Larry Hovis, 67; Played Sgt. Carter on ‘Hogan’s Heroes’

Actor Larry Hovis, best-known for his role as Sgt. Carter on the 1960s television series “Hogan’s Heroes,” died Tuesday of cancer at a hospice center in Austin, Tex. He was 67.

Born on a Yakima Indian reservation in Washington on Feb. 20, 1936, Hovis started a show business career with a musical act with his sister when he was 5 years old. His career included work as a drummer, singer, stand-up comedian, writer, producer of game shows and stage actor.

In 1964, he landed 10 episodes of “Gomer Pyle, USMC” as Pvt. Larry Gotschalk. His big break was “Hogan’s Heroes,” in which he played one of a group of allied soldiers in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II.

Hovis also was a co-creator and performer on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” according to the public relations office at Texas State University-San Marcos, where Hovis had taught acting since 1990.