[50], Ladd's re-induction was then set for May 1945. [122], Alan Ladd, Jr., is a film executive and producer and founder of the Ladd Company. [19] The New York Times wrote that: Tuttle and the studio are showing more than a passing enthusiasm for Ladd. I wasted a whole year we could have had together." [51][52] However, in May 1945, the U.S. Army released all men 30 or over from induction, and Ladd was finally free from the draft. Playing opposite several leading ladies, the diminutive Ladd had to stand on boxes to reach a visually desirable height, unless his co-star agreed to stand in a trench. He was re-teamed with Lake for the final time in Saigon (1948), then made Whispering Smith (1948), his first Western since he became a star (and his first movie in color). Director Frank Tuttle was struggling to find a new actor to play the role of Raven, a hit man with a conscience. How did Alan Ladd die? [123], Ladd's name was linked romantically with June Allyson when they made The McConnell Story together. [71] The next month, his deal with Warner Bros. was announced: one film per year for five years. In high school he discovered track and swimming. "[59], Ladd's next film was O.S.S, a wartime thriller,[60] produced by Richard Maibaum. he born in her mother's home city in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States, Right now he is … Around 45 years ago, Cheryl Ladd gave birth to a daughter, Jordan Ladd. [7], Ladd's performance in The Mikado was seen by a talent scout. But Paramount hoped that women might feel that beneath the rock-like expression there smouldered fires of passion, or something like. Back in Hollywood, he made 13 West Street, as a star and producer, for Ladd Enterprises. Paramount started promoting Ladd replacements, such as Sonny Tufts and Barry Sullivan. His new status was reflected by the fact he was the only actor billed above the title. His U.S. Army enlistment record, however, lists him as 5 ft 7 in (170 cm). An office building also bears his name. He was injured falling off a scaffold and decided to quit. Comments (0) [75] (In the end, Ladd did not make another film at Paramount until The Carpetbaggers. "We suffered the tragedy of our daughter's death together and thought another child would help us, but we were so bruised," she said. [6], Ladd enrolled in North Hollywood High School on February 18, 1930. She a daughter, and he a son. MGM hired Ladd to make The Badlanders, a Western remake of The Asphalt Jungle; like many of Ladd's films around this time, it was a box-office disappointment. His other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Whispering Smith (1948), which was his first Western and color film, and The Great Gatsby (1949). [37] He was reportedly receiving 20,000 fan letters per week. Shane, in which he played a strong, silent, courageous title character, was particularly popular. [117] They divorced in July 1941[118] and she died in 1957, having remarried. Ladd earned a reported $88,909 for the 12 months up to June 1946. - IMDb Mini Biography By: When Ladd returned from the army, Paramount announced a series of vehicles for him, including And Now Tomorrow[43] and Two Years Before the Mast. Ed Stephan , Other Works Ladd's first notable part under Carol's management was the 1939 film Rulers of the Sea, in which he played a character named Colin Farrell, at $250 per week. Ladd's calm slender ferocity make it clear that he was the first American actor to show the killer as a cold angel. ... 1973) and Alan Ladd (1913 - 1964) star in the film-noir "This Gun For Hire," 1942. During high school in Huron, South Dakota, Ladd waited on cars at the local carhop, The Barn. From 1948-50 he ranked #1 in that poll. 1941) ( divorced) ( 1 child). He never flirted nor even seemed interested (which is one of the reasons he and Lake were so effective together). He had short-term stints at MGM and RKO, and got regular professional acting work only when he turned to radio. The bullet penetrated Ladd's chest around the third and fourth rib, through the lungs and bounced off the rib cage. [ Alan Ladd Jr. became a Hollywood film producer. ] Contrary to urban myth, Charlie's Angels (1976) actress Cheryl Ladd is not his daughter. Freelance star: Warners, Universal, Warwick. Has a younger brother named Seth. [54][55] The two parties reconciled in November with Ladd's getting a salary increase to $75,000 per film, but without story approval or the right to do outside films, which he had wanted. [131], In January 1964, after injuring his knees,[clarification needed] Ladd hoped to recuperate at his house in Palm Springs. [67] The following year, a poll from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association listed Ladd as the second most popular male film star in the world, after Gregory Peck. – The New York Times obituary (January 30, 1964).