Ben McCain

Ben McCain born on June 25 1955 in Muleshoe Texas is an American actor broadcaster producer and one half of the singingsongwriting duo The McCain Brothers He is known for his roles in films such as My Name Is Bruce and BioDome and for his recurring role as news anchor Brock Thompson in Lois Clark The New Adventures of Superman Education McCain is a graduate of Bovina High School South Plains College in Levelland Texas and West Texas State University now West Texas AM University in Canyon Texas Television Career From 1981 to 1994 McCain cohosted a morning television program in Oklahoma City first at KTVY NBC affiliate and later at KOCOTV ABC affiliate where he anchored the noon newscast Music Career Ben and his brother Butch McCain form The McCain Brothers a singingsongwriting duo They have recorded six albums and their music has been featured in several films including My Name Is Bruce Filmography McCain has appeared in numerous films including BioDome Humanoids from the Deep and My Name Is Bruce where he played the mayor of Gold Lick Broadcasting He has been nominated twice for Los Angeles Area Emmy awards once in 2010 as Producer and Host for the program SoCals Best Iconic Movie Locations and again in 2012 as Producer for the program Leimert Park Today Other Work McCain narrated the audio book NICHOLAS The Fantastic Origins of Santa Claus in 2013 and worked as a producer host and reporter for Time Warner Cable from 2002 to 2012 Recent Activities In 2020 McCain began anchoring live COVID19 updates for Torrance CitiCable He announced his final time anchoring for Torrance CitiCables COVID19 Today on April 15 2021 as he was moving to Franklin Tennessee with his wife and son