Kevin Hagen
Actor · Died July 9, 2005, aged 77 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Kevin Hagen (April 3, 1928 – July 9, 2005) was an American actor best known for his role as Dr. Hiram Baker on NBC's TV series Little House on the Prairie. Hagen was the son of professional ballroom dancers, Haakon Olaf Hagen and Marvel Lucile Wadsworth. His father abandoned the family when Kevin was five. He was raised by his mother, grandmother, and two aunts, with some help from his uncle, a physician. The family moved to Portland, Oregon, when Kevin was a teenager. He played baseball and football at Jefferson High School. He attended Oregon State University before enlisting in the U.S. Navy after World War II; he served in San Diego. Hagen, married four times, was a single parent for two decades to his son, Christopher Hagen, a Special Education teacher and high school baseball coach in Bakersfield, California.
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Biography from TMDB.
- April 3, 1928
- July 9, 2005 (aged 77)
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Actor
- 42 on MovieCove · 99 credits in all
What are Kevin Hagen's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 9
Light 1 · Serious 7 · Dark 2
Grounded 7 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 6 · Intense 3
Steady 5 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 9 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0
Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 1 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
Resolved 8 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Shadow: 2 of 4 analyzed roles.
- Tricksteras Jake Fry in Rider on a Dead Horse (1962)
- Shadowas Insp. Dobbs Kobick in Land of the Giants (1968)
- Shadowas Colonel Blanchard in The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)
- Allyas Dr. Hiram Baker in Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kevin Hagen's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 23 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (10).
- The Twilight Zone (1959) · actor · free
- Perry Mason (1957) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- Mission: Impossible (1966) · actor · free
- Pork Chop Hill (1959) · actor · free
- Mannix (1967) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Bat Masterson (1958) · actor · free
- Matlock (1986) · actor · free
- The Ambulance (1990) · actor · free
- Howdy, show their 3 titles on Howdy
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 2 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- ScreenPix, show their 2 titles on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
- Best Westerns Ever, show their title on Best Westerns Ever
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their title on Dove Channel
Subscription and free streaming for Kevin Hagen's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
99 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page.
The Ambulance(1990)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Power(1986)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Amazing Stories(1985)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
The Fall Guy(1981)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
The Hunter(1980)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Power (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Knots Landing(1979)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
The San Pedro Bums(1977)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Quincy, M.E. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
Joe Forrester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Bronk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
Honky Tonk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Prologue to Wounded Knee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)
M*A*S*H(1972)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)
Dead Men Tell No Tales(1971)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Monty Nash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Vanished (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)
Weekend of Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Bold Ones: The Senator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
A Storm in Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)
The Learning Tree(1969)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Mod Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
The Outcasts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)
Land of the Giants(1968)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Mannix(1967)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
The High Chaparral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Guns of Will Sonnett (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Cimarron Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
The Last Challenge(1967)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Ironside (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Mission: Impossible(1966)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
Felony Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Time Tunnel(1966)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
Blue Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)
The Wild Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Lost in Space(1965)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
The Big Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Shenandoah(1965)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Branded (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)
Profiles in Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
Rio Conchos(1964)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Daniel Boone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Man from Galveston(1963)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Kraft Suspense Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Lieutenant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)
The Gallant Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
General Electric True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
The Virginian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)
Rider on a Dead Horse(1962)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Straightaway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
The New Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Cain's Hundred (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)
Outlaws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)
Mr. Lucky(1959)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows
The Untouchables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Hawaiian Eye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
The Twilight Zone(1959)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
Laramie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Riverboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
The Deputy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Pork Chop Hill(1959)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Rawhide (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)
Gunsmoke in Tucson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
77 Sunset Strip (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Bat Masterson(1958)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Lawman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
Yancy Derringer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)
The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
The Walter Winchell File (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Maverick(1957)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Perry Mason(1957)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
M Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Wagon Train(1957)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows
Have Gun, Will Travel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Cheyenne(1955)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)
Lassie(1954)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
General Electric Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Dragnet(1951)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)
Career shape
Star power in the 79th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 99 titles from 1951 to 1990; peak year 1964.
Highest rated
Little House: The Last Farewell (1984)
Most popular right now
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Film career
Peak 1964 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1959Screen debut· Pork Chop Hill
- 1974Career best· Little House on the Prairie
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Kevin Hagen's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 45th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 10 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up16
- 50th to 74th13
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
25 of their 42 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved5
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic2
- Crowd Pleaser25
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed6
Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Kevin Hagen work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kevin Hagen's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Melissa Gilbert shares the most, 4.
Directors
- Victor FrenchShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Victor French
Writers
- Laura Ingalls WilderShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Laura Ingalls Wilder
Actors
- Melissa GilbertShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983), Little House on the Prairie (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Melissa Gilbert
- Richard BullShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983), Little House on the Prairie (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Richard Bull
- Dabbs GreerShared titles: Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Dabbs Greer
- Allison BalsonShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Allison Balson
Composers and editors
- David RoseShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with David Rose
- Jerry TaylorShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Jerry Taylor
Producers
- Michael LandonShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983), Little House on the Prairie (1974)See all 4 shared titles with Michael Landon
- Ed FriendlyShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Ed Friendly
- Kent McCrayShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Kent McCray
- Marvin CoilShared titles: Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984), Little House: The Last Farewell (1984), Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983)See all 3 shared titles with Marvin Coil