Ross Hagen
With a grizzled visage and a gravelly growl, character actor Ross Hagen got his start playing cowboys on a handful of '60s TV Westerns. His intimidating persona soon led him to feature films and the bourgeoning B-movie market of the 1970s. Hagen was well known for his roles in exploitation fare like "Angels' Wild Women," a raucous biker flick in which he played head-honcho gang member Speed. Hagen also starred in "The Hellcats," "Five the Hard Way," and "The Mini-Skirt Mob," more than one of which was later lampooned on "Mystery Science Theater 3000," a comedy series that offered amusing commentary over some of America's cheapest cinema. In the mid '80s, Hagen memorably partnered with schlockmeister Fred Olen Ray for "Armed Response," starring opposite B-movie legend David Carradine as a private investigator. Over the course of his career, Hagen starred in over a dozen of Olen Ray's cheap actioners. Not content to simply star in such movies, however, Hagen went on to write and direct B-movies of his very own. In 1979, he unleashed "The Glove," the first of many of these low-budget endeavors. In 2010, Hagen had the opportunity to revisit the genre that gave him his start, as a retired gunslinger in the spaghetti Western-inspired video game "Red Dead Redemption."
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Ross Hagen
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Murder on the Yellow Brick Road |
Elwood Dick (Character), Director |
- | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For No Good Reason | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Sideshow | Sheriff (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Kid With X-Ray Eyes | Patterson (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Invisible Dad | Stillwell (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fugitive Rage | Ryker (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Jungle Boy | Sabre (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Tease II | John Donnelly (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Hard Bounty | Sheriff (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glass Mountain | Fred (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over the Wire | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Virtual Desire | Crank (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold | Truck Driver (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Bikini Drive-In | Harry (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Dinosaur Island | Capt. Jason Briggs (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Street Beat |
Rocky (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Blood Games | Midnight (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Click: The Calendar Girl Killer |
Jack (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Action U.S.A. | Drago (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.O.R.N. |
Buck Cassidy (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marked for Murder | Tyrell (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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Alienator | Kol (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Warlords | Beaumont (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Prison Ship | Bantor (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Phantom Empire | Cort Eastman (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Armed Response | Cory Thorton (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reel Horror |
Director, Producer |
- | 1985 |
33% |
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Avenging Angel | Ray Mitchell (Character) | - | 1985 |
No Score Yet |
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The Glove | Director | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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Night Creature |
Ross (Character), Producer |
- | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Supercock | Seth Calhoun (Character) | - | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pushing Up Daisies | Maddux (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadly and the Beautiful | Mike Harber (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet |
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Wonder Women |
Mike Harber (Character), Producer |
- | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bad Charleston Charlie |
Charlie Jacobs (Character), Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Melinda | Gregg Van (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet |
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Angels' Wild Women | Speed (Character) | - | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Wendell Davis (Character) | - | 1971 |
25% |
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The Organization | Chet (Character) | - | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark of the Gun | Justin Kane (Character) | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet |
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The Mini-Skirt Mob | Jeff Logan (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hellcats | Monte (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet |
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Speedway | Paul Dado (Character) | - | 1968 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Danger Bay | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cannon | Wendell Davis (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rookies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Character) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Croaker (Guest Star) | 1970-1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Luke Riker (Guest Star) | 1967-1968 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here Come the Brides | Bounty Hunter Blackburn (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daktari | Bart Jason (Character) | 1968-1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Officer Harry Benton (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shane | Floyd (Guest Star) | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Valley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |