Ivan Dixon

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Ivan Dixon (born April 6, 1931 in New York , † March 16, 2008 in Charlotte , North Carolina ) was an American actor and television director .

Life

Ivan Dixon was best known for his role as the American radio operator James "Kinch" Kinchloe in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II in the television series A Cage Full of Heroes .

His acting career began on Broadway in New York , where he appeared in A Raisin in the Sun in 1959 . Two years later, Dixon starred alongside Sidney Poitier and Diana Sands in the film adaptation of this play. He had other film roles in 1964 in Nothing but a Human , in 1965 again with Poitier in Dreaming Lips and in 1976 in the comedy Car Wash - The freaky laundromat . In addition to the series A Cage Full of Heroes, in which he participated from 1965 to 1970, he had numerous guest appearances in other television series such as Auf der Flucht .

After leaving A Cage Full of Heroes , Dixon mainly worked as a television director, including the series The Waltons , Detective Rockford - a call is enough and Magnum .

Ivan Dixon died on March 16, 2008 at the Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte at the age of 76 of kidney failure and internal bleeding.

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SURNAME Dixon, Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2008
Place of death Charlotte, North Carolina