{{Short description|American actor and screenwriter (1938–2011)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{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 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Claire Polan|1963|2003|end=died}} }} | children = 2 }}
'''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''.<ref name=latimes>{{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}}</ref> His film credits included ''The Hellcats'' in 1967 and ''The Sidehackers'' in 1969.<ref name=latimes/> 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.<ref name=latimes/> However, he was raised on an Oregon farm.<ref name=latimes/> Hagen and his first wife had two children, Bob Lilly and Julie Lilly-Beloit.<ref name=latimes/> He was married to his second wife, Claire Polan, an actress from 1963 until her death in 2003.<ref name=latimes/> Outside of acting, Hagen also served in the United States Army.<ref name=latimes/>
==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.<ref name=latimes/> ''He was cast in the CBS television series ''Daktari, ''in 1968.<ref name="latimes" /> He portrayed a safari photographer named Bart Jason until the end of the show in 1969.<ref name="latimes" /> 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).<ref name="latimes" /> His other credits as a director and producer have included Reel Horror, The Media Madman and Time Wars.<ref name="latimes" /> 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''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Giant Bomb|title=Landon Ricketts|url=https://www.giantbomb.com/landon-ricketts/3005-15511/}}</ref>
==Death== Ross Hagen died of cancer at his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, on May 7, 2011, at the age of 72.<ref name=latimes/>
==Legacy== Two locations in the 2018 video game ''Red Dead Redemption 2'', the prequel to ''Red Dead Redemption'' in which Hagen starred, were named Mount Hagen<ref>{{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}}</ref> and Hagen Orchards<ref>{{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}}</ref> in the late actor's honor.
==Filmography== ===Films=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 || |- |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 |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- |2010 |''Red Dead Redemption'' |rowspan="2"|Landon Ricketts (voice and motion capture) |- |2010 |''Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare'' |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0353448|name=Ross Hagen}}
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