Ross Hagen

{{Short description|American actor and screenwriter (1938–2011)}}

{{Infobox person

|name=Ross Hagen

|image=

|birth_name=Leland Lando Lilly

|birth_date={{birth date|1938|5|21}}

|birth_place=Williams, Arizona, United States

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|5|7|1938|5|21}}

|death_place=Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, United States

|occupation=Actor, voice actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer

|years_active=1966–2010

}}

Ross Hagen (born Leland Lando Lilly; May 21, 1938 – May 7, 2011) was an American actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter and producer whose television acting credits included Daktari.{{cite news |title=Passings: Ross Hagen, Joe M. Sanchez |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-passings-20110519,0,3629827.story |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=May 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527045153/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/may/19/local/la-me-passings-20110519 |archive-date=May 27, 2011}} His film credits included The Hellcats in 1967 and The Sidehackers in 1969. His video game credits included Red Dead Redemption and its expansion pack Undead Nightmare.

Personal life

Hagen was born in Williams, Arizona, on May 21, 1938. However, he was raised on an Oregon farm. Hagen and his first wife had two children, Bob Lilly and Julie Lilly-Beloit. He was married to his second wife, Claire Polan, an actress from 1963 until her death in 2003. Outside of acting, Hagen also served in the United States Army.

Career

Hagen began his acting career during the 1960s. His early career included guest appearances on The Virginian, The Big Valley, and Here Come the Brides. He was cast in the CBS television series Daktari, in 1968. He portrayed a safari photographer named Bart Jason until the end of the show in 1969. Hagen's other film credits included The Mini-Skirt Mob and Speedway in 1968, The Devil's 8 (1969), The Organization (1971), Angels' Wild Women (1972), Melinda (1972), Wonder Women (1973), Night Creature (1978), Angel (1984), Avenging Angel (1985) and Armed Response (1986). His other credits as a director and producer have included Reel Horror, The Media Madman and Time Wars. He also starred in Dinosaur Island and Fugitive Rage, both directed by Fred Olen Ray.

Hagen also played Landon Ricketts, a retired gunslinger, in the video games Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare.{{cite web|publisher=Giant Bomb|title=Landon Ricketts|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/landon-ricketts/3005-15511/}}

Death

Ross Hagen died of cancer at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on May 7, 2011, at the age of 72.

Legacy

Two locations in 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2, the prequel to Red Dead Redemption in which Hagen starred in, was named Mount Hagen{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/red-dead-redemption-2/Mount_Hagen|title=Mount Hagen|last=Harvey|first=Angie|publisher=IGN|website=ign.com|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=January 11, 2025}} and Hagen Orchards{{cite web|url=https://gamerant.com/red-dead-redemption-2-rdr2-best-beautiful-locations/|title=Red Dead Redemption 2: 24 Most Breathtaking Locations|last=Mitra|first=Ritwik|date=November 20, 2024|access-date=January 11, 2025|website=gamerant.com|publisher=Valnet}} in the late actor's honor.

Filmography

=Films=

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
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1967	Gunfight in Abilene	Lt. Faron	Uncredited
1968	Speedway	Paul Dado
1968	The Hellcats	Monte
1968	The Mini-Skirt Mob	Jeff Logan
1969	Mark of the Gun	Justin Kane
1969	The Devil's 8	Frank Davis
1969	The Sidehackers	Rommel
1971	The Organization	Chet
1972	Melinda	Gregg Van
1972	Angels' Wild Women	Speed
1973	Wonder Women	Mike Harber
1973	Bad Charleston Charlie	Charlie Jacobs
1973	Pushing Up Daisies	Maddux
1975	Supercock	Seth Calhoun
1978	Night Creature	Ross
1984	Angel	Urban Cowboy
1985	Avenging Angel	Ray Mitchell
1986	Armed Response	Cory Thorton
1986	Prison Ship	Bantor
1987	Commando Squad	Cowboy
1988	The Phantom Empire	Cort Eastman
1988	Warlords	Beaumont
1989	Action U.S.A.	Drago
1989	B.O.R.N.	Buck Cassidy
1990	Alienator	Kol
1990	Click: The Calendar Girl Killer	Jack
1990	Blood Games	Midnight
1992	The Media Madman	The Warden
1993	Time Wars	Tomahawk
1994	Dinosaur Island	Capt. Jason Briggs
1995	Hard Bounty	Sheriff
1995	Bikini Drive-In	Harry
1995	Virtual Desire	Crank
1995	Droid Gunner	Bartender
1995	Rebellious	Fred
1995	Midnight Tease II	John Donnelly
1995	Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold	Truck Driver
1996	Over the Wire	Det. Jackson
1996	Night Shade	Detective Crank
1996	Fugitive Rage	Ryker
1997	Illicit Dreams 2	Brady
1997	Sexual Roulette	Marty
1998	Jungle Boy	Sabre the Leopard	Voice
1999	The Kid with X-Ray Eyes	Patterson
2000	The Elf Who Didn't Believe	Joe Rollins	Credited as Ross Hagan
2000	Sideshow	Sheriff
2000	Inviati speciali
2004	For No Good Reason
2005	Murder on the Yellow Brick Road	Elwood Dick
2006	Ray of Sunshine

=Television=

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
1966 \|The Big Valley \| Troy \| 1 episode
1966 \|Shane \| Floyd Pettyburn / Floyd \| 2 episodes
1966 \|T.H.E. Cat \| Paul Cheever \| 1 episode
1966–1967 \|The Virginian \| Bassett / Tern / Carl Stacy \| 3 episodes
1967 \|The Road West \| \| 1 episode
1967 \|Captain Nice \| Jake \| 1 episode
1967 \|The Fugitive \| Officer Harry Benton \| 1 episode
1967 \|The Wild Wild West \| Gabe Kelso \| S3 E14: "The Night of the Iron Fist"
1967–1968 \|The Invaders \| Perry / Jorden \| 2 episodes
1967–1971 \|Gunsmoke \| Hicks / Luke Riker / Kay Cee/Pike \| 4 episodes
1968 \|The Guns of Will Sonnett \| Doak Redford \| 1 episode
1968–1969 \|Daktari \| Bart Jason \| 13 episodes
1968–1970 \|The F.B.I. \| Banjo Boggs / Joseph Schaffler / Jake Walling \| 3 episodes
1969 \|The Outcasts \| Clay \| 1 episode
1969 \|Here Come the Brides \| Bounty Hunter Blackburn / Jobe \| 2 episodes
1969–1970 \|Lancer \| Clint / Harmon Cooper \| 2 episodes
1970 \|Bonanza \| Rader \| 1 episode
1970–1971 \|Mannix \| Krebs / Croaker \| 2 episodes
1971 \|O'Hara, U.S. Treasury \| \| 1 episode
1972 \|Longstreet \| Carl Tessman \| 1 episode
1973 \|Kung Fu \| Herman Skowrin \| 1 episode
1973 \|Mission: Impossible \| Fred Snelling \| 1 episode
1973 \|The Rookies \| Pike \| 1 episode
1973 \|Cannon \| Wendell Davis \| 1 episode
1974 \|McMillan & Wife \| Brady \| 1 episode
1982 \|Bret Maverick \| Cole Farnsworth \| 1 episode
1984 \|The Fall Guy \| \| Episode: "Terror U"
1986 \|Danger Bay \| Caldwell \| 1 episode

class="wikitable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1966

|The Big Valley

| Troy

| 1 episode

1966

|Shane

| Floyd Pettyburn / Floyd