Ben McCain
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Ben McCain at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards (2011)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ben McCain |
| Born |
June 25, 1955 Muleshoe, Texas, US |
| Origin | Bovina, Texas |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, TV host, producer, singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1973–present |
Ben McCain (born June 25, 1955) is an American actor, broadcaster, producer and one half of The McCain Brothers, a singing songwriting duo. In addition to network television appearances, McCain has appeared in feature films, including MGM's Bio-Dome, Roger Corman's remake of Humanoids from the Deep, Dragonlance: Dragon's of Autumn Twilight and Bruce Campbell's My Name Is Bruce. The McCain Brothers also wrote and performed the theme song for My Name is Bruce, "Guan Di Is His Name."
McCain has had recurring roles on ABC's Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman and Sci-Fi Channel's Black Scorpion.
In 2010 and 2012, McCain was nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy.
Born in Muleshoe, Texas and raised on a farm near Bovina in Parmer County, Texas, Ben and his younger brother, Butch McCain, were encouraged by their parents, Rose and Leslie McCain, to pursue their interests in performing and athletics while also helping on the family farm. Ben and his brother, Butch, have always promoted their hometown even saluting Bovina when making their first appearance on Hee Haw.
While in high school, Ben started working at a small radio station KZOL (now KIJN) in nearby Farwell, Texas. By the time he graduated, he was working full-time as a disc jockey, news reader and doing voice overs for local businesses.
McCain worked at KLVT radio while attending and graduating from South Plains College in Levelland, Texas. In 1976, he took a job sweeping and mopping the floors at ABC affiliate KVII-TV in Amarillo, Texas while attending and graduating from West Texas State University now West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas. McCain started filling in on the morning TV show at KVII, and then took a full-time job reporting, anchoring, and doing weather. He was on call with a 16 millimeter camera and news car and given the title of “Pro News Man in Motion."
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