Kevin Hagen
| Kevin Hagen | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
April 3, 1928 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | July 9, 2005 (aged 77) Grants Pass Josephine County Oregon, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Esophageal cancer |
| Occupation | Film and television actor |
| Years active | 1959–2004 |
| Spouse(s) | Adaline Sohns Heidt (1960–?) (divorced) Susanne Cramer (1967–1969, her death) Dorali Dossantos (1969–) (divorced) 1 child Jan Hagen (1993–2005, his death) |
| Children | Kristopher Hagen (special education teacher and coach) |
Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's Little House on the Prairie.
Hagen was born in Chicago, Illinois, to professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and the former Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. When Haakon Hagen deserted his family, young Hagen was reared by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. As a 15-year-old, he relocated to Portland, Oregon, where one of his aunts had taken a teaching job. He attended Jefferson High School. His family returned to Chicago, but he spent a year in law school at the University of California, Los Angeles, after having attended Oregon State University in Corvallis and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, from which he had received a degree in International Relations. Subsequently, employed by the U.S. State Department in West Germany, he then served a two-year stint in the United States Navy. For a time he taught ballroom dancing, the specialty of his parents, for the Arthur Murray Company. Then, at the age of twenty-seven, he tried acting. He was spotted in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms and given a guest-starring role on the classic 1950s police series Dragnet, starring Jack Webb.
...
Wikipedia