[21]. Release for this film was delayed. [81], Ladd also signed an arrangement with Warwick Films to make two films in Britain, where the actor was very popular: a wartime saga titled The Red Beret (1953), with Ladd as a Canadian soldier in a British unit, and a whaling story titled Hell Below Zero (1954), based on the Hammond Innes book The White South. I also insisted that he get himself a decent set of dentures. Following their divorce, Ladd married music producer Brian Russell. In the 1950s he was performing in lucrative but unrewarding films (an exception being what many regard as his greatest role, Shane (1953)). UPDATED: 3/24/2021. He was meant to return to Paramount to make The Sons of Katie Elder, but he bought himself out of his Paramount contract for $135,000;[90][91] the film was made a decade later, with John Wayne, and was a big hit. However, he was unable to make a success of the shop. [12], Ladd managed to save and borrow enough money to attend an acting school run by Ben Bard, who had taught him when he was under contract at Universal. Ladd's deal with Warners was for one film per year for 10 years, starting from when his contract with Paramount expired. [3] His mother was English, from County Durham, and had migrated to the U.S. in 1907, when she was 19. I had to get him to lower his voice too; it was too high. At the time of his death, he had expressed an interest in playing. His death from an overdose in January 1964, although suspected to be suicide, was officially ruled to be accidental. His mother moved to Oklahoma City, where she married Jim Beavers, a house painter (d. She married David Ladd in the same year and gave birth to their only children daughter, Jordan Ladd two years later. After a string of bit parts in "B" pictures--and an unbilled part in Orson Welles' classic Citizen Kane (1941)--he tested for This Gun for Hire (1942) late in 1941. Alan Ladd Jr. first learned his father was a movie star when he was just about 6 years old and saw a preview for one of his upcoming films. David's wife, Cheryl Ladd, is remembered for her role on the television series, “Charlie's Angels.” "Para. [127] In his memoirs, actor/producer John Houseman wrote of Ladd: "Since he himself was extremely short, he had only one standard by which he judged his fellow players: their height. I don't think Alan Ladd ever came to terms with himself. The first two films were solid hits, each earning over $2 million in rentals in the U.S. and Canada; Two Years Before the Mast was a blockbuster, earning over $4 million and ranking among the top ten most popular films of the year. [5], In the early 1920s, an economic downturn led to Ladd's family moving to California, a journey which took four months. The Charlie’s Angels star adored her daughter the moment she was born. He was the visual inspiration for the original illustrations of superhero Green Lantern/Alan Scott (created in 1940). It was only a small part, but it involved a touching death scene that brought him attention within the industry. [9][125][126], Ladd and Veronica Lake became a particularly popular pairing because, at 4 ft 11 in (150 cm), she was one of the few Hollywood actresses substantially shorter than he was. He produced a pilot for a TV series, starring William Bendix, called Ivy League. But in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, the actress shared that she does have one big regret — and it involves Allen Ludden, her husband of … ... TYRONE POWER’S DAUGHTER … | For a number of years, film exhibitors voted him amongst the top stars at the box office. When Ladd returned to Hollywood in 1954, he formed Jaguar Productions, a new production company that released movies through Warner Bros. He sold cash registers and borrowed $150 to open his own hamburger and malt shop, across from his previous high school, which he called Tiny's Patio (his nickname at high school was Tiny). He also received a six-year offer to make Adventure Limited, a TV series. Ladd, who suffered from chronic insomnia, died at the age of 50 in 1964 from what was ruled an accidental overdose of alcohol and sedatives. He was also friends with Alan Ladd, another drinker. His diving skills led to his appearance in the aquatic show Marinella in July 1933. His mother was English, from County Durham, and his paternal grandparents were Canadian. They divorced after six years. [119], On March 15, 1942, Ladd married his agent and manager, former film actress Sue Carol in Mexico City. Sue Carol, the former silent star who is now an agent, undertook to advance the youth's career two years ago and only recently could she locate an attentive ear. "[69] The main studio Ladd was in discussion with was Warner Bros. [20], According to author David Thomson in 1975, "Once Ladd had acquired an unsmiling hardness, he was transformed from an extra to a phenomenon. Alan Ladd was a famous Hollywood star of 1940s and 50s, who was known for working in some of the best movies of his times. But his daughter Jennifer says it is unfounded. While he never enjoyed popularity among film critics, he and his films were popular with the public. Carroll Baker, Martha Hyer, Bob Cummings, and Elizabeth Ashley also star. Their overnight sensation pairing continued in three more films, and included three more in guest spots in wartime all-star Hollywood musical revues. The Ladd family name continues in film with his granddaughter, Jordan Ladd, daughter of David and Cheryl Ladd. Ladd wanted more money, and Paramount responded by suspending him. Ladd was meant to make California with Betty Hutton, but he refused to report for work in August 1945. Most notably, he had a small uncredited part in Citizen Kane, playing a newspaper reporter toward the end of the film. Both Ladd and Carol had a child from a previous marriage. Owing to a clerical error, he was inaccurately included in the cast credits for, In his movies, he suffers two cat-o-nine-tails floggings aboard sailing ships: (1) in. He became her husband in 1942. Their "overwhelming first choice" as film star was Alan Ladd. [92][93] He made Farewell to Kennedy, another TV film for General Electric Theater; he hoped this would lead to become a series, but that did not happen.