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.
24 movies · 75 shows
The Ambulance
1990·5.8
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988·7.7
Power
1986·5.8
Little House: The Last Farewell
1984·7.1
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children
1983·5.4
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday
1983·6.9
The Hunter
1980·5.9
The San Pedro Bums
1977·7.0
Honky Tonk
1974·8.0
The Soul of Nigger Charley
1973·5.2
Prologue to Wounded Knee
1973·8.0
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972·9.0
Dead Men Tell No Tales
1971·5.0
Weekend of Terror
1970·6.1
A Storm in Summer
1970·6.5
The Learning Tree
1969·6.7
The Last Challenge
1967·6.3
The Ride to Hangman's Tree
1967·4.9
Shenandoah
1965·6.9
Rio Conchos
1964·6.3
The Man from Galveston
1963·5.6
Rider on a Dead Horse
1962·5.0
Pork Chop Hill
1959·6.7
Gunsmoke in Tucson
1958·5.8