| Ross Hagen | |
| Birth Name: | Leland Lando Lilly |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Williams, Arizona, United States |
| 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.[1] His film credits included The Hellcats in 1967 and The Sidehackers in 1969.[1] His video game credits included Red Dead Redemption and its expansion pack Undead Nightmare.
Hagen was born in Williams, Arizona, on May 21, 1938.[1] However, he was raised on an Oregon farm.[1] Hagen and his first wife had two children, Bob Lilly and Julie Lilly-Beloit.[1] He was married to his second wife, Claire Polan, an actress from 1963 until her death in 2003.[1] Outside of acting, Hagen also served in the United States Army.[1]
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".[1] He was cast in the CBS television series Daktari, in 1968.[1] He portrayed a safari photographer named Bart Jason until the end of the show in 1969.[1] 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).[1] His other credits as a director and producer have included Reel Horror, The Media Madman and Time Wars.[1] 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.[2]
Ross Hagen died of cancer at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on May 7, 2011, at the age of 72.[1]
A location in 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2, the prequel to Red Dead Redemption in which Hagen starred in, was named Mount Hagen in the late actor's honor.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Red Dead Redemption | Landon Ricketts |
| 2010 |