Alan Ladd
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) and for a short time was part of the Universal Pictures studio school for actors. Intent on acting, he found work in small theatres. He had short term stints at MGM and RKO, and eventually started getting steady work on radio. Ladd began by appearing in dozens of films in small roles, including Citizen Kane , before reaching recognition for his 1942 appearance in This Gun for Hire, invigorating Hollywood's desire for gangster-crime features. His cool, unsmiling persona proved popular with wartime audiences, and he was quickly established as one of the top box office stars of the decade.
Filmography (108 Appearances)
Rat Pack
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
The Movie Orgy
The Carpetbaggers
13 West Street
Duel of Champions
One Foot in Hell
All the Young Men
Guns of the Timberland
The Man in the Net
The Badlanders
The Proud Rebel
The Deep Six
Boy on a Dolphin
The Big Land
A Cry in the Night
Santiago
Hell on Frisco Bay
The McConnell Story
The Bob Cummings Show
Drum Beat
A Star Is Born World Premiere
The Black Knight
Saskatchewan
Hell Below Zero
The Red Beret
Desert Legion
Shane
General Electric Theater
Botany Bay
Thunder in the East
The Iron Mistress
Red Mountain
Branded
Appointment with Danger
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Chicago Deadline
The Great Gatsby
Whispering Smith
Beyond Glory
Saigon
Wild Harvest
Variety Girl
My Favorite Brunette
Calcutta
Two Years Before the Mast
O.S.S.
The Blue Dahlia
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Duffy's Tavern
Salty O'Rourke
And Now Tomorrow
Skirmish on the Home Front
China
Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation
Lucky Jordan
The Glass Key
This Gun for Hire
Star Spangled Rhythm
Joan of Paris
Unfinished Rainbows
Military Training
Cadet Girl
Great Guns
The Reluctant Dragon
Gangs Inc.
The Black Cat
Citizen Kane
I Look at You
Petticoat Politics
Her First Romance
Victory
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Meet the Missus
Meat and Romance
The Howards of Virginia
Wildcat Bus
Captain Caution
American Portrait
Those Were the Days!
Cross-Country Romance
Blame It on Love
The Light of Western Stars
In Old Missouri
Sauce for the Gander
Brother Rat and a Baby
The Green Hornet
Rulers of the Sea
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
The Mysterious Miss X
Petunia Natural Park
Secrets of a Nurse
Freshman Year
Come On, Leathernecks!
The Goldwyn Follies
Hold 'Em Navy
Souls at Sea
All Over Town
The Last Train from Madrid
Pigskin Parade
Murder at the Vanities
Saturday's Millions
Once in a Lifetime
Tom Brown of Culver