Kenneth Washington obit

Kenneth Washington, Last Surviving Main Cast Member of ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 88

 

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Kenneth Washington, who made several TV appearances and was the last surviving main cast member of the CBS series “Hogan’s Heroes,” died on July 18. He was 88.

A familiar guest star on TV series in the 1960s, Washington’s appearances included roles in “Star Trek,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “My Three Sons,” “The Name of the Game,” “Petticoat Junction,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Adam-12” and “Dragnet 1967.”

He landed his “Hogan’s Heroes” role as Sergeant Baker in 1970, but the show was canceled the following year by CBS. Washington’s work in the 1970s included an appearance in the 1973 film “Westworld” as well as roles in the TV series “The Paul Lynde Show,” “The F.B.I.,” “The Rockford Files” and “Police Story.” One of his last TV appearances was alongside Jasmine Guy in “A Different World” in 1989.

Born in Ethel, Miss., Washington and his family moved to California, where he was raised in the Bay Area in Redwood City and San Francisco. After earning his first screen test, he relocated to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. Among Washington’s other credits were the TV movies “J. Edgar Hoover,” “Money on the Side” and “Our Family Business.”

Following his acting career, he returned to school and earned his college degree from Loyola Marymount University. He became an instructor at the same university, teaching a course that focused on Black actors in film. From there, he taught classes in oral interpretation and speech at Southwest College.

Washington married Alice Marshall, the former editor-in-chief at Wave Newspapers in South Los Angeles and film reviews editor at Variety, in 2001.

He is survived by his wife; brother Johnnie; sister Aaliyah Akbar; three children, Kim Lee, Kenneth Jr. and Quianna Stokes-Washington; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

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7.1

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1989

1 episode

 

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6.8

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1987

 

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Money on the Side

5.6

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Detective White

1982

 

Escape from DS-3 (1981)

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4.0

1981

 

Our Family Business (1981)

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6.1

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Harry

1981

 

Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)

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Noah Beery Jr. and James Garner in The Rockford Files (1974)

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8.2

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1975

1 episode

 

The F.B.I. (1965)

The F.B.I.

7.4

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1974

1 episode

 

Cry Rape (1973)

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6.0

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1973

 

Westworld (1973)

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6.9

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1973

 

Fess Parker in Climb an Angry Mountain (1972)

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6.7

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Huggins

1972

 

Hec Ramsey (1972)

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7.7

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1972

1 episode

 

Paul Lynde and Elizabeth Allen in The Paul Lynde Show (1972)

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6.7

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1972

1 episode

 

O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)

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7.3

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1971

1 episode

 

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24 episodes

 

Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)

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7.0

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Billy Kincaid

1970

1 episode

 

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Hook, Line and Sinker

5.4

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1969

 

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1969

1 episode

 

Kent Lane in Changes (1969)

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5.6

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1969

 

The Name of the Game (1968)

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7.6

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1969

1 episode

 

Star Trek (1966)

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8.4

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1969

1 episode

 

My Friend Tony (1969)

My Friend Tony

7.0

TV Series

1969

1 episode

 

Kent McCord and Martin Milner in Adam-12 (1968)

Adam-12

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1968–1969

8 episodes

 

Harry Morgan and Jack Webb in Dragnet 1967 (1967)

Dragnet 1967

7.7

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1968

1 episode

 

My Three Sons (1960)

My Three Sons

7.1

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1968

1 episode

 

Barbara Eden in I Dream of Jeannie (1965)

I Dream of Jeannie

7.4

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1966

1 episode

 

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1963

1 episode

 

The Birds and the Bees (1956)

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1956