20.The Black Knight
Peter Cushing, Alan Ladd
Released: 1954
Directed by: Tay Garnett
The Black Knight is a 1954 film starring Alan Ladd as the title character and Peter Cushing and Patrick Troughton as two conspirators attempting to overthrow King Arthur. It is the last of..
19.The Black Cat
Bela Lugosi, Basil Rathbone
Released: 1941
Directed by: Albert S. Rogell
The Black Cat is a 1941 film loosely based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The comedy/horror film was directed by Albert S. Rogell, starring Basil Rathbone and featuring
18.The Red Beret
Alan Ladd, Leo Genn
Released: 1953
Directed by: Terence Young
The Red Beret is a 1953 British war film directed by Terence Young and starring Alan Ladd, Leo Genn and Susan Stephen. It is the fictitious story about an American who enlists in the British..
17.Branded
Alan Ladd, Milburn Stone
Released: 1950
Directed by: Rudolph Maté
Branded is a 1950 western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides Again by Max Brand. A gunfighter on the..
The McConnell Story
June Allyson, Alan Ladd
Released: 1955
Directed by: Gordon Douglas
The McConnell Story is a 1955 dramatization of the life and career of U.S. Air Force pilot Joseph C. McConnell, who served as a navigator in World War II before becoming the top American ace..
Alan Ladd, Russ Tamblyn
Released: 1950
Directed by: Mitchell Leisen
Captain Carey, U.S.A. is a 1950 drama film starring Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix, and Francis Lederer. An American returns to post-World War II Italy to bring a traitor to justice. The film was..
14.Whispering Smith
Alan Ladd, Robert Preston
Released: 1948
Directed by: Leslie Fenton
Whispering Smith is a Western film starring Alan Ladd as a railroad detective assigned to stop a gang of train robbers. The supporting cast includes Robert Preston and Brenda Marshall. The..
13.Botany Bay
Alan Ladd, Cedric Hardwicke
Released: 1953
Directed by: John Farrow
Botany Bay is a 1953 American drama film directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, James Mason and Patricia Medina. It was based on a novel of the same name by Charles..
12.The Badlanders
Ernest Borgnine, Alan Ladd
Released: 1958
Directed by: Delmer Daves
The Badlanders is a western caper film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Alan Ladd and Ernest Borgnine. It was written by Richard Collins, based upon the novel The Asphalt Jungle by..
11.Hell on Frisco Bay
Jayne Mansfield, Edward G. Robinson
Released: 1955
Directed by: Frank Tuttle
Hell on Frisco Bay is a 1955 American crime film directed by Frank Tuttle, starring Alan Ladd, Edward G. Robinson and Joanne Dru. It was made for Ladd’s own production company, Jaguar..
Wild Harvest
Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd
Released: 1947
Directed by: Tay Garnett
Wild Harvest is a 1947 film directed by Tay Garnett. It stars Alan Ladd and Dorothy Lamour..
9.The Carpetbaggers
George Peppard, Archie Moore
Released: 1964
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based upon the best-selling novel The Carpetbaggers by Harold Robbins, and starring George Peppard as Jonas..
8. The Blue Dahlia
Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd
Released: 1946
Directed by: George Marshall
The Blue Dahlia is a 1946 film noir, directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. The film marks the third pairing of stars Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake..
7.Desert Legion
Alan Ladd, Arlene Dahl
Released: 1953
Directed by: Joseph Pevney
Desert Legion is a 1953 American action film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Alan Ladd, Arlene Dahl, Richard Conte and Akim Tamiroff..
6. O.S.S.
Alan Ladd, Geraldine Fitzgerald
Released: 1946
Directed by: Irving Pichel
O.S.S. is a 1946 war film starring Alan Ladd and Geraldine Fitzgerald about the Office of..
5.Citizen Kane
Orson Welles, Alan Ladd
Released: 1941
Directed by: Orson Welles
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film produced by, co-written by, directed by and starring Orson Welles. The picture was Welles’s first feature film. The film was nominated for Academy Awards in….
4.Thunder in the East
Deborah Kerr, Charles Boyer
Released: 1952
Directed by: Charles Vidor
Thunder in the East is a 1952 war drama film released by Paramount Pictures, and directed by Charles Vidor, based on novel Rage of the Vulture by Alan Moorehead..
3.Appointment with Danger
Alan Ladd, Harry Morgan
