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Rough-and-tumble character actor Ross Hagen was born Leland Lando Lilly on May 21, 1938, in Williams, AZ, the son of Lando Irvin Lilly and Mary Alice Johnson. Handsome and rugged, with a highly distinctive deep gravelly voice and a commandingly raw masculine screen presence, Ross was frequently cast as charming and likable tough guys on both sides of the law in a colorful and eclectic array of films and TV shows.
Hagen began his acting career in the mid-'60s doing guest spots on various television programs before crossing over into exploitation theatrical features with leading roles in the biker flicks The Hellcats (1968), The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968) and Five the Hard Way (1969). Hagen's most memorable movie roles include smooth insurance agent Mike Harber in Wonder Women (1973), bumbling former coal miner turned wannabe mobster Charlie Jacobs in Bad Charleston Charlie (1973), vicious hitman Ray Mitchell in Avenging Angel (1985), backstabbing con artist Cory Thorton in Armed Response (1986), all-girl baseball team owner Midnight in Blood Games (1990), hard-nosed Army Capt. Jason Briggs in _Dinosaur Island (1989)_ (qv_, a skeptical sheriff in _Sideshow (1988)_ and private investigator Elwood Dick in Murder on the Yellow Brick Road (2005). Among the TV series he has guest-starred on are The Virginian (1962), The Big Valley (1965), The Fugitive (1963), The Invaders (1967), Daktari (1966) Bonanza (1959), Gunsmoke (1955), Mannix (1967), Kung Fu (1972), Mission: Impossible (1966), Cannon (1971), The Wild Wild West (1965) and The Fall Guy (1981). He acted in almost 20 pictures for director Fred Olen Ray. His wife Claire Polan acted in a few movies with Hagen (the couple also briefly ran an acting school). In addition to acting, Hagen directed seven films (which include the immensely enjoyable action oddity The Glove (1979) and the not half bad medical thriller B.O.R.N. (1989)), and he either co-produced and/or co-wrote a handful of features.
Ross died from cancer at age 72 on May 7, 2011.- Canadian-born Cecilia Parker, daughter of a British army officer, moved with her family to Hollywood when she was a child. After graduation from high school she got a job as an extra. She did extra work for about a year before she was noticed by Fox executives, who signed her to a contract in 1931. Her career went along steadily if not spectacularly until 1937, when she was signed by MGM to play the older sister of Mickey Rooney in the "Andy Hardy" series. Although she had worked in everything from westerns to jungle serials, it's this part that people remember her for. She must have given MGM some trouble at one point, because in 1941 she was "loaned" (exiled is probably a better word) to ultra-low-rent studio PRC for one picture, a fate that usually befell actors who displeased the higher-ups at the studios. All was apparently forgiven, though, as she made five more pictures at MGM before she retired in 1942. She returned in 1958 for one final Andy Hardy film, but then went back to the real estate business she and her husband operated in Ventura, California, where she died in 1993.
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Diana Gabaldon was born on 11 January 1952 in Williams, Arizona, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Outlander (2014), Outlander and Outlander: Blood of My Blood. She is married to Doug Watkins. They have three children.- Stunts
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Maja Aro was born on 1 January 1984 in Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Good Boys (2019) and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). She has been married to Jeffery Aro since 13 July 2013.- Director
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Dalton Meza-Paz is an American director, writer and editor. He is known for short film "Shoe on the Verge of Congestion". He started producing videos in 2017 under the alias "Frotogano" in a web sires titled "Frotocore" (2017- Present). He started writing his first feature film in early 2021, titled "Lifelines". It's in pre-production.- Animation Department
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Tom Ray was born on 2 August 1919 in Williams, Arizona, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), The Transformers (1984) and The Bugs Bunny Show (1960). He died on 6 April 2010 in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA.- Actor
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Benjamin Watts was born in Williams, Oregon, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Played by Fame (2009), The Millennium Bug (2011) and The Mindy Project (2012).- Sandy Webster was born on 30 January 1923 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Lost and Found (1979), The King Chronicle (1988) and Wind at My Back (1996). He was married to Ruth Marie Fennel. He died on 22 March 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Julie Croteau was born on 4 December 1970 in Prince William County, Virginia, USA. She is an actress, known for A League of Their Own (1992) and Baseball Girls (1995).
- Alex Delvecchio was born on 4 December 1931 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
- Frank Atherley was born on 20 May 1863 in Fort William, Calcutta, India. He was an actor, known for Betrayal (1932), Carry On! (1927) and Sexton Blake, Gambler (1928). He was married to Katie Marian Bell and Jessie Tenniel. He died on 8 May 1947 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
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Carol Hanley was born on 3 September 1938 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. Carol was a producer and executive, known for Chairman of the Board (1981). Carol was married to Jim Hanley and Harry Taylor. Carol died on 26 May 2018 in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada.- Soundtrack
Angus Grant was born on 14 February 1967 in Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Angus died on 9 October 2016 in Edinburgh, Scotland.- Writer
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- Sound Department
David Jon Banks was born on 20 March 1989 in Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, USA. He is a writer and art director, known for The Book of Jer3miah (2009), Killer Missionaries (2020) and Pretty Darn Funny (2012).- McCarty "Clay" Moncure was born in Woodbridge, Virginia on the morning of September 11, 2001 in a hospital just south of Washington D. C. He divides his time between the family home in Virginia and South Carolina where he enjoys school. Clay plays baseball,soccer, and loves practicing his singing as well as acting. Piano lessons are next since he just received his grandmother's piano! Clay's whole family works in the Southeastern entertainment market, including his younger sister, Evelyna.
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Carl Shain was born on 4 July 1920 in Williams, Illinois, USA. He was a director, known for Say One for Me (1959), The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (1968) and Count Your Blessings (1959). He died on 24 October 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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William Moritz was born on 6 May 1941 in Williams, Arizona, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood (1987), The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger (2004) and Camera Three (1955). He died on 12 March 2004 in Mokelumne Hill, California, USA.- Pete Goegan was born on 6 March 1934 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for 1961 Stanley Cup Finals (1961) and NHL on CBS (1957). He died on 8 October 2008 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.
- Steve Daniar was born on 18 July 1955 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada.
- Don Poile was born on 1 June 1932 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Cecile. He died on 23 February 2024 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Peter Nyberg was born on 2 April 1939 in Fort William, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for Another World (1964), Wonder Woman (1975) and Police Story (1973).- Production Manager
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Skip Lusk was born on 24 March 1944 in Prince William County, Virginia, USA. He is a production manager and editor, known for Amazing Stories (1985), Darkroom (1981) and Leg Work (1987).- Bruce Meredith Smith was born on 18 October 1908 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Trek to Mashomba (1951), Dark Venture (1956) and Cry, the Beloved Country (1951). He died on 13 April 1964 in Transvaal, South Africa.
- Muriel Minty was born on 9 January 1890 in Fort William, West Bengal, India. She was an actress, known for A Woman in the Night (1928), The Upper Hand (1921) and The Jar (1937). She died on 25 June 1975 in Saint-Hélier, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK.
- Megan Munro was born in July 1995 in Fort William, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Brookside (1982) and Rockface (2002).