Alan Ladd

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-09-03 (51 years old)

Deathday

1964-01-29

Place of Birth

Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA

Alan Ladd

Biography

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, as she was one of the few Hollywood actresses shorter than he. His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his death from cerebral edema in January 1964. Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, but later relocated to North Hollywood, California when his mother re-married.   He worked briefly as a studio carpenter (as did his stepfather) a...

Acting

1999

Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man

as Self (archive footage)

1953

Shane

as Shane

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as Baby Weems Storyboard Artist

1950

1982

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

1941

Petticoat Politics

as Higgins Daughter's Boyfriend

1947

Saigon

as Major Larry Briggs

1946

Calcutta

as Neale Gordon

1949

Chicago Deadline

as Ed Adams

1954

1941

The Black Cat

as Richard Hartley

1964

The Carpetbaggers

as Nevada Smith

1948

Whispering Smith

as Whispering Smith

1957

Boy on a Dolphin

as Dr. James 'Jim' Calder

1946

The Blue Dahlia

as Johnny Morrison

1942

Joan of Paris

as "Baby"

1942

This Gun for Hire

as Philip Raven

1959

The Man in the Net

as John Hamilton

1942

The Glass Key

as Ed Beaumont

1941

Gangs Inc.

as Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan

1949

The Great Gatsby

as Jay Gatsby

2004

Los Angeles Plays Itself

as Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)

1932

Once in a Lifetime

as Projectionist (uncredited)

1937

Hold 'Em Navy

as Chief Quartermaster (uncredited)

1947

My Favorite Brunette

as Sam McCloud (uncredited)

1940

The Green Hornet

as Gilpin - Student Pilot (uncredited)

1941

Cadet Girl

as Harry - Musician (uncredited)

1940

Victory

as Heyst as an 18-Year-Old (uncredited)

1940

The Howards of Virginia

as Backwoodsman (uncredited)

1936

Pigskin Parade

as Student (uncredited)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941

Great Guns

as Soldier in Photo Shop (uncredited)

1937

Souls at Sea

as Sailor (uncredited)

1940

Blame It on Love

as TV Director (uncredited)

1938

The Goldwyn Follies

as First Auditioning Singer (uncredited)

1955

Hell on Frisco Bay

as Steve Rollins

1953

The Red Beret

as Steve 'Canada' McKendrick

1958

The Badlanders

as Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

1946

O.S.S.

as John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine

1939

Petunia Natural Park

as Narrator (uncredited)

1938

Secrets of a Nurse

as Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

1934

Murder at the Vanities

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

1956

A Cry in the Night

as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1937

All Over Town

as Young Man (uncredited)

1938

Freshman Year

as Student (uncredited)

1937

The Last Train from Madrid

as Soldier (uncredited)

1938

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Club Waiter (uncredited)

1952

The Iron Mistress

as Jim Bowie

1958

The Proud Rebel

as John Chandler

1955

The McConnell Story

as Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell, Jr.

1958

The Deep Six

as Alexander 'Alec' Austen

1942

1948

Beyond Glory

as Capt. Rockwell 'Rocky' Gilman

1954

Hell Below Zero

as Duncan Craig

1945

Salty O'Rourke

as Salty O'Rourke

1954

Drum Beat

as Johnny MacKay

1940

Ellery Queen, Master Detective

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

1957

The Big Land

as Chad Morgan

1947

Variety Girl

as Alan Ladd

1950

Captain Carey, U.S.A.

as Captain Webster Carey

1944

And Now Tomorrow

as Doctor Merek Vance

1951

Red Mountain

as Capt. Brett Sherwood

1954

Saskatchewan

as Thomas O'Rourke

1960

All the Young Men

as Sgt. Kincaid

1960

One Foot in Hell

as Mitch Barrett

1962

13 West Street

as Walt Sherill

1942

Lucky Jordan

as Lucky Jordan

1943

China

as David Jones

1950

Branded

as Choya

1952

Botany Bay

as Hugh Tallant

1952

Thunder in the East

as Steve Gibbs

1961

1956

Santiago

as Caleb 'Cash' Adams

1953

Desert Legion

as Paul Lartal

1960

1946

Two Years Before the Mast

as Charles Stewart

1944

Skirmish on the Home Front

as Harry W. Average

2022

Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

1941

Citizen Kane

as Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)

1940

Those Were the Days!

as Keg Rearick

1939

1940

American Portrait

as Young man / Old man

1940

Her First Romance

as John Gilman

1945

Duffy's Tavern

as Alan Ladd

1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

as Cadet in Trouble

1940

In Old Missouri

as John Pittman Jr.

1940

1939

1940

Cross-Country Romance

as Mr. Williams

1947

Wild Harvest

as Joe Madigan

1941

I Look at You

as Himself

1940

Meat and Romance

as Bill Allen

1940

Meet the Missus

as John Williams

1933

1940

Sauce for the Gander

as Man on the Spot Reporter

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Al - Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (archive footage)

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

as Self (archive footage)

1939

Rulers of the Sea

as Colin Farrell

1941

Military Training

as Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, County Fair

1941

Unfinished Rainbows

as Charles Martin Hall

Production

1957

The Big Land

as Producer

1956

Santiago

as Producer

1960

Guns of the Timberland

as Executive Producer

1954

Drum Beat

as Producer

1955

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