CHARLOTTE, NC (AP) -- He directed hundreds of episodes of shows including ``The Waltons,'' ``The Rockford Files,'' ``Magnum, P.I.'' and ``In the Heat of the Night.'' But Ivan Dixon will be remembered most for his role as Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe on the 60's TV series ``Hogan Heroes.''
His daughter says Dixon died Sunday at a hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, after a hemorrhage and of complications from kidney failure. Dixon was 76.
Dixon's credits predate ``Hogan Heroes.'' He was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier in the 1958 movie ``The Defiant Ones.'' Poitier said in a statement that you had to be careful working with Dixon because he ``was quite likely to walk off with the scene.''
Dixon began his acting career on Broadway in plays including ``A Raisin in the Sun.'' On film, his credits include ``Something of Value,'' ``Nothing But a Man'' and the cult favorite ``Car Wash.''
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