[94]. Ladd's cool, unsmiling, understated persona proved popular with wartime audiences, and he was voted by the Motion Picture Herald as one of the 10 "stars of tomorrow" for 1942. In 1937, they shared a friend's apartment. [105], In 1963, Ladd's career looked set to make a comeback, when he took a supporting role in The Carpetbaggers, based on the best-selling novel. [58], "When a star's off the screen, he's 'dead'", Ladd later reflected. They lived in a migrant camp in Pasadena, California, at first, and then moved to the San Fernando Valley, where Beavers went to work at FBO Studios, as a painter. He replied tersely: "Everything". Eventually, The Blue Dahlia was released to great acclaim (Raymond Chandler was nominated for an Oscar for the screenplay), quickly followed by O.S.S., and finally, Two Years Before the Mast. [25][26][27] His salary was raised to $750 per week. Ladd then received an offer to star in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), a film being made in Greece for 20th Century Fox. In August 1933, Ladd was one of a group of young "discoveries" signed to a long-term contract with Universal Pictures. [115][116] Their only child, Alan Ladd, Jr., was born on October 22, 1937. In a life filled with so much joy, laughter, and great success, Betty White only has one regret — and it has to do with her marriage to her late husband, Allen Ludden. "I'd like to retire from acting", he said in 1960. Jordan Elizabeth Ladd is an American actress. [68], In 1951, Ladd's contract had only one more year to run. [9][109][110] At the time, Ladd said he thought he heard a prowler, grabbed a gun, and tripped over, accidentally shooting himself. He became a high school swimming and diving champion and participated in high school dramatics in his senior year, including the role of Koko in The Mikado. [70], In May 1951, Ladd announced he had formed Ladd Enterprises, his own production company, to produce films, radio, and TV, when his Paramount contract ended in November 1952. [2], Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 3, 1913. "[21] John Houseman later wrote that Ladd played "a professional killer with a poignant and desolate ferocity that made him unique, for a time, among the male heroes of his day. Funny thing is Donlevy had a long career and seemed with it in all his later movies. Daughter of Hollywood actor Alan Ladd and silent film star and agent, Sue Carol. And his daughter, Alana Ladd, appeared in three Westerns in the early 1960s -- two starring her father, and "Young Guns of Texas" (1962), which starred several children of more-famous acting parents. [33] Ladd initially was classified 4-F, unfit for military service because of stomach problems, but began his military service in January 1943. He was mobbed at guest appearances on network radio programs such as "The Lux Radio Theater" and in the 1940s his films grossed almost $55 million. They intended to be remarried in the U.S. in July because Ladd's divorce from his first wife was not final. His mother married a house painter who moved them to California--a la "The Grapes of Wrath"--when he was eight. The wife of film producer Alan Ladd Jr., Cindra Ladd… According to Shipman: It was a pitch to sell Ladd to women filmgoers, though he had not changed one iota and he did not have a noticeable romantic aura. Spare me the high pressures of success. He signed to appear in some episodes of General Electric Theater on TV. Then the breaks began. Alana was born on 21st April 1943 Cheryl Ladd is NOT the daughter of Alan Ladd Sr. 1936). The former Charlie’s Angels star gave birth to her little bundle of joy back in 1975, while she was still married to former husband David Ladd. [72] However, he expressed a desire to continue to work with Paramount. The arrangement with Warners was not exclusive, enabling Ladd to work for other studios. [17] He also received attention for a small part in Hitler – Beast of Berlin (1939). His father died when he was four. [89] However, despite Ladd's presence, a series did not result. [14] Ladd auditioned successfully, and Paramount signed him to a long-term contract in September 1941 for $300 per week. No, I won't move to New York. Their daughter is actress Jordan Ladd. In 1995, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars was dedicated to him. [134], He was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Paramount commissioned Raymond Chandler to write an original screenplay for him titled The Blue Dahlia, made relatively quickly in case the studio lost Ladd to the military once again. His size and coloring were regarded as not right for movies, so he worked hard at radio, where talent scout and former actress Sue Carol discovered him early in 1939. [30] He had a cameo spoofing his tough guy image in Star Spangled Rhythm, which featured most of Paramount's stars, then starred in China (1943) with Loretta Young for director John Farrow, with whom Ladd made a number of movies. Fans were allowed to