Butch McCain

Butch McCain is an American actor, broadcaster, producer and one-half of the singing-songwriting team, The McCain Brothers. Butch appeared as TV reporter Joachim West in MGM's Bio-Dome, the character, Creel, in Roger Corman's remake Humanoids From The Deep, dual roles as a uni-browed farmer and deputy in Bruce Campbell's My Name Is Bruce, and most recently as Mayor Eddie Modry in Dragon Soldiers. Butch and his brother, Ben McCain, wrote and performed the theme song of My Name is Bruce titled "The Legend of Guan Di". McCain was named 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, South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, and West Texas State University now West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas.

Film and television From 1981 to 1994, Butch McCain and his brother Ben McCain worked at NBC affiliate KTVY (now KFOR-TV) and eventually at ABC affiliate KOCO-TV, 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 Hee Haw, as well as ABC soap operas General Hospital, All My Children, 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, Daily Variety article, columnist Andrew Hindes described the McCain Brothers as "multi-hyphenated". Butch also appeared in Jonás Cuarón'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 sixth album.

Filmography Year Film Role Other notes 1985-1988 Nashville Now Guest (3 Episodes) 1986 Super Bloopers and Practical Jokes Weatherman 1988 Dark Before Dawn News Producer 1988 All My Children Inside Trader 1989 Loving Bartender 1993 - 1994 General Hospital 'Tex' the Cowboy, Policeman 1996 Bio-Dome Reporter Joachim West 1996 In The House Jennings 1996 Humanoids From The Deep Creel 1997 Click (U.S. TV series) Tofu Man #1 1997 Midnight Blue (film) First Executive 1997 Born Bad TV Reporter 1997-1998 The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show Various Skits (4 Episodes) 1998 Mr. Murder News Anchorman 1998 Outside Ozona Radio Furniture Salesman 1998 Under the Legs of Clouds Salesman 1998 The Adventures of Pug and Zero Outlaw Buck Toothman 1998 Outside Ozona Radio Furniture Salesman 1998 Keenan and Kel TV Anchorman 1998 All That The Love Referee (2 Episodes)1999 The Sex Monster Radio Shock Jock 1999 Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story Young Dick Clark 1999Born Bad News Reporter 2000 The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave Reporter 2000-2002 The Tonight Show Various Skits 2000Martial Law Airline Pilot 2001 Skippy (2001 film)TV Reporter 2001 Accidents Don't Happen Disc Jockey 2004 Uh Oh! Pilot 2007 My Name Is Bruce Deputy / Farmer 2008 Killer Tumbleweeds Sheriff Billy Joe MacDonald 2015 Desierto Radio Talk Show Host 2015 A Balanced Life Voice of God (Voice) 2016 Callback Double Thunder Waffle Maker(Voice) 2017 The Myth Seekers: The Legacy of Vulcan (Video Game) (Voice) 2017 Indelible Winter Narration 2019 Sullivan Game Announcer(Voice) 2019 The Vaxx Clint Campbell 2020 Dragon Soldiers Mayor Eddie Mordry 2021 Hit Job Additional Voices 2021-2024 Operation Healing Heroes Narrator 2021 The Last Warrior Opening Narration 2021 Jurassic Hunt Corrigan 2023 Women, Guns and Ammo Announcer 2023 Glowzies Old Mose TBA Killer Tumbleweeds 2 Sheriff Billy Joe MacDonald

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.