"My laptop was completely ruined when my office flooded. Even the hard disk was wrecked; but I didn't lose a single document."
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 Larry Hovis
Larry Hovis was born Feburary 20, 1936 in Wapito, Washington. He grew up in Houston, TX. He started out as a vocalist, singing with his sister Joan, then joined a quartet called the Mascots. They appeared on the television show Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts. While Larry was earning his degree in philosophy at the University of Houston, he was signed to Capitol Records where he recorded the album, My Heart Belongs to Only You. In the late 1950's Larry moved to New York and appeared in the Broadway shows The Billy Barnes Revue (1959) and From A to Z (1960).
In 1963 Larry relocated his family to California where he performed stand up routines in local clubs. His first notable appearance on a major TV show was in 1964 on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. in which he appeared in ten episodes. He also appeared in two episodes of The Andy Griffith Show. Larry eventualty landed a minor role on the pilot episode of Hogan's Heroes. When two other actors backed out of the series, Larry was given the permament role of demolition man, Sgt. Carter. While a regular on the popular TV series, Hovis continued to write scripts for television specials and also wrote and performed on the breakthrough comedy show, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. In 1966, he scripted the film Out of Sight.
After the unexpected cancellation of Hogan's Heroes, Larry performed on such TV programs as The Doris Day Show, Adam-12, Chico and the Man, Holmes and Yoyo, Alice, and others. Behind the scenes Larry produced several game shows, including Liar's Club in which he was a panelist from 1976 to 1978. In 1993, he appeared in the theatrical film Shadow Force.
Today Larry Hovis is a professor, teaching drama at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.
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