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Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928, Chicago, Illinois – July 9, 2005) was an American actor. Born to professional ballroom dancers, Hagen was raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He worked for the US State Department in West Germany (now a part of Germany), and spent a year in law school at UCLA after attending Oregon State University and the University of Southern California before deciding to try acting at the age of 27. He was spotted in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms and given a guest role on the classic 1950s series Dragnet. He began to work steadily in... MORE

Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928, Chicago, Illinois – July 9, 2005) was an American actor. Born to professional ballroom dancers, Hagen was raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He worked for the US State Department in West Germany (now a part of Germany), and spent a year in law school at UCLA after attending Oregon State University and the University of Southern California before deciding to try acting at the age of 27. He was spotted in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms and given a guest role on the classic 1950s series Dragnet. He began to work steadily in television and film. His first regular role on a series was 1958's popular cult western Yancy Derringer as city administrator of New Orleans, John Colton, circa 1868. As Colton, at the beginning of the episode, he asks Yancy to solve New Orleans present threat, and at the end of the episode arrests Yancy for breaking the law to do it. Hagen also worked steadily as guest roles on countless series (Bat Masterson, Gray Ghost, Wagon Train, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Twilight Zone, Have Gun Will Travel, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, Rawhide, The Rifleman, Bonanza, as the alien in the Lost in Space LESS