(TNS) — Kenneth Washington, the last surviving cast member of the popular CBS sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” died on July 18. He was 88.

Washington joined the cast of Hogan’s Heroes — about a group of American soldiers being held in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp during World War II — during its sixth season in 1970, playing Sergeant Richard Baker.

He was one of the few Black actors with a reoccurring role on a sitcom at that time, according to Variety, but the sixth season proved to be the show’s last, as it ended a year later.

In addition to “Heroes,” Washington appeared on a number of other TV shows during the 1960s, including “Star Trek,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “My Three Sons,” “Petticoat Junction,” “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “Adam-12” and “Dragnet 1967.”

He also appeared in the 1973 film “Westworld,” as well as on the shows “The F.B.I.,” “The Rockford Files” and “Police Story.”

One of his last television appearances was on the sitcom “A Different World” in 1989, which starred Jasmine Guy, Lisa Bonet and Kadeem Hardison.

After leaving acting, Washington earned a college degree from Loyola Marymount University and became an instructor at the school, teaching classes on Black actors in film. He also taught speech at Southwest College in Los Angeles, Variety said.

He is survived by his wife Alice; brother Johnnie; sister Aaliyah Akbar; three children, Kim Lee, Kenneth Jr. and Quianna Stokes-Washington; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.