV Anchor
2001Accidents Don't HappenFilm Critic
2001Fire & Ice (2001 film)Commentator
2001 Black Scorpion Don MacDonald15 episodes
2002Don't Let GoTex
2005KatiBird *Certifiable Crazy PersonGroundskeeper
2005Blood DeepOfficer Ben Lucas
2007 My Name Is Bruce Mayor
2007Stall 60 on the Sunset StripThe Boss
2008 Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Elistan
2008Killer TumbleweedsBrock McDonald
2009Breaking News: The Invasion Begins!Dack Tamblyn
2010Leave It on the CourtJohn Henderson
2010Love Chronicles: Secrets RevealedDoctor
2010The Talking HeadPhil Rose
2011Fresh Starts 4 Stale PeopleBurt Kringle
2012 The Amazing Adventures of the Living Corpse Bruce
2013In VacuoRon Shelby
2013JulianJack Cameron
2014"Homecoming"Officer Ben Lucas
2016"House of Cards" (Season 4)Radio Newscaster
2017"Call for Fire"TV Newscaster Kevin Matney
2018Dead EndCop # 2

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References

  1. "KOCO Takes McCain Brothers Off the Air". Newsok.com. 8 May 1994. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 "McCain Duo Bringing "Jobless Tour" to Fair". Newsok.com. 16 September 1994. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  3. "62nd Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Nominations & Winners".
  4. "64th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards Nominations & Winners".
  5. "Torrance CitiCable's YouTube Channel "Ben stating his final time with the channel at 10:05"". YouTube .