Kevin Hagen

Kevin Hagen (born April 3, 1928 in Chicago , Illinois , † July 9, 2005 in Grants Pass , Oregon ) was an American actor .

Life

Hagen was born as a professional dancer child and raised by his mother, grandmother and a few aunts. He served as a soldier in World War II and worked for a while in the US embassy in Germany before deciding to become an actor at the age of 27.

In a theater production of Eugene O'Neill's greed under elms he was discovered as an actor for film and television and received his first guest role in the series Dragnet . He then began working regularly for television and film; He had his big breakthrough in 1965 with the western The Man from the Great River ( Shenandoah ), in which he played a soldier who kills the son of the main character ( James Stewart ).

He achieved particular popularity alongside Michael Landon in the long-lived television series Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie ) based on the children's books by Laura Ingalls Wilder . For ten years he played the warm-hearted Doc Hiram Baker in the series and in three later TV specials . In addition, he played guest roles in numerous television series such as Smoking Colts , Solo for ONKEL , Bonanza , M * A * S * H , Quincy and Perry Mason .

Kevin Hagen was married to Susanne Cramer in the 1960s until her death in 1969. In 2004 he contracted esophageal cancer , which he succumbed to a year later. He left behind his widow Jan Hagen, with whom he was married for the fourth time, and his son Kristopher.

Filmography (selection)

• 1957: The Gray Ghost - The Missing Colonel (TV series)
• 1958: Gunsmoke in Tucson
• 1958–1959: Yancy Derringer (Western series, 31 episodes)
• 1963: General Hospital - Toughie (TV series)
• 1964: Rio Conchos
• 1965: The Man from the Great River (Shenandoah)
• 1967: Duel of the Gringos (The Last Challenge)
• 1968: Cobra, Take Over (Mission Impossible)
• 1969-1970: Land of the Giants ( Land of the Giants ) (TV series, 9 episodes)
• 1974–1983: Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie , TV series, 113 episodes)
• 1976–1978: M * A * S * H - His hobby: garbage ( Some 38th Parallels , S4 / E20) + everything just zeros ( Peace on Us , S7 / E2); (TV series)
• 1978: Quincy (Night of the Dead)
• 1983: Our Little Farm - Alberts Wille ( Little House: Look back to Yesterday )
• 1985: Incredible Stories - The Death Row (Life on Death Row, S2 / E7, TV series)
• 1984: Our Little Farm - The End of Walnut Grove ( Little House: Last Farewell )
• 1984: Our Little Farm - Where's Rose? ( Little House: Bless All the Dear Children )
• 1986: Power - The Road to Fame
• 1987: Matlock - The Therapist (TV series, S1 / E21)
• 1987: Trial by Jury (TV series)
• 1988: Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV movie)
• 1990: The Ambulance

Web links

• Kevin Hagen in the Internet Movie Database (English)