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Ivan Dixon (1931–2008)

Actor | Director | Producer

Ivan Dixon, a handsome, mustachioed African-American actor and director who carried a strong, serious nature about his solid frame, initially earned attention on the ground-breaking stage and film with pronounced themes of social and racial relevance. He would become better known, however, for his ensemble playing in the nonsensical but popular WWII sitcom Hogan's Heroes... See full bio »

Born:

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 76) in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Ivan Dixon Still of Robert Clary, Bob Crane, Ivan Dixon and Larry Hovis in Hogan's Heroes
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1991 Father Dowling Mysteries (TV series)
Rev. Johnson
– The Joyful Noise Mystery (1991) … Rev. Johnson
 
1987 Amerika (TV mini-series)
Dr. Alan Drummond
– Part VII (1987) … Dr. Alan Drummond
– Part I (1987) … Dr. Alan Drummond
 
1986 Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (TV movie)
Judge
 
1976 Car Wash
Lonnie
 
1974 Fer-de-Lance (TV movie)
Joe Voit
 
1974 Claudine
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
 
1971 Love, American Style (TV series)
Stan ( (segment "Love and the Baby")
– Love and the Baby/Love and the Big Mother/Love and the Free Weekend/Love and the Jealous Husband/Love and the Old Cowboy (1971) … Stan ( (segment "Love and the Baby")
 
1971 Clay Pigeon
Simon
 
1970 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Terry Maynard
– The Deadly Pact (1970) … Terry Maynard
 
1970 Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came?
Sgt. Jones
 
1965-1970 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe / Prince Makabana / Sgt. James Kinchloe
– Klink's Escape (1970) … Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
– Crittendon's Commandos (1970) … Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
– The Merry Widow (1970) … Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
– The Sergeant's Analyst (1970) … Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
– Six Lessons from Madame LaGrange (1970) … Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe
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1970 Mod Squad (TV series)
Dr. Frank Tarver
– Return to Darkness, Return to Light (1970) … Dr. Frank Tarver
 
1969 Where's Jack?
Naval Officer
 
1968-1969 The Name of the Game (TV series)
John X. Lee / Mayor Conway 'Connie' Walker
– The Incomparable Connie Walker (1969) … Mayor Conway 'Connie' Walker
– The Black Answer (1968) … John X. Lee
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Gen. Kristoff
– Get Me to the Revolution on Time (1968) … Gen. Kristoff
 
1967 Ironside (TV series)
Charles 'Bat' Masterson
– Let My Brother Go (1967) … Charles 'Bat' Masterson
 
1967 Felony Squad (TV series)
Terry Carew
– The Deadly Junkman (1967) … Terry Carew
 
1964-1967 The Fugitive (TV series)
Ambassador Unawa / Dr. Towne
– Dossier on a Diplomat (1967) … Ambassador Unawa
– Escape into Black (1964) … Dr. Towne
 
1967 CBS Playhouse (TV series)
Olly Winter
– The Final War of Olly Winter (1967) … Olly Winter
 
1965 A Patch of Blue
Mark Ralfe
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
Elroy Browne
– So Long, Patrick Henry (1965) … Elroy Browne
 
1963-1964 The Outer Limits (TV series)
Sgt. James Conover / Major Harold Giles
– The Inheritors: Part 2 (1964) … Sgt. James Conover
– The Inheritors: Part 1 (1964) … Sgt. James Conover
– The Human Factor (1963) … Major Harold Giles
 
1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Forest
– Murder in the First (1964) … Forest
 
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Jean Francis Soumarin
– The Vulcan Affair (1964) … Jean Francis Soumarin
 
1964 Nothing But a Man
Duff Anderson
 
1963-1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Danny Ross / John Bird
– The Non-Violent (1964) … John Bird
– Man Against Himself (1963) … Danny Ross
 
1962-1964 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Detective / Staples
– Night of the Beast (1964) … Detective
– Something of Importance (1962) … Staples
 
1964 The Eleventh Hour (TV series)
Oren Webson
– The Color of Sunset (1964) … Oren Webson
 
1960-1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Bolie Jackson / Reverend Anderson
– I am the Night - Color Me Black (1964) … Reverend Anderson
– The Big Tall Wish (1960) … Bolie Jackson
 
1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)
Sergeant Willis
– The Special Courage of Captain Pratt (1964) … Sergeant Willis
 
1964 Channing (TV series)
– Memory of a Firing Squad (1964)
 
1964 Insight (TV series)
Billy Carter
– The Invincible Weapon (1964) … Billy Carter
 
1962-1963 Perry Mason (TV series)
Caleb Stone IV / Maurice Parness
– The Case of the Nebulous Nephew (1963) … Caleb Stone IV
– The Case of the Promoter's Pillbox (1962) … Maurice Parness
 
1963 Stoney Burke (TV series)
Dr. Manning
– The Test (1963) … Dr. Manning
 
1963 Going My Way (TV series)
Robin Green
– Run, Robin, Run (1963) … Robin Green
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Shpritzen
– The Skippy Mannox Story (1963) … Shpritzen
 
1962 Laramie (TV series)
Jamie Davis
– Among the Missing (1962) … Jamie Davis
 
1962 Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
Bliss
– Journey Into Mourning (1962) … Bliss
 
1961-1962 Cain's Hundred (TV series)
Joe Sherman / Willie Williams
– Blues for a Junkman: Arthur Troy (1962) … Joe Sherman
– Markdown on a Man (1961) … Willie Williams
 
