Kenneth Washington, best known for portraying Sgt. Richard Baker on the final season of the CBS sitcom Hogan’s Heroes , has died at age 89. The Mississippi native guest-starred in numerous TV shows throughout his career, which spanned from the 1960s to the 1980s, according to Variety . Washington spent his youth in the areas around Redwood City and San Francisco. Kenneth Washington joined the ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ cast in 1970 Landing his first screen test prompted a relocation to Los Angeles to kick off his acting journey. His acting credits include TV films like  J. Edgar Hoover ,  Money on the Side and  Our Family Business . He also made appearances 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 . After joining Hogan’s Heroes as Sgt. Baker in 1970—a role cut short when CBS pulled the plug in 1971—Washington spent the decade popping up in projects like the 1973’s Westworld , as well as The...