Ivan Dixon

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Ivan Dixon (born April 6, 1931 in New York City) is an African American actor and director.

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[edit] Hogan's Heroes

Dixon as SSG Kinchloe with other cast members of Hogan's Heroes
Dixon as SSG Kinchloe with other cast members of Hogan's Heroes

Dixon may be best known for his role as POW Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe in the hit TV series Hogan's Heroes. SSG Kinchloe's role was the communications officer; he would frequently be ordered by Colonel Hogan (portrayed by Bob Crane) to encode a message and send it to Allied Headquarters in London, a submarine, or to the German underground. Dixon played Kinchloe from 1965 to 1970, making him the only original actor on Hogan's Heroes not to stay for the entire series (Hogan's Heroes finished in 1971, by which time Kenneth Washington had replaced him).

[edit] Film work and directing

In 1964 he starred in the independent film Nothing But a Man, which was written and directed by Michael Roemer. He was practically unrecognizable as "Lonnie" in the cult classic Car Wash (1976).

Dixon spent many years (1970–1993) behind the camera directing television shows and movies such as Trouble Man and The A-Team.

He played a doctor and leader of a guerrilla movement in the controversial 1989 ABC miniseries Amerika, set in post-Soviet invasion Nebraska. Perhaps his most memorable scene was his dramatic rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner, which had been banned by the puppet government led by Robert Urich.

[edit] Filmography

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