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Alan Ladd is a Actor and Producer American born on 3 september 1913 at Arkansas (USA)

Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd
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Birth name Alan Walbridge Ladd
Nationality USA
Birth 3 september 1913 at Arkansas (USA)
Death 29 january 1964 (at 50 years) at Palm Springs (USA)

Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns and film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake. His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his accidental death due to a lethal combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers.

Biography

Ladd married a high school sweetheart, Marjorie Jane "Midge" Harrold, in October 1936. Their only child, a son named Alan Ladd, Jr., was born on October 22, 1937. They divorced in July 1941.

On March 15, 1942, Ladd married his agent and manager, former film actress Sue Carol, with whom he had two children, Alana (born 1943) and David Alan (1947).

Alan Ladd, Jr., is a film executive and producer and founder of The Ladd Company. Actress Alana Ladd, who co-starred with her father in Guns of the Timberland and Duel of Champions, is married to the veteran talk radio broadcaster Michael Jackson. Actor David Ladd, who co-starred with his father as a child in The Proud Rebel, was married to Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd (née Stoppelmoor), 1973–80. Their daughter is actress Jordan Ladd.

Best films

Shane (1953)
(Actor)
The Red Beret (1953)
(Actor)

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(35 films)
John F. Seitz
John F. Seitz
(28 films)
Paul Baxley
Paul Baxley
(14 films)
George J. Lewis
George J. Lewis
(14 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(18 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Alan Ladd (106 films)

