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Ivan Dixon (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', for his role in the 1967 television film ''The Final War of Olly Winter'', and for directing many episodes of television series. Active in the civil rights movement since 1961, he served as a president of Negro Actors for Action.〔 ==Early life and career== Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III was born in Harlem, the son of a grocery store owner. When he was young, Dixon lived in the brownstone at 518 West 150th Street in Harlem, on the same block with Josh White, Ralph Ellison, and the Hines brothers, (Gregory and Maurice).〔Hevesi, Dennis. ("Ivan Dixon, Actor in 'Hogan’s Heroes,' Dies at 76" ), ''The New York Times'' (March 20, 2008).〕 He graduated from the Lincoln Academy in Gaston County, North Carolina,〔Saunders, Barry. ("School's starring role in an actor's life" ), ''The News & Observer'' (April 5, 2008).〕 and went on to earn a drama degree from North Carolina Central University in 1954,〔 where the theater troupe is now known as the Ivan Dixon Players.〔 While at NCCU, he joined the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity. In 1957, Dixon appeared on Broadway in William Saroyan's ''The Cave Dwellers'', following this in 1959 with an appearance in Lorraine Hansberry's ''A Raisin in the Sun''.〔("Ivan Dixon" ) on the Internet Broadway Database〕 In 1958, he was a stunt double for Sidney Poitier in the film ''The Defiant Ones'', and went on to television roles on ''The Twilight Zone'' (in the episodes "The Big Tall Wish" and "I Am the Night—Color Me Black"), ''Perry Mason'', and other series. On February 20, 1962 Dixon co-starred with Dorothy Dandridge in the "Blues for a Junkman" episode of "Cain's Hundred", which was highest rated episode of the series.An expanded version was released as a feature film in Europe titled ''The Murder Men'', and became Dandridge's last screen appearance. On September 25, 1962, he portrayed Jamie Davis, a livery stable groom, in the episode "Among the Missing" of NBC's ''Laramie'' western series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Laramie'': "Among the Missing", September 25, 1962 )〕 In 1963, he played the role of John Brooks, alias Caleb Stone IV, in the ''Perry Mason'' episode "The Case of the Nebulous Nephew." In 1964, Dixon starred in the independent film ''Nothing But a Man'', written and directed by Michael Roemer; it was Dixon's performance in this film he was most proud of.〔 He also appeared in an episode of ABC's ''The Fugitive'' entitled "Escape into Black". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ivan Dixon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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