Actor
Alan Ladd
Biography

Alan Walbridge Ladd 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 Hollyw ...

Known For
Acting
2022 -- Rat Pack | Self (archive footage)
2004 -- Los Angeles Plays Itself | Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
2004 -- Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 | Al - Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (archive footage)
1999 -- Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man | Self (archive footage)
1985 -- George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self (archive footage)
1983 -- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 -- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
1968 -- The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage)
1964 -- The Carpetbaggers | Nevada Smith
1962 -- 13 West Street | Walt Sherill
1961 -- Duel of Champions | Horatius
1960 -- One Foot in Hell | Mitch Barrett
1960 -- All the Young Men | Sgt. Kincaid
1960 -- Guns of the Timberland | Jim Hadley
1959 -- The Man in the Net | John Hamilton
1958 -- The Badlanders | Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
1958 -- The Proud Rebel | John Chandler
1958 -- The Deep Six | Alexander 'Alec' Austen
1957 -- Boy on a Dolphin | Dr. James 'Jim' Calder
1957 -- The Big Land | Chad Morgan
1956 -- A Cry in the Night | Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1956 -- Santiago | Caleb 'Cash' Adams
1955 -- Hell on Frisco Bay | Steve Rollins
1955 -- The McConnell Story | Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell, Jr.
1954 -- Drum Beat | Johnny MacKay
1954 -- A Star Is Born World Premiere | Self
1954 -- The Black Knight | John
1954 -- Saskatchewan | Thomas O'Rourke
1954 -- Hell Below Zero | Duncan Craig
1953 -- The Red Beret | Steve 'Canada' McKendrick
1953 -- Desert Legion | Paul Lartal
1953 -- Shane | Shane
1952 -- Botany Bay | Hugh Tallant
1952 -- Thunder in the East | Steve Gibbs
1952 -- The Iron Mistress | Jim Bowie
1951 -- Red Mountain | Capt. Brett Sherwood
1950 -- Branded | Choya
1950 -- Appointment with Danger | Al Goddard
1950 -- Captain Carey, U.S.A. | Captain Webster Carey
1949 -- Chicago Deadline | Ed Adams
1949 -- The Great Gatsby | Jay Gatsby
1948 -- Whispering Smith | Whispering Smith
1948 -- Beyond Glory | Capt. Rockwell 'Rocky' Gilman
1947 -- Saigon | Major Larry Briggs
1947 -- Wild Harvest | Joe Madigan
1947 -- Variety Girl | Alan Ladd
1947 -- My Favorite Brunette | Sam McCloud (uncredited)
1946 -- Calcutta | Neale Gordon
1946 -- Two Years Before the Mast | Charles Stewart
1946 -- O.S.S. | John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine
1946 -- The Blue Dahlia | Johnny Morrison
1945 -- Hollywood Victory Caravan | Alan Ladd
1945 -- Duffy's Tavern | Alan Ladd
1945 -- Salty O'Rourke | Salty O'Rourke
1944 -- And Now Tomorrow | Doctor Merek Vance
1944 -- Skirmish on the Home Front | Harry W. Average
1943 -- China | David Jones
1943 -- Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation | Capt. Smith
1942 -- Lucky Jordan | Lucky Jordan
1942 -- The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont
1942 -- This Gun for Hire | Philip Raven
1942 -- Star Spangled Rhythm | Alan Ladd
1942 -- Joan of Paris | "Baby"
1941 -- Military Training | Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, County Fair
1941 -- Cadet Girl | Harry - Musician (uncredited)
1941 -- Great Guns | Soldier in Photo Shop (uncredited)
1941 -- The Reluctant Dragon | Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
1941 -- Gangs Inc. | Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan
1941 -- The Black Cat | Richard Hartley
1941 -- Citizen Kane | Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
1941 -- I Look at You | Himself
1941 -- Petticoat Politics | Higgins Daughter's Boyfriend
1940 -- Her First Romance | John Gilman
1940 -- Victory | Heyst as an 18-Year-Old (uncredited)
1940 -- Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Elevator Passenger (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1940 -- Meet the Missus | John Williams
1940 -- Meat and Romance | Bill Allen
1940 -- The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman (uncredited)
1940 -- Captain Caution | Newton
1940 -- American Portrait | Young man / Old man
1940 -- Those Were the Days! | Keg Rearick
1940 -- Cross-Country Romance | Mr. Williams
1940 -- Blame It on Love | TV Director (uncredited)
1940 -- Light of Western Stars | Danny
1940 -- In Old Missouri | John Pittman Jr.
1940 -- Sauce for the Gander | Man on the Spot Reporter
1940 -- Brother Rat and a Baby | Cadet in Trouble
1940 -- The Green Hornet | Gilpin - Student Pilot (uncredited)
1939 -- Rulers of the Sea | Colin Farrell
1939 -- Hitler: Beast of Berlin | Karl Bach
1939 -- The Mysterious Miss X | Henchman
1939 -- Petunia Natural Park | Narrator (uncredited)
1938 -- Secrets of a Nurse | Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
1938 -- Freshman Year | Student (uncredited)
1938 -- Come On, Leathernecks! | Club Waiter (uncredited)
1938 -- The Goldwyn Follies | First Auditioning Singer (uncredited)
1937 -- Hold 'Em Navy | Chief Quartermaster (uncredited)
1937 -- Souls at Sea | Sailor (uncredited)
1937 -- All Over Town | Young Man (uncredited)
1937 -- The Last Train from Madrid | Soldier (uncredited)
1936 -- Pigskin Parade | Student (uncredited)
1934 -- Murder at the Vanities | Chorus Boy (uncredited)
1933 -- Saturday's Millions | Student
1932 -- Once in a Lifetime | Projectionist (uncredited)
1932 -- Tom Brown of Culver | Cadet
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