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Actor

L.A. Confidential, 2h18
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell
Roles Self (archive footage)
Rating81% 4.0984154.0984154.0984154.0984154.098415
In early 1950s Los Angeles, Detective Sergeant Edmund "Ed" Exley (Guy Pearce), the son of a legendary LAPD detective, is determined to live up to his father's reputation. His intelligence, insistence on following regulations and cold demeanor contribute to his isolation from other officers. He exacerbates this resentment by volunteering to testify in a police brutality case, insisting on a promotion to Detective Lieutenant against the advice of Captain Dudley Smith (James Cromwell). Exley's ambition is fueled by the murder of his father by an unknown assailant, to whom he refers as "Rollo Tomasi" to give him personality.
Frantic
Frantic (1988)
, 2h
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Harrison Ford, Betty Buckley, John Mahoney, Emmanuelle Seigner, Yorgo Voyagis, Gérard Klein
Roles Bellboy 3
Rating67% 3.3990453.3990453.3990453.3990453.399045
Dr. Richard Walker is a surgeon visiting Paris with his wife Sondra for a medical conference. At their hotel, she is unable to unlock her suitcase, and Walker determines that she has picked up the wrong one at the airport. While Walker is taking a shower, his wife mysteriously disappears from their hotel room.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, 1h28
Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Rachel Ward, Carl Reiner, Alan Ladd, Reni Santoni, Barbara Stanwyck
Roles (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Rating67% 3.398413.398413.398413.398413.39841
In the opening scene, John Hay Forrest (George Gaynes), noted scientist and cheesemaker, dies in a single-vehicle car accident (represented by the car wreck scene from Keeper of the Flame). In the next scene, private investigator Rigby Reardon (Steve Martin) is reading a newspaper when Forrest's daughter, Juliet (Rachel Ward), enters his office and faints when the paper's headline reminds her of her father's death. Upon coming to, she hires Rigby to investigate the death, which she thinks was murder. In Dr. Forrest's lab, Rigby finds two lists, one titled "Friends of Carlotta" and the other "Enemies of Carlotta", as well as an affectionately autographed photo of singer Kitty Collins, whose name appears on one of the lists. His search is interrupted by a man posing as an exterminator (Alan Ladd, in This Gun for Hire), who shoots Rigby in the arm and frisks the lists from the seemingly dead investigator.
Hustle
Hustle (1975)
, 1h55
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Ben Johnson, Paul Winfield, Eileen Brennan, Eddie Albert
Rating61% 3.095633.095633.095633.095633.09563
When the body of a young woman is found on an isolated beach, Lieutenant Phil Gaines and his partner, Sergeant Louis Belgrave, are the weary and bitter LAPD detectives assigned to the homicide investigation. They conclude, with the support of the coroner's report, that the victim, a hooker and known drug user named Gloria Hollinger, committed suicide using pills.
The Carpetbaggers, 2h30
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors George Peppard, Alan Ladd, Carroll Baker, Vaughn Taylor, Robert Cummings, Martha Hyer
Roles Nevada Smith
Rating64% 3.244963.244963.244963.244963.24496
Jonas Cord becomes one of America's richest men, inheriting an explosives company from his late father. Cord resents his father bitterly and is psychologically scarred by the death of a twin brother. Believing his family has insanity in its blood, he does not want children of his own.
Young Guns of Texas, 1h18
Directed by Maury Dexter
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors James Mitchum, Jody McCrea, Alan Ladd, Chill Wills, Gary Conway, Robert Lowery
Roles Lily Glendenning
Rating49% 2.472012.472012.472012.472012.47201
Tyler Duane (Gary Conway) is expelled from West Point after the Civil War when his brother, a Union officer, is accused of stealing Army funds.
13 West Street
Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Rod Steiger, Michael Callan, Dolores Dorn, Kenneth MacKenna, Margaret Hayes
Roles Walt Sherill
Rating62% 3.1462353.1462353.1462353.1462353.146235
For no discernible reason, scientist Walt Sherill is assaulted and viciously beaten by a group of well-dressed young men. When the police, including investigating officer Detective Koleski, are in his opinion too slow in finding the culprits, Sherill decides to go after them on his own.
Duel of Champions
Directed by Terence Young
Genres Adventure, Historical
Actors Alan Ladd, Robert Keith, Franco Fabrizi, Franca Bettoja, Jacques Sernas, Andrea Aureli
Roles Horatius
Rating49% 2.472192.472192.472192.472192.47219
Noble romain, Horatius dirige une légion impériale pendant la longue et sanglante guerre entre les Romains et les Albanais. Un arrangement désespéré est convenu sur la façon de régler la guerre. Trois vaillants frères sont choisis de chaque côté pour livrer un dernier duel féroce et sanglant ...
All the Young Men, 1h30
Directed by Hall Bartlett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren, Glenn Corbett, Mort Sahl, Paul Richards
Roles Sgt. Kincaid
Rating61% 3.0985153.0985153.0985153.0985153.098515
Poitier plays a Korean War sergeant commanding a small, isolated and decimated platoon of American Marines. The film explores the racial integration of the American military, centering on the African-American sergeant's struggle to win the trust and respect of the men in his unit.
Guns of the Timberland, 1h31
Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland, Frankie Avalon, Lyle Bettger, Noah Beery, Jr
Roles Jim Hadley
Rating55% 2.7605552.7605552.7605552.7605552.760555
Logger Jim Hadley (Alan Ladd) and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The residents of Deep Wells led by Laura Riley (Jeanne Crain) are opposed to the felling of the trees, believing that losing them would cause mudslides during the heavy rains. Conflict between the town's residents and the loggers is inevitable.
One Foot in Hell, 1h30
Directed by James B. Clark
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Don Murray, Dan O'Herlihy, Dolores Michaels, Barry Coe, Larry Gates
Roles Mitch Barrett
Rating61% 3.089543.089543.089543.089543.08954
Mitch Barrett (Alan Ladd) is a former Confederate soldier emigrating to the West whose wife Ellie (Rachel Stephens) dies in childbirth in a small cattle town in Arizona because of what Mitch sees as the heartlessness of three local men - George Caldwell the hotel keeper (Henry Norell ), Sam Giller the general store owner (John Alexander) and Ole Olsen the sheriff (Karl Swenson). Unhinged by Ellie's death, he plots to get his revenge by robbing the local bank of $100,000 deposited by a rich cattleman, thus ruining the town.
The Man in the Net, 1h38
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Alan Ladd, Carolyn Jones, John Rollin Lupton, Diane Brewster, Charles McGraw, Tom Helmore
Roles John Hamilton
Rating61% 3.0924453.0924453.0924453.0924453.092445
Commercial artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) and wife Linda (Carolyn Jones) leave New York and move to Stoneville, Connecticut, in the New England countryside, to escape the bustle of the city and because of John's growing concern about Linda's alcoholism.
The Badlanders
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
Rating63% 3.196343.196343.196343.196343.19634
In 1898, two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. One, mining engineer and geologist Peter Van Hoek (Ladd), the "Dutchman," tells the warden he was framed for the robbery of a gold shipment from the Lisbon Mine. The other, John McBain (Borgnine), killed Bascomb, the man who cheated him out of his land.