
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.

Knots Landing
TV • 1979

Perry Mason
TV • 1957

Perry Mason
TV • 1957

Perry Mason
TV • 1957

Bonanza
TV • 1959

Bonanza
TV • 1959

Lassie
TV • 1954

Mannix
TV • 1967

Mannix
TV • 1967

Ironside
TV • 1967

M*A*S*H
TV • 1972

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959

Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966

Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966

Mission: Impossible
TV • 1966

Quincy, M.E.
TV • 1976

Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957