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Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shane (1953) and in films noir. He was often paired with Veronica Lake, in noirish films such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942) and The Blue Dahlia (1946).
Birth Name
Alan Walbridge Ladd
Born
Wednesday, 03 September 1913
Died
Wednesday, 29 January 1964
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Movie Blockbusters | Self | 2015 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Shane (clip from Shane (1953)) | 2011 |
| How the West Was Lost | Shane | 2008 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1999 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| L.A. Confidential | Self | 1997 |
| Hollywood Commandos | Self | 1997 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| War Movie Blockbusters | Self | 2015 |
| These Amazing Shadows | Shane (clip from Shane (1953)) | 2011 |
| How the West Was Lost | Shane | 2008 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire | 2003 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| The Hollywood Collection: Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1999 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| L.A. Confidential | Self | 1997 |
| Hollywood Commandos | Self | 1997 |
| 100 Years at the Movies | Self | 1994 |
| Hollywood Heaven: Tragic Lives, Tragic Deaths | Self | 1990 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | The Exterminator / (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage) | 1982 |
| Sixty Years of Seduction | Self | 1981 |
| America at the Movies | Shane | 1976 |
| The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
| Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at... | (archive footage) | 1964 |
| The Carpetbaggers | Nevada Smith | 1964 |
| Hollywood: The Fabulous Era | Self | 1962 |
| 13 West Street | Walt Sherill | 1962 |
| Duel of Champions | Horatius / Horatio | 1961 |
| All the Young Men | Sgt. Kincaid | 1960 |
| One Foot in Hell | Mitch Barrett | 1960 |
| Guns of the Timberland | Jim Hadley | 1960 |
| The Man in the Net | John Hamilton | 1959 |
| The Badlanders | Peter Van Hoek ('The Dutchman') / Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman) | 1958 |
| The Proud Rebel | John Chandler | 1958 |
| The Deep Six | Alexander 'Alec' Austen | 1958 |
| Boy on a Dolphin | Dr. James Calder / Dr. James 'Jim' Calder | 1957 |
| The Big Land | Chad Morgan | 1957 |
| A Cry in the Night | Opening Narrator | 1956 |
| Santiago | Caleb 'Cash' Adams | 1956 |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | Steve Rollins | 1955 |
| The McConnell Story | Capt. Joseph C.'Mac' McConnell, Jr. / Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell, Jr. | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Dan Donlan | 1955 |
| Kings Row | Self - Guest | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | Himself / Himself - Guest | 1955 |
| Drum Beat | Johnny MacKay | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Black Knight | John | 1954 |
| The Black Knight | John | 1954 |
| Red Skelton Revue | Self | 1954 |
| Saskatchewan | Thomas O'Rourke | 1954 |
| Hell Below Zero | Duncan Craig | 1954 |
| Paratrooper | Steve 'Canada' McKendrick / Canada | 1953 |
| Shane | Shane | 1953 |
| Desert Legion | Paul Lartal | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Dan Holiday / Joe / Dan Donlan | 1953 |
| Botany Bay | Hugh Tallant | 1952 |
| The Iron Mistress | Jim Bowie | 1952 |
| Thunder in the East | Steve Gibbs | 1952 |
| Red Mountain | Capt. Brett Sherwood | 1951 |
| 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 | 1949 |
| Whispering Smith | Whispering Smith / Luke "Whispering" Smith | 1948 |
| Beyond Glory | Capt. Rockwell 'Rocky' Gilman | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Saigon | Maj. Larry Briggs / Major Larry Briggs | 1947 |
| Wild Harvest | Joe Madigan | 1947 |
| Variety Girl | Alan Ladd | 1947 |
| My Favorite Brunette | Sam McCloud | 1947 |
| Calcutta | Neale Gordon | 1946 |
| O.S.S. | Philip Masson / John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine | 1946 |
| The Blue Dahlia | Johnny Morrison / Johnny Morrison - Lt.Cmdr., ret. | 1946 |
| Two Years Before the Mast | Charles Stewart | 1946 |
| Duffy's Tavern | Alan Ladd | 1945 |
| Salty O'Rourke | Salty O'Rourke | 1945 |
| And Now Tomorrow | Doctor Merek Vance | 1944 |
| Skirmish on the Home Front | Harry W. Average | 1944 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 23, No. 1: Hollywood in Uniform | Self | 1943 |
| China | David Jones | 1943 |
| Lucky Jordan | Lucky Jordan | 1942 |
| The Glass Key | Ed Beaumont | 1942 |
| This Gun for Hire | Philip Raven | 1942 |
| Star Spangled Rhythm | Alan Ladd- Scarface Skit / Alan Ladd | 1942 |
| Joan of Paris | Baby / "Baby" | 1942 |
| More Worlds to Conquer | Charles Martin Hall | 1941 |
| Cadet Girl | Harry - Musician | 1941 |
| Great Guns | Soldier in Photo Shop | 1941 |
| Paper Bullets | Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan | 1941 |
| The Black Cat | Richard Hartley | 1941 |
| Citizen Kane | Pipe-smoking Reporter | 1941 |
| I Look at You | Himself | 1941 |
| Petticoat Politics | Higgins Daughter's Boyfriend | 1941 |
| The Reluctant Dragon | Al - Baby Weems Storyboard Artist / Al, Baby Weems storyboard artist | 1941 |
| Her First Romance | John Gilman | 1940 |
| Victory | Heyst as an 18-Year-Old | 1940 |
| Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Elevator Passenger | 1940 |
| Meet the Missus | John Williams | 1940 |
| The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman | 1940 |
| Wildcat Bus | Bit | 1940 |
| Captain Caution | Newton | 1940 |
| Those Were the Days! | Keg Rearick | 1940 |
| American Portrait | Young man / Old man | 1940 |
| Cross-Country Romance | Mr. Williams - First Mate / Mr. Williams | 1940 |
| In Old Missouri | John Pittman Jr. | 1940 |
| The Light of Western Stars | Danny | 1940 |
| Brother Rat and a Baby | Cadet in Trouble | 1940 |
| The Green Hornet | Gilpin - Student Pilot [Ch. 3 and Ch. 4] | 1940 |
| Rulers of the Sea | Colin Farrell | 1939 |
| Hitler: Beast of Berlin | Karl Bach | 1939 |
| The Mysterious Miss X | Henchman | 1939 |
| Secrets of a Nurse | Hospital Orderly | 1938 |
| Freshman Year | Student | 1938 |
| Come on, Leathernecks! | Club Waiter | 1938 |
| The Goldwyn Follies | First Auditioning Singer | 1938 |
| Hold 'Em Navy | Chief Quartermaster | 1937 |
| All Over Town | Young Man | 1937 |
| Souls at Sea | Sailor | 1937 |
| The Last Train from Madrid | Soldier | 1937 |
| Pigskin Parade | Student | 1936 |
| Murder at the Vanities | Chorus Boy | 1934 |
| Saturday's Millions | Student | 1933 |
| Island of Lost Souls | Beast | 1932 |
| Once in a Lifetime | Projectionist | 1932 |
| Tom Brown of Culver | Cadet | 1932 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| 13 West Street | 1962 |
| All the Young Men | 1960 |
| Guns of the Timberland | 1960 |
| The Man in the Net | 1959 |
| Island of Lost Women | 1959 |
| The Deep Six | 1958 |
| The Big Land | 1957 |
| A Cry in the Night | 1956 |
| Santiago | 1956 |
| Hell on Frisco Bay | 1955 |
| Drum Beat | 1954 |
| General Electric Theater | 1953 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | 1951 |
