Alan Ladd

Highest Rated: 100% The Blue Dahlia (1946)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Carpetbaggers (1964)

Birthday: Not Available

Birthplace: Not Available

Alan Ladd was a short (5' 5"), unexpressive lead actor with icy good looks and a resonant voice. He worked a variety of odd jobs -- in addition to radio and in local theater -- before entering films in his late teens as a bit player and grip. In the mid-'30s, he began appearing regularly in minor screen roles. Hollywood agent Sue Carol discovered him and began trumpeting him as star material, and the actor eventually landed a major role in This Gun for Hire (1942) opposite Veronica Lake. He quickly became a major star, and was teamed with Lake in other films -- all hits. Ladd and Carol married in 1942, and she remained his agent for the rest of his life. On the Top Ten box-office attractions list in 1947, 1953, and 1954, he continued to star in films throughout the '50s, but -- with the exception of Shane (1953) -- few of his films were noteworthy; most were entertaining adventures featuring Ladd bare-chested and in fistfights, but, by the late '50s, their appeal was waning. Ladd was the father of actors Alan Ladd Jr. and David Ladd, and former child actress Alana Ladd. He died in 1964.

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
No Score Yet	Salty O'Rourke	Actor	—	2011
No Score Yet	Interview the Best	Actor	—	2008
No Score Yet	Best of Film Noir	Actor	—	2000
76%	Frantic	Bellboy	—	1988
No Score Yet	Family Day at the Movies	Actor	—	1988
No Score Yet	George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Actor	—	1984
77%	Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid	Actor	—	1982
No Score Yet	Tam Lin	Producer	—	1971
33%	The Carpetbaggers	Nevada Smith	—	1964
No Score Yet	13 West Street	Actor	—	1962
No Score Yet	Duel of Champions	Horatio	—	1961
No Score Yet	One Foot in Hell	Mitch Garrett	—	1960
No Score Yet	All the Young Men	Sgt. Kincaid	—	1960
No Score Yet	Guns of the Timberland	Jim Hadley	—	1960
No Score Yet	The Man in the Net	Executive Producer John Hamilton	—	1959
No Score Yet	Island of Lost Women	Executive Producer	—	1959
No Score Yet	The Badlanders	Peter Van Hoek ('The Dutchman')	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Proud Rebel	John Chandler	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Deep Six	Alexander 'Alec' Austen	—	1958
No Score Yet	The Big Land	Chad Morgan	—	1957
No Score Yet	Boy on a Dolphin	Dr. Jim Calder	—	1957
No Score Yet	Santiago	Caleb 'Cash' Adams	—	1956
No Score Yet	Drum Beat	Johnny MacKay Producer	—	1955
No Score Yet	Hell on Frisco Bay	Steve Rollins	—	1955
No Score Yet	The McConnell Story	Capt. Joseph C.'Mac' McConnell, Jr.	—	1955
No Score Yet	The Black Knight	John	—	1954
No Score Yet	Hell Below Zero	Duncan Craig	—	1954
No Score Yet	Saskatchewan	Thomas O'Rourke	—	1954
No Score Yet	The Red Beret (Paratrooper)	Steve 'Canada' McKendrick	—	1953
No Score Yet	Botany Bay	Hugh Tallant	—	1953
97%	Shane	Shane	—	1953
No Score Yet	The Iron Mistress	Jim Bowie	—	1952
No Score Yet	Thunder in the East	Steve Gibbs	—	1952
No Score Yet	Red Mountain	Capt. Brett Sherwood	—	1951
No Score Yet	Appointment With Danger	Al Goddard	—	1951
No Score Yet	Captain Carey, U.S.A.	Capt. Webster Carey	—	1950
80%	Branded	Choya	—	1950
No Score Yet	Chicago Deadline	Ed Adams	—	1949
33%	The Great Gatsby	Jay Gatsby	—	1949
83%	Whispering Smith	Whispering Smith	—	1948
No Score Yet	Wild Harvest	Joe Madigan	—	1947
No Score Yet	Variety Girl	Himself	—	1947
78%	My Favorite Brunette	Private Detective	—	1947
No Score Yet	Calcutta	Neale Gordon	—	1947
100%	The Blue Dahlia	Johnny Morrison	—	1946
No Score Yet	Santa Fe Uprising	Actor	—	1946
No Score Yet	Two Years Before the Mast	Charles Stewart	—	1946
No Score Yet	O.S.S.	John Martin	—	1946
No Score Yet	And Now Tomorrow	Dr. Merek Vance	—	1944
No Score Yet	China	David Jones	—	1943
No Score Yet	Star Spangled Rhythm	Scarface	—	1942
78%	The Glass Key	Ed Beaumont	—	1942
94%	This Gun for Hire	Philip Raven	—	1942
No Score Yet	The Black Cat	Richard Hartley	—	1941
No Score Yet	Great Guns	Soldier	—	1941
No Score Yet	They Met in Bombay	British Soldier	—	1941
100%	The Reluctant Dragon	Animator	—	1941
No Score Yet	Gangs Inc.	Jimmy Kelly	—	1941
99%	Citizen Kane	Reporter	—	1941
No Score Yet	Gangs Incorporated	Actor	—	1941
No Score Yet	Captain Caution	Newton	—	1940
No Score Yet	Brother Rat and a Baby (Baby Be Good)	Cadet	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Howards of Virginia	Neighbor	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Right Man	Cousin's Fiance	—	1940
No Score Yet	Light of Western Stars	Danny	—	1940
No Score Yet	Those Were the Days	Keg Rearick	—	1940
No Score Yet	Rulers of the Sea	Colin Farrell	—	1939
No Score Yet	Hitler -- Beast of Berlin	Karl	—	1939
No Score Yet	The Goldwyn Follies	Auditioning Singer	—	1938
No Score Yet	Hell Town	Inspector	—	1937
No Score Yet	Souls at Sea	Sailor	—	1937
No Score Yet	The Last Train from Madrid	Soldier	—	1937
No Score Yet	Pigskin Parade	Student	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Cowboy Creed	Actor	—	1936
88%	Island of Lost Souls	Ape Man	—	1933
No Score Yet	Once in a Lifetime	Projectionist	—	1932
No Score Yet	Tom Brown of Culver	Cadet (uncredited)	—	1932

Quotes from Alan Ladd's Characters

Marion Starrett:	Are you doing this just for me?
Shane:	For you Marian...and Joe and little Joe.

Shane:

A gun is a tool, Marian; no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that.

Shane:	I've heard that you're a low-down Yankee liar.
Jack Wilson:	Prove it.

Shane:

You can call me Shane. - Guess I spook kinda easy these days.

Shane:

Would you put down that gun? Then I'll leave. What's the difference? You're leaving anyway. I'd like it to be my idea.

Shane:

I wouldn't know a Ryker from your Jersey cow.

Shane:

Long time since I've seen a Jersey cow.

Shane:

Didn't expect to find any fences around here.

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Alan Ladd

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

Quotes from Alan Ladd's Characters