Little Hole in the Prairie

Kevin Hagen, best remembered as kindly Doc Hagen on Little House on the Prairie, has died at the age of 77. In his 35-year career, Hagen had more than 100 guest appearances, including two different M*A*S*H episodes, first as Col. Coner, whose pursuit of territory at all costs earned him a garbage shower courtesy of Hawkeye, and as Major Goss, who chased Hawkeye from his attempt to jump-start the stalled peace talks in Panmunjom back to the 4077 to find the camp joining his protest of olive drab by dying everyone’s scrubs and hair red. Hagen also played Inspector Kobick, who desperately pursued the Earthlings on “Land of the Giants,” one of many collaborations with Irwin Allen, including appearances in Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Time Tunnel.