Kenneth Washington, Last Surviving Main Cast Member of 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 88
Source: Variety
Jul 23, 2025 10:48am PT
Kenneth Washington, who made several TV appearances and was the last surviving main cast member of the CBS series Hogans Heroes, died on July 18. He was 88.
A familiar guest star on TV series in the 1960s, Washingtons 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 Hogans Heroes role as Sergeant Baker in 1970, but the show was canceled the following year by CBS. Washingtons 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 Washingtons other credits were the TV movies J. Edgar Hoover, Money on the Side and Our Family Business.
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Silent Type
(10,558 posts)chicoescuela
(2,155 posts)Baker wasnt quite Kinch but good nonetheless
gay texan
(3,038 posts)I looked up to him!!
C Moon
(13,044 posts)You can see so many humorous comparisons to the Stalag 17 film.
cstanleytech
(27,809 posts)CentralMass
(16,369 posts)Boomerproud
(8,877 posts)RIP
JMCKUSICK
(3,301 posts)Watched a dozen episodes last night starting with S1 E1
RIP Mr Washington.
Aristus
(70,496 posts)Long ago, when I was in sixth grade, I played snare drum in the band. I owned my own drum, so I took it home at night. My window faced an open common yard with the houses across the way. One night, someone (I always imagined a young schoolgirl) started playing the flute portion of the Hogan's Heroes theme out her window across the way. I set up my drum by my own window, and played the military marching drum part of the theme. And together, we serenaded the neighborhood with our impromptu rendition of the theme. Never found out who it was.