McCain, Ben L. 1955–

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McCain, Ben L. 1955–

(Ben McCain)

PERSONAL

Full name, Ben Leslie McCain; born June 25, 1955, in Muleshoe, TX; brother of Butch McCain (an actor and recording artist). Education: Graduate of South Plains College and West Texas State University.

Career: Actor, composer, and songwriter. Worked at KZOL–Radio, Farwell, TX; KVII–TV, Amarillo, TX, worked as early morning news anchor; musical performer with brother Butch McCain, beginning on a morning television program in Oklahoma City, OK; appeared in commercials. Also worked as member of automated dialog replacement loop groups.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

News reporter, Dark Before Dawn, PSM, 1988.

Anchor Aries West, Bio–Dome, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1996.

Second executive, Midnight Blue, Motion Picture Corporation of America, 1997.

Preacher, Under the Legs of Clouds, 1998.

(As Ben McCain) Radio furniture salesman and Monty radio caller, Outside Ozona, TriStar, 1998.

(Uncredited) Radio "shock jock", The Sex Monster, Tri-mark Pictures, 1999.

Deputy, Born Bad, Concorde, 1999.

Film critic, Rubbernecking (also known as Accidents Don't Happen), 2000, Media Vision, 2002.

Television anchor, Skippy, Taurus Entertainment, 2001.

Tex, Don't Let Go, Jimmy Ray Productions, 2002.

Groundskeeper, KatieBird *Certifiable Crazy Person, Shoreline Entertainment, 2005.

Ben, Blood Deep, Shoreline Entertainment, 2005.

Mayor, My Name Is Bruce, Image Entertainment, 2006.

Voice of Elistan, Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (animated; also known as A Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Tale), Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Television news anchor, a recurring role, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, between 1995 and 1997.

Don MacDonald, Black Scorpion (also known as Roger Corman Presents "Black Scorpion"), Sci–Fi Channel, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Travis, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Roger Corman Presents "Humanoids from the Deep"), Showtime, 1996.

(Uncredited) Coast Guard official, Two Came Back, ABC, 1997.

(As Ben McCain) Commentator, Fire & Ice, Black Entertainment Television, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hee Haw, syndicated, 1983, 1986.

(With the McCain Brothers) Nashville Now, The Nashville Network, 1985, 1988.

Medical examiner, General Hospital, ABC, 1993.

(As Ben McCain) Second tofu man, "For the Love of the Click," Click, syndicated, 1997.

(As Ben McCain) Brock Thompson, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (also known as Lois & Clark and The New Adventures of Superman), ABC, 1997.

Homeowner, The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, syndicated, 1997.

War correspondent Jordan Brock, "Collateral Damage," The Pretender, NBC, 1998.

(Uncredited) Airline pilot, "Final Conflict: Part 2," Martial Law, CBS, 2000.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

With Butch McCain, recorded the albums Dirt Roads and Freeways, The McCain Brothers, and Three Little Words, all released by Rise and Shine Records.

WRITINGS

Television Music; Movies:

Composer, Humanoids from the Deep (also known as Roger Corman Presents "Humanoids from the Deep"), Showtime, 1996.

Other:

McCain was songwriter or co–songwriter for all the songs on their second and third albums. The song "Faith, Family, and Friends" was featured in the films Rubbernecking, 2000, and Blood Deep, 2005, both of which featured McCain as an actor; several other McCain songs were also featured in Rubbernecking.