Actor

Kevin Hagen

April 3, 1928 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Notable work

8.5
The Twilight Zone (1959)
as Pete Radcliff and as James Webber
8
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
as Hiram Baker
7.9
M*A*S*H (1972)
as Colonel Coner
7.5
Bonanza (1959)
as Brother Guy and as Sheriff King
7.6
Mission: Impossible (1966)
as David Webster and as Kurt Lom and as Dave Klinger

Often works with

Dabbs Greer
4 titles together
Little House on the Prairie, Shenandoah, Perry Mason
R
Rudy Doucette
3 titles together
Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West
Jack Klugman
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Quincy, M.E.
S. John Launer
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason
Cyril Delevanti
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, The Untouchables
James Best
2 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Shenandoah

Full filmography · 98

Matlock
as Dr. Halvern
19867.1
Amazing Stories
as Rob Wellan
19857.5
Simon & Simon
as Tommy Luna
19816.7
The Fall Guy
as Colonel Andrew Stonewall Hamilton
19817.6
Power
as Paul Hackett
1980
Knots Landing
as Butler
19797
Quincy, M.E.
cast
19767.5
Joe Forrester
cast
1975
Bronk
cast
1975
Little House on the Prairie
as Hiram Baker
19748
M*A*S*H
as Colonel Coner
19727.9
Monty Nash
as Sheriff Mannings
1971