Butch McCain is an American actor, an award winning broadcaster, producer and one-half of the singing-songwriting team, The McCain Brothers. Butch appeared as TV reporter Joachim West in MGM's

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, the character, Creel, in

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's remake '' Humanoids From The Deep'', dual roles as a uni-browed farmer and deputy in

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,'' and most recently as Mayor Eddie Modry in Dragon Soldiers. Butch and his brother, Ben McCain, wrote and performed the theme song of ''

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'' titled "The Legend of Guan Di". Butch is a multi-award winning broadcaster including Best Weathercaster of the year two years in a row by the Colorado Broadcasters Association.

Early life

Butch McCain was born in Muleshoe, Texas, and raised on a farm near Bovina in Parmer County, Texas. McCain is a graduate of Bovina High School,

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Film and television

From 1981 to 1994, Butch McCain and his brother Ben McCain worked at NBC affiliate KTVY (now

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) and eventually at ABC affiliate

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, where they also anchored that station's noon newscast. The McCain brothers, with Ben anchoring the news and Butch forecasting the weather, hosted a morning TV show for 12 years (six each on KTVY and KOCO). While hosting their daily morning television program, the brothers appeared on the syndicated TV show ''

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'', as well as ABC soap operas ''

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'', and '' Loving''. Butch and his brother Ben have appeared in numerous films together, including MGM's cult classic ''Bio-Dome'', 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". In the movie, Ben plays the mayor and Butch has dual roles as the sheriff and a uni-browed farmer. In a 1997, ''

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'' article, columnist Andrew Hindes described the McCain Brothers as "multi-hyphenated". Butch also appeared in

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's '' Desierto'' Butch currently works in his underground studio doing voice-overs for clients all over the world while writing songs for he and his brother’s 6th album.

Filmography

Music

Butch and his brother, Ben form the singing-songwriting duo, The McCain Brothers. They have recorded 6 albums. Film legend Roger Corman was the first producer to use their songs in a movie. The single, "If Love Was a Crime I Couldn't Get Arrested", went number one on 50,000-watt KOMA radio in Oklahoma City. Butch and Ben also hosted a syndicated TV music program called The McCain Brothers Show. They also hosted a syndicated TV music show called ''The McCain Brothers Show''.

References

External links

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McCain Brothers

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