see his coffin. Ladd appeared in several stage productions for Bard. Paramount had owned the film rights to A Gun for Sale, a novel by Graham Greene, since 1936, but waited until 1941 before making a movie out of it, changing the title to This Gun for Hire. She did some acting in TV and films such as "Duel of Champions" (1961), "77 Sunset Strip" (1958) and "Guns of the Timberland" (1960) before her marriage to British-born talk radio host Michael Jackson in 1965. (Cheryl Ladd also has a beloved stepdaughter Lindsay Russell, from her second marriage to Brian Russell, to whom she is still married today.) It also caused his plans to enter independent production to be deferred. Ladd's oldest son, Alan Ladd Jr., is a successful film producer and studio executive. I seem to have found peace. [82] Both movies were co-written by Richard Maibaum, with whom Ladd had worked at Paramount. Ladd was cast instead in Branded, a Western. He optioned the novel Shadow Riders of the Yellowstone by Les Savage. In another attempt to break into the film industry, Ladd went to work at Warner Bros. as a grip, and stayed two years. "[103] Ladd kept busy developing projects, some of which were vehicles for his son, David. [83] Ladd played a mountie in Saskatchewan for Universal in Canada, and returned to Britain for another film with Warwick, a medieval swashbuckler, The Black Knight (1954), where Ladd played the title role. The actress told Parade magazine grief over the drowning of their 18-month-old daughter eventually tore the couple apart. In 1950, the Hollywood Women's Press Club voted Ladd the easiest male star to deal with in Hollywood. [32], Ladd briefly served in the United States Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1917&dat=19520414&id=bFI1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=wYAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2789,1942454&hl=en, "City of nets: a portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s", Palm Springs Walk of Stars by date dedicated, "Rugged Screen Career of Alan Ladd Ended by Death", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alan_Ladd&oldid=1022721686, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles needing clarification from January 2021, Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Ladd made another cameo in an all-star Paramount film, titled, Variety Girl, singing Frank Loesser's "Tallahassee" with Dorothy Lamour. Warners guaranteed him $150,000 per film against 10% of the gross, making Ladd one of the better paid stars in Hollywood. I have the face of an aging choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. Scott's full name is Alan Ladd Wellington Scott. He also announced plans to turn Box 13 into a feature film script, and was hoping for cameos from old friends, such as Veronica Lake and William Bendix. [135] Ladd's funeral was held on February 1 with Edmond O'Brien giving the eulogy. Ladd was 27 years old at the point. "[15], In 1936, Ladd played an unbilled role in Pigskin Parade. Ladd's instincts for choosing material was proving increasingly poor: George Stevens offered him the role of Jett Rink in Giant (1956), which he turned down because it was not the lead; James Dean took the part, and the film became one of the big hits of the decade. He opened a hamburger stand called Tiny's Patio, and later worked as a grip at Warner Brothers Pictures. He attended the Oscars in March 1943,[34] and in September, appeared in a trailer promoting a war loan drive, titled Letter from a Friend. Instead, Ladd signed a new four-year contract between Jaguar and Warner Bros., with his company having a budget of $6.5 million. [73], Ladd's final three movies for Paramount were Thunder in the East, Shane, and Botany Bay. Ladd's career gained extra momentum when he was cast in a featured role in Joan of Paris (1942), a wartime drama made at RKO. | He would have to be re-inducted into the army, but a deferment was given to enable Ladd to make Two Years Before the Mast (the release of which was postponed two years). The incident was covered up as an accident by the studio. He'd say "I love you...", and he'd be looking out there some place. Their daughter is actress Jordan Ladd. His two children with Carol were a daughter, Alana Ladd, and youngest son, David Ladd; both had a film career. She was impressed and called the station to talk to the actors and was told it was one person. Interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, CA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage. Diane Ladd says her marriage to actor Bruce Dern broke up over the death of their first child. "I like my home and my security and I don't intend to jeopardize them by being difficult at work. [45][56][57] Exhibitors voted him the 15th most popular star in the country. His fourth-billed role as psychotic killer Raven made him a star. He was the only child of Ina Raleigh (also known as Selina Rowley) (November 25, 1888 – 1937), and Alan Ladd (1874–1917), a freelance accountant. Rackin wrote and produced Ladd's subsequent film, which he made for Warners, titled Santiago. One Foot in Hell (1960), over at 20th Century Fox, saw Ladd play an out-and-out villain for the first time, since the beginning of his career, but the result was not popular with audiences. 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