'Hogan's Heroes' actor Ivan Dixon dies

[quiet.american]

Source: Yahoo News

Ivan Dixon, an actor, director and producer best known for his role as Kinchloe on the 1960s television series "Hogan's Heroes," has died. He was 76.

Dixon died Sunday at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte after a hemorrhage and of complications from kidney failure, said his daughter, Doris Nomathande Dixon of Charlotte.

Dixon began his acting career on Broadway in plays including "The Cave Dwellers" and "A Raisin in the Sun." On film, he appeared in "Something of Value," "A Raisin in the Sun," "A Patch of Blue," "Nothing But a Man" and the cult favorite "Car Wash."

But he was probably best known for the role of U.S. Staff Sgt. James Kinchloe on "Hogan's Heroes," a satire set in a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II. Kinchloe, in charge of electronic communications, could mimic German officers on the radio or phone....



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I have always had a tremendous amount of respect for his work. He will be missed. Damn.

[villager]

1. well, dammit. "Nothing But a Man" is a great American film

...though hardly anyone has seen it....

[quiet.american]

2. .... so right. Glad to see someone else knows about it, too.

I used to watch it every time they showed it on PBS -- but I had forgotten about it and haven't seen it for years, now. I'll have to see if I can get a copy from Amazon.

[villager]

3. last saw it about five years ago... need to get the DVD..

Yes, one of the great unheralded works...

[eppur_se_muova]

15. Thanks, I'll look for it. nt

[Ken Burch]

4. Ivan Dixon was one of the first African-American directors to work steadily in film and tv

To switch to directing, IIRC, was actually the reason he left Hogan's Heroes.

[truthisfreedom]

5. I remember coming home from junior high, listening to Walter Cronkite tell me the latest number of

dead in Vietnam, hearing him say "And that's the way it is..." and then Hogan's Heroes would come on and cheer us all up. Kinchloe was my favorite... I ended up in the electronics industry. I loved how he could always pull it out of a hat.

[jobycom]

6. Wow. Rough couple of days. Clarke, Dixon, Minghella.

:(

[liberal N proud]

7. Here is a link to his bio (Hogans Hero's Fan Club)

The site has not been updated yet

Suppose I should include the link: http://www.hogansheroesfanclub.com/castDixonIvan.php

[Doctor_J]

8. Go with God, Kinch

A fine actor/director

[MADem]

9. He died young, relatively speaking. 76 is too soon, IMO.

[Bigmack]

10. "Final War of Olly Winter"...

shown in January of 1967 was waaaaay ahead of it's time.

[NightHawk63]

11. GF and I just watched "Raisin in the Sun" last week.

I pointed him out to her from his Hogan's Heroes role. He was definitely one of my favorite black actors growing up.

[flashl]

12. RIP Ivan. nt

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. He and his wife were married for 53 years n/t

[PoiBoy]

14. R.I.P. Ivan...

Ho'omaika'i ke Akua, my friend... Ke Akua Pu...














Me ke aloha pumehana;

Robert


Ivan spent a number of years here on Maui... these pictures typify to me what Ivan loved best when he was here... Jazz amongst the beauty of the Hawaiian culture.. the man on the sax surrounded by Japanese Taiko drums is L.A. legend Tom Scott.. we're in Hana in the midst of our rainforest... Ivan affected us as we affected him... he will be sorely missed...

[liberal4truth]

16. RIP Kinch

[flygal]

17. RIP - he was so handsome

and so talented. We actually get Hogans Heroes reruns over here in Germany of all places. So sorry to hear he died.