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Ivan Dixon

Acting

Born April 6, 1931 · Harlem, New York, USA

Died March 16, 2008

Also known as Ivan Dixon III · Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III

Biography

Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and for his starring roles in the 1964 independent drama Nothing But a Man and the 1967 television film The Final War of Olly Winter.

Awards & recognition

  • Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame · 1980

Filmography38 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Reverend Anderson

Quantum Leap

1989Director

The Outer Limits

1963as Sgt. James Conover

A Raisin in the Sun

1961as Asagai

Perry Mason

1957as Maurice Parness

In the Heat of the Night

1988Director

Airwolf

1984Director

The Rockford Files

1974Director

Hogan's Heroes

1965as James Kinchloe

A Patch of Blue

1965as Mark Ralfe

The A-Team

1983Director

Quincy, M.E.

1976Director

Nothing But a Man

1964as Duff Anderson

Magnum, P.I.

1980Director

Starsky & Hutch

1975Director

The Fugitive

1963as Dr. Towne

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

The Greatest American Hero

1981Director

The Waltons

1972Director

McCloud

1970Director

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977Director

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Jean Francis Soumarin

The Bionic Woman

1976Director

Wonder Woman

1975Director

The Rookies

1972Director

Ironside

1967

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

Director

Stoney Burke

as Dr. Paul Manning

Laramie

1959

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

1983Director

Too Late Blues

1961as Party Guest (uncredited)

Bret Maverick

1981Director

Trouble Man

1972Director

Car Wash

1976as Lonnie

The F.B.I.

1965as Terry Maynard

Something of Value

1957as Lathela - Loyal Gun-Bearer

Fer-de-Lance

1974as Joe Voit

Clay Pigeon

1971as Simon