Kevin Hagen, Actor, 77
DGH
It was reported from Grants Pass, Oregon, that veteran television
character actor Kevin Hagen, who left behind a string of Western bad
guy roles to become the kindly Dr. Hiram Baker in "Little House on the
Prairie," died Saturday, July 9, 2005, at the age of 77.
Hagen died at his home a year after being diagnosed with esophageal
cancer, his wife, Jan Hagen, said Monday.
Hagen's first movie role was in the 1958 Disney film "The Light in the
Forest," but he credited his role in the 1965 film "Shenandoah" with
starting him on a long trail of TV Western heavies.
Hagen had guest-starring roles on "Gunsmoke," "Rawhide," and
"Cheyenne," and won his first regular role in the 1958 series, "Yancy
Derringer," in which he played a city administrator of post-Civil War
New Orleans.
He was best known for his portrayal of Doc Baker in "Little House on
the Prairie," which ran from 1974 to 1983.
AP
Barbara Sherrill
"DGH" <peri...@eudoramail.com> wrote in message
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I raised my daughter with Little House on the Prairie... I mainly read the
books to her. Now she is reading them to her daughter.....
PirateJohn
Brigid Nelson
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> I raised my daughter with Little House on the Prairie... I mainly read the
> books to her. Now she is reading them to her daughter.....
>
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I tried that when my daughter was 5. I found that the stories I had
enjoyed as a child, horrified me as an adult. It probably didn't help
that I had read diaries of the westward migration and other source
materials of the time that stressed the dangers of expanding american
civilization into the frontiers - especially to women and children who
had no power to choose whether to go or not.
When my daugter got old enough to read them herself she did. Over and
over again just like I had when I was her age. It would be interesting
to see how she feels about them as an adult, or as a parent.
brigid