Alan Ladd
Acting
Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) 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 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.
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Philip Raven in This Gun For Hire (archive footage)
Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Al - Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alan Ladd: The True Quiet Man
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
The Carpetbaggers
Nevada Smith
13 West Street
Walt Sherill
Duel of Champions
Horatius
One Foot in Hell
Mitch Barrett
All the Young Men
Sgt. Kincaid
Guns of the Timberland
Jim Hadley
The Man in the Net
John Hamilton
The Badlanders
Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)
The Proud Rebel
John Chandler
The Deep Six
Alexander 'Alec' Austen
Boy on a Dolphin
Dr. James 'Jim' Calder
The Big Land
Chad Morgan
A Cry in the Night
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Santiago
Caleb 'Cash' Adams
Hell on Frisco Bay
Steve Rollins
The McConnell Story
Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell, Jr.
Drum Beat
Johnny MacKay
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Self
The Black Knight
John
Saskatchewan
Thomas O'Rourke
Hell Below Zero
Duncan Craig
The Red Beret
Steve 'Canada' McKendrick
Desert Legion
Paul Lartal
Shane
Shane
Botany Bay
Hugh Tallant
Thunder in the East
Steve Gibbs
The Iron Mistress
Jim Bowie
Red Mountain
Capt. Brett Sherwood
Branded
Choya
Appointment with Danger
Al Goddard
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
Captain Webster Carey
Chicago Deadline
Ed Adams
The Great Gatsby
Jay Gatsby
Whispering Smith
Whispering Smith
Beyond Glory
Capt. Rockwell 'Rocky' Gilman
Saigon
Major Larry Briggs
Wild Harvest
Joe Madigan
Variety Girl
Alan Ladd
My Favorite Brunette
Sam McCloud (uncredited)
Calcutta
Neale Gordon
Two Years Before the Mast
Charles Stewart
O.S.S.
John Martin / Lt. (j.g.) Philip Masson, U.S.N.R. / Philippe Martine
The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison
Hollywood Victory Caravan
Alan Ladd
Duffy's Tavern
Alan Ladd
Salty O'Rourke
Salty O'Rourke
And Now Tomorrow
Doctor Merek Vance
Skirmish on the Home Front
Harry W. Average
China
David Jones
Photographic Intelligence for Bombardment Aviation
Capt. Smith
Lucky Jordan
Lucky Jordan
The Glass Key
Ed Beaumont
This Gun for Hire
Philip Raven
Star Spangled Rhythm
Alan Ladd
Joan of Paris
"Baby"
Unfinished Rainbows
Charles Martin Hall
Military Training
Lieutenant, Platoon Leader, County Fair
Cadet Girl
Harry - Musician (uncredited)
Great Guns
Soldier in Photo Shop (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon
Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
Gangs Inc.
Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan
The Black Cat
Richard Hartley
Citizen Kane
Reporter Smoking Pipe at End (uncredited)
I Look at You
Himself
Petticoat Politics
Higgins Daughter's Boyfriend
Her First Romance
John Gilman
Victory
Heyst as an 18-Year-Old (uncredited)
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Elevator Passenger (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Meet the Missus
John Williams
Meat and Romance
Bill Allen
The Howards of Virginia
Backwoodsman (uncredited)
Wildcat Bus
(uncredited)
Captain Caution
Newton
American Portrait
Young man / Old man
Those Were the Days!
Keg Rearick
Cross-Country Romance
Mr. Williams
Blame It on Love
TV Director (uncredited)
The Light of Western Stars
Danny
In Old Missouri
John Pittman Jr.
Sauce for the Gander
Man on the Spot Reporter
Brother Rat and a Baby
Cadet in Trouble
The Green Hornet
Gilpin - Student Pilot (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
Colin Farrell
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
Karl Bach
The Mysterious Miss X
Henchman
Petunia Natural Park
Narrator (uncredited)
Secrets of a Nurse
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Freshman Year
Student (uncredited)
Come On, Leathernecks!
Club Waiter (uncredited)
The Goldwyn Follies
First Auditioning Singer (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Navy
Chief Quartermaster (uncredited)
Souls at Sea
Sailor (uncredited)
All Over Town
Young Man (uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid
Soldier (uncredited)
Pigskin Parade
Student (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
Student
Once in a Lifetime
Projectionist (uncredited)
Tom Brown of Culver
Cadet