- Scion of a wealthy family, Schine became infamous in the 1950s as an aide to disgraced, anti-Communist, anti-homosexual demagogue Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his assistant Roy M. Cohn, who moved heaven and earth to keep Schine out of the military draft, and drawing negative attention during the "Army-McCarthy Hearings." Married former Miss Sweden and Miss Universe 1955.
- Raised in Gloversville, New York, a city of about 20,000 located 40 miles northwest of Albany. The Schine family owned a huge number of movie theaters, and some hotels, throughout the northeastern USA. Schine died in a private plane crash which also claimed the lives of his wife and his son Frederick, who was the pilot.
- Graduated from Harvard.
- Is portrayed by Jeffrey Nordling in Citizen Cohn (1992).
- Is portrayed by Matt Visser in Fellow Travelers (2023).
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