The Independent (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
At a time when few black actors were seen in regular roles on American television, Ivan Dixon was one of the first, playing US Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe, the communications officer for the prisoners-of-war held by the Germans, in the sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Obituary: Breakthrough black actor who was 'Kinch' in Hogan's Heroes
Times Online (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Ivan Dixon was never a household name, but he was one of the most important black American screen actors and directors of his generation. He appeared with Sidney Poitier in a string of films, including Porgy and Bess (1959) and A Raisin in the Sun (1961); he was the black sergeant Kinch in the PoW sitcom Hogan’s Heroes (1965-70) at a time when American TV was just beginning to open up to black actors;...
DATA news (Free subscription) | 03/24/2008
Mr. Dixon was best known for playing Sgt. James Kinchloe on the 1960s sitcom “Hogan's Heroes,” but his films included vivid portrayals of black struggles in the American South.
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 03/22/2008
from CRITICAL NOIR @ Vibe.com Nothing But a Man: Remembering Ivan Dixon by Mark Anthony Neal It would be easy to think of Ivan Dixon , who died recently in Charlotte, North Carolina, as just another brilliant black actor or actress who never received the recognition that they deserved. Indeed if you placed Dixon's career alongside those such as Rosalind Cash , Roscoe Lee Brown , Gloria Foster and Calvin...
NPR Blogs: News & Views (Free subscription) | 03/21/2008
Ivan Dixon was an prolific television and film actor, who starred in Hogan's Heroes, The Twilight Zone, and the film Nothing But a Man. The film -- depicting a railroad worker who fell in love with a minister's daughter and fought against racism in their Alabama town -- was his most meaningful role, Dixon said. "That was me," Dixon said, "I had lived every moment. ... I was reliving my whole life on...
CHILD OF TELEVISION (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Earlier this week we lost actor, writer, director and producer Ivan Dixon. He was 76. All of us children of television knew him best as Sgt. James "Kinch" Kinchloe on the classic TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and for the two Twilight Zone episodes The Big Tall Wish ( featuring an all black cast) & I Am the Night—Color Me Black . ( I always loved Rod Serling's Closing Narration, "A sickness known as hate;...
Film Forno (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln in Nothing But A Man Ivan Dixon, star of Nothing But A Man and director of The Spook Who Sat By The Door has checked out. Most people probably know him from his role on that idiotic show Hogan's Heroes. He quit that gig after 5 years, I guess he couldn't [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
I wish I had heard sooner about the death of actor and director Ivan Dixon Sunday—if you recognize him, it's probably as Kinch, the black guy on Hogan's Heroes, but he also had a solid career in the 1970s...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Mr. Dixon was best known for playing Sgt. James Kinchloe on the 1960s sitcom “Hogan's Heroes,” but his films included vivid portrayals of black struggles in the American South.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
In the script for the landmark 1964 film "Nothing but a Man," actor Ivan Dixon saw something familiar in the character Duff Anderson.
In the Company of Glenn (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
Yes, the late, assured Dixon did participate in the moral and aesthetic debacle that was Hogan's Heroes. After which he went on to direct this 1973 film. which makes an odd but nonetheless ideal double-feature partner with both Three the...
Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Ivan Dixon, who died Sunday at 76, deserves to be remembered for more than just his role as Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes, though he credited that role with opening a lot of doors for him in television. He in...
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Ivan Dixon was 76. He brought the problems and promise of contemporary blacks to life in the film "Nothing But a Man" and portrayed the levelheaded POW Kinchloe in TV's "Hogan's Heroes."
Professor Kim's News Notes (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
If you only know him as the black guy on Hogan's Heroes, you've missed out on a great body of work. My favorite is his 1964 star turn with Abby Lincoln, Nothing But a Man . I couldn't find that on Youtube, but I did find this Twilight Zone episode, "The Big Tall Wish." It seems appropriate for this time. Enjoy -- and remember, "You've got to believe." This feed contains copyrighted material from Professor...