1962 The New Breed (TV series)
Wick
– Policemen Die Alone Par II (1962) … Wick
– Policemen Die Alone: Part 1 (1962) … Wick
 
1961 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Abdullah
– The Hunters (1961) … Abdullah
 
1961 Too Late Blues
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1961 Battle at Bloody Beach
Tiger Blair
 
1961 A Raisin in the Sun
Asagai
 
1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Isham Spruce
– Long Way Home (1961) … Isham Spruce
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Black Monday (1961)
 
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
– Arrowsmith (1960)
 
1959 Porgy and Bess
Jim
 
1957 Something of Value
Lathela - Loyal Gun-Bearer
 
1957 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Carroll
– Night Court (1957) … Carroll
 
Show ShowDirector (46 titles)
1993 Percy & Thunder (TV movie)
 
1990 Brewster Place (TV series)
– Whatever Happened to Patience Jones? (1990)
– Spring Fever (1990)
– One Small Step at a Time (1990)
 
1989 In the Heat of the Night (TV series)
– Time of the Stranger (1989)
 
1989 Quantum Leap (TV series)
– How the Tess Was Won - August 5, 1956 (1989)
 
1982-1986 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
– Kapu (1986)
– The Treasure of Kalaniopu'u (1985)
– Old Acquaintance (1985)
– Luther Gillis: File #001 (1984)
– Murder 101 (1984)
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1986 Downtown (TV series)
 
1984 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
– The Three Faces of Emily (1984)
 
1984 Hawaiian Heat (TV series)
– Picture Imperfect (1984)
 
1984 Airwolf (TV series)
– Mind of the Machine (1984)
 
1984 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
– The Jackpot Pays Off (1984)
 
1984 The A-Team (TV series)
– Harder Than It Looks (1984)
 
1983 Tales of the Gold Monkey (TV series)
– Boragora or Bust (1983)
 
1981-1983 The Greatest American Hero (TV series)
– Space Ranger (1983)
– This Is the One the Suit Was Meant For (1982)
– The Price Is Right (1982)
– Divorce, Venusian Style (1982)
– There's Just No Accounting... (1982)
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1982 Counterattack: Crime in America (TV series documentary)
 
1981-1982 Bret Maverick (TV series)
– The Mayflower's Women Historical Society (1982)
– Horse of Yet Another Color (1982)
– Anything for a Friend (1981)
 
1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. (TV series)
– Future City (1981)
– Vendetta (1981)
 
1981 The Righteous Apples (TV series)
 
1980 Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV series)
– It's Easier to Pass an Elephant Through the Eye of a Needle Than a Bad Check in Bel Air (1980)
 
1975-1979 The Rockford Files (TV series)
– Just a Coupla Guys (1979)
– The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar (1979)
– With the French Heel Back, Can the Nehru Jacket Be Far Behind? (1979)
– Three Day Affair with a Thirty Day Escrow (1978)
– Kill the Messenger (1978)
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1979 Harris and Company (TV series)
 
1979 Wonder Woman (TV series)
– Spaced Out (1979)
 
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series)
 
1978 Love Is Not Enough (TV movie)
 
1978 The Bionic Woman (TV series)
– Rancho Outcast (1978)
 
1978 Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (TV series)
 
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
– The Flickering Torch Mystery (1977)
 
1977 Switch (TV series)
– Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony? (1977)
 
1977 Quincy M.E. (TV series)
– Visitors in Paradise (1977)
 
1977 Delvecchio (TV series)
– Bad Shoot (1977)
 
1977 McCloud (TV series)
– The Great Taxicab Stampede (1977)
 
1976 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
– Up for Grabs (1976)
 
1975 Starsky and Hutch (TV series)
– The Bait (1975)
 
1974-1975 The Waltons (TV series)
– The Breakdown (1975)
– The Fighter (1975)
– The Caretakers (1975)
– The Birthday (1974)
– The Departure (1974)
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1975 The Rookies (TV series)
– Someone Who Cares (1975)
 
1975 Khan! (TV series)
 
1974 Apple's Way (TV series)
– The Outsider (1974)
 
1974 Get Christie Love! (TV series)
– Highway to Murder (1974)
 
1974 The Sty of the Blind Pig (TV movie)
 
1973 The Spook Who Sat by the Door
 
1972 Trouble Man
 
1972 Mod Squad (TV series)
– Good Times Are Just Memories (1972)
 
1971-1972 Nichols (TV series)
– Wings of an Angel (1972)
– Slight of Hand (1972)
– Zachariah (1972)
– Away the Rolling River (1971)
 
1970-1971 Room 222 (TV series)
– The Fading of the Elegant Beast (1971)
– Hail and Farewell (1971)
– If It's Not Here, Where Is It? (1971)
– Half Way (1970)
 
1971 Monty Nash (TV series)
– The Dead We Left Behind (1971)
– Where Have All the Children Gone? (1971)
 
1971 The Bill Cosby Special, or? (TV movie)
 
1970-1971 The Bill Cosby Show (TV series)
– The Power of a Tree (1971)
– The Poet (1970)
– The Artist (1970)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
1973 The Spook Who Sat by the Door (producer)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1963 Living Between Two Worlds (assistant to director)
 
Show ShowStunts (1 title)
1958 The Defiant Ones (stunt double: Sidney Poitier - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1967 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #3.13 (1965) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - In Memoriam
 
1964 To Trap a Spy
Jean Francis Soumarin
 
1961 The Murder Men
 

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6' 0½" (1.84 m)
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