Alan Ladd

At 50 years old, Alan Ladd has this physical status:

Alan Walbridge Ladd (1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer.

In the 1940s and early 1950s, Laddd found success in film, particularly in Westerns such as Shane (1953) and in films noir.

In noirish films such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942) and The Blue Dahlia (1946), he was often paired with Veronica Lake (1942). His other film appearances include Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Whispering Smith, his first Western and color film (1948) and The Great Gatsby (1949).

His fame in the late 1950s wanted, though he continued to appear in mainstream films until his tragic death due to a fatal combination of alcohol, a barbiturate, and two tranquilizers.

Personal life

Ladd's mother, who was staying with him after the breakup of a family, asked Laddd for some money to buy something at a local store on November 29, 1937. Ladd gave her the money in the hopes of booze. She bought an arsenic-based ant paste from a supermarket and died by suicide after consuming it in the back seat of Ladd's vehicle.

Ladd was discovered dead in a pool of blood with a bullet wound near his heart on November 2, 1962. The bullet struck Ladd's chest about the third and fourth ribs, lung-wide, and bounced off the rib cage. Ladd said he heard a prowler, grabbed a pistol, and tripped over, mistakenly shooting himself. The police were investigating this and understood it.

At 1601 Vine Street, Laddd has a celebrity on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the forecourt of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, his handprint appears. A Golden Palm Springs Walk of Stars honors him in 1995.

In October 1936, Laddd married Marjorie Jane "Midge" Harrold, a high school sweetheart. Alan Laddd, Jr., the couple's only child, was born on October 22, 1937. They divorced in July 1941 and then died in 1957 after remarried.

Ladd married actress Sue Carol in Mexico City on March 15, 1942. They intended to be remarried in the United States in July because Laddd's divorce from his first wife was not final. Carol Lee (b. July 18, 1932), whom Alan and Sue raised, was Carol Lee's daughter from a previous marriage. In addition, they had two children of their own, Alana (born April 21, 1943, when Laddd was in the army) and David Alan (1947).

Alan Laddd, Jr., was a film executive and producer as well as the founder of the Ladd Company. Alana Ladd, an actress who appeared with her father in Guns of the Timberland and Duel of Champions, was married to veteran talk radio broadcaster Michael Jackson. Alana died on November 23, 2014. David Laddd, who appeared with his father as a child in The Proud Rebel, was married to Cheryl Ladd (née Stoppelmoor), 1973-1980. Jordan Laddd, the daughter of actress Jordan Ladd, is a member of the Royal Academy of Television.

When the McConnell Story was written together, Laddd's name was romantically linked to June Allyson.

According to Laddd's height, his height varies from 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) to 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), with 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) being cited most often in unofficial reports. His 1943 U.S. Army enlistment record shows him as 5 ft 7 in (170 cm), a measurement that is generally considered as the most reliable.

Because Laddd and Veronica Lake were one of the few Hollywood actresses significantly shorter than he was, they became a hit pair. "Since he was so short, he had only one measure by which he judged his fellow players: their height," actor/producer John Houseman wrote of Laddd's memoirs. During the filming of Boy on a Dolphin, co-starring Sophia Loren, Ladd and the crew developed a ramp system of heavy planks to allow both actors to stand at equal eye level. Trenches were dug for Loren to stand in in on outdoor scenes. In (183 cm) co-star Hugh O'Brian, director Raoul Walsh had a hole dug for 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) co-star Hugh O'Brian to stand, while the excavated dirt was used to build a mound for Ladd to stand, thereby ending the height gap.

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Awards

• Photoplay 1953 Gold Medal for his performance in Shane