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Kevin Hagen
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Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's TV series Little House on the Prairie.
Hagen was the son of professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. His father abandoned the family when Kevin was five. He was raised by his mother, grandmother, and two aunts, with some help from his uncle, a physician. The family moved to Portland, Oregon, when Kevin was a teenager. He played baseball and football at Jefferson High School. He attended Oregon State University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy after World War II; he served in San Diego.
Hagen, married four times, was a single parent for t…
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Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's TV series Little House on the Prairie. Hagen was the son of professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. His father abandoned the family when Kevin was five. He was raised by his mother, grandmother, and two aunts, with some help from his uncle, a physician. The family moved to Portland, Oregon, when Kevin was a teenager. He played baseball and football at Jefferson High School. He attended Oregon State University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy after World War II; he served in San Diego. Hagen, married four times, was a single parent for two decades to his son, Christopher Hagen, a Special Education teacher and high school baseball coach in Bakersfield, California.
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The Ambulance
as Cop at Stables
Bonanza: The Next Generation
as Nathaniel Amsted
Power
as Cop
Little House: The Last Farewell
as Dr. Hiram Baker
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
as Dr. Hiram Baker
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
as Dr. Hiram Baker
The Hunter
as Poker Player
The San Pedro Bums
as Mr. McClory
Honky Tonk
The Soul of Nigger Charley
as Colonel Blanchard
Prologue to Wounded Knee
as Ken Shaeffer
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
as Luke
Dead Men Tell No Tales
as Karl
Weekend of Terror
as Lieutenant Papich
A Storm in Summer
as Policeman
The Learning Tree
as Doc Tim Cravens
The Last Challenge
as Frank Garrison
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
as Prisoner (Uncredited)
Shenandoah
as Mule - Rebel Deserter
Rio Conchos
as Blondebeard
The Man from Galveston
as John Dillard
Rider on a Dead Horse
as Jake Fry
Pork Chop Hill
as Cpl. Kissell
Gunsmoke in Tucson
as Clem Haney