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Alan Ladd

Ladd in The Man in the Net (1959)
Born September 3, 1913(1913-09-03)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Died January 29, 1964 (aged 50)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Spouse(s) Marjorie Jane Harrold
(1936-1941) (divorced)
Sue Carol (1942–1964) (his death)
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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American film actor. The Man in the Net ( 1959) is an American Film noir directed by Michael Curtiz. Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, the County seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sue Carol ( October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He was famous for his emotionless demeanor and small stature. Reports of his height vary from 5'4" to 5'6" (1. 63 to 1. 68 m), with 5'5" (1. 65 m) being the most generally accepted today. [1][2]

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Early life

Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to an American father (Alan Ladd, Sr. Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, the County seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot ) and an English-American mother (Ina Raleigh Ladd). English Americans (occasionally known as Anglo -Americans although this may have a wider cultural meaning are Citizens of the United States whose ancestry His father died when the boy was four, and his mother relocated to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. The family moved again, to North Hollywood, California. North Hollywood is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. There Ladd became a high school swimming and diving champion. Burdened with a hated nickname ("Tiny"), the then-5'4" student fell under the spell of high school dramatics and set his mind toward becoming an actor. He opened his own hamburger and malt shop, which he called Tiny's Patio in defiance of the nickname's negative aspect. 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. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American But Universal decided he was too blond and too short and dropped him. [2] Intent on acting, he found work in radio. His rich baritone voice got him increasingly more work.

Career

He appeared in dozens of films in bits and small roles, including Citizen Kane. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored These barely kept him and his household afloat. (He had married a high-school acquaintance, Midge Harrold, with whom he had a son, Alan Ladd, Jr.) His stepfather died suddenly. Alan Ladd Jr (born October 22 1937 in Los Angeles California, USA) is an American film industry executive and producer Then his mother, who suffered from depression, committed suicide by poison.

Ladd married his agent/manager and former movie actress Sue Carol in 1942. Sue Carol ( October 30, 1906 – February 4, 1982) was an American actress It was at this point that Carol found a vehicle which made Ladd's career, This Gun for Hire. This Gun for Hire ( 1942) is a Crime drama Film noir, directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the novel A Gun for Sale His performance as a hitman with a conscience made him a sensation. Ladd went on to become one of Paramount Pictures' most popular stars. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. A brief timeout for military service with the US Army Air Corps' First Motion Picture Unit did not diminish his popularity. The First Motion Picture Unit (FMPU was the unofficial name for the 18th Air Force Base Unit of the United States Army Air Forces. None of his subsequent films of the 1940s were as notable as This Gun for Hire, but he did appear to good effect in Raymond Chandler's story The Blue Dahlia alongside the similarly diminutive Veronica Lake (5'2" or 1. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels The Blue Dahlia ( is an American Film noir directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. Veronica Lake ( November 14, 1922 &ndash July 7, 1973) was an American film actress and pin-up model 57 m), with whom he had been paired in This Gun for Hire. His Captain Carey, U. S. A. (1950) was notable for its soundtrack containing Nat King Cole's classic song, "Mona Lisa". Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17 1919 &ndash February 15 1965 known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician " Mona Lisa " is an Academy Award-winning song written by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston for the Paramount Pictures film

He formed his own production companies for film and radio and starred in his own syndicated series Box 13, which ran from 1948 to 1949. Box 13 was a syndicated radio series about the escapades of newspaperman-turned-mystery novelist Dan Holliday played by film star Alan Ladd. Ladd became most famous for his starring role as a gunfighter in the classic 1953 western Shane. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Shane is a 1953 Western film made by Paramount Pictures. It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a Screenplay Ladd made the Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll 3 times, in 1947, 1953 and 1954. The Top Ten Money Making Stars Poll has been published every year from a poll of movie exhibitors every year since 1932 by Quigley Publishing Company. [2]

Clinical depression which Ladd had inherited from his mother, combined with age and aggravated by alcoholism, began to affect both his appearance and his personal life. Major depressive disorder, also known as major depression, unipolar depression, unipolar disorder, clinical depression, or simply depression Alcoholism is a term with multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions In 1962, he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound that was explained in various ways at various times. [2] In 1963, Ladd co-starred in one of the biggest film productions of his career, The Carpetbaggers, not as a leading man but as a supporting actor. The Carpetbaggers is the title of a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title He would be dead before the film was released. In 1964 Ladd died in Palm Springs, California, of an acute overdose of alcohol and sedatives at the age of 50. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of He was entombed in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a privately-owned Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles, in the United States. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

Alan Ladd has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1601 Vine Street. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that Vine is a Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California that runs north-south from Melrose Avenue up past Hollywood Boulevard. [3] His handprint appears in the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theater, in Hollywood. Grauman's Chinese Theatre is a movie theatre located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood.

Personal life

Thanks to wise business investments, Ladd became a wealthy man, with properties in Beverly Hills and, in Palm Springs, Alan Ladd Hardware. His son Alan Ladd, Jr., by his first wife Midge Harrold, is a motion picture executive and producer and founder of The Ladd Company. Alan Ladd Jr (born October 22 1937 in Los Angeles California, USA) is an American film industry executive and producer The Ladd Company is a film production and distribution company founded by Alan Ladd Jr His daughter Alana is married to the veteran talk radio broadcaster Michael Jackson. Michael Jackson is a radio Talk show host based in the Los Angeles area Another son, actor David Ladd, who co-starred as a child with his father in The Proud Rebel, married Charlie's Angels star Cheryl Ladd. David Ladd (born February 5 1947) is an actor who appeared in the film A Dog of Flanders in the 1960s Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency and is one of the first shows to showcase women Cheryl Ladd (born Cheryl Jean Stoppelmoor on July 12 1951 in Huron, South Dakota) is an American singer author and actress, perhaps Actress Jordan Ladd is his granddaughter. Jordan Elizabeth Ladd (born January 14, 1975) is an American Actress. [4]

Filmography

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References

  1. ^ Shipman, David. The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The Great Movie Stars: The Golden Years. New York: Hill & Wang, 1979. ISBN 0-8090-5170-2
  2. ^ a b c d Linet, Beverly. Ladd: The Life, the Legend, the Legacy of Alan Ladd. New York: Arbor House, 1979. ISBN 0-87795-203-5
  3. ^ Alan Ladd, Awards
  4. ^ MSN - Movies: Jordan Ladd

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Persondata
NAME Ladd, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1964
PLACE OF DEATH Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Turner Classic Movies ( TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial -free classic movies mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Find A Grave is a Website allowing its users to access maintain and expand an online Database of Burial records Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the US state of Arkansas, the County seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Arkansas ( is a state located in the southern region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Palm Springs is a desert city in Riverside County, California, approximately 111 miles (177 km east of Los Angeles and 136 miles (225 km northeast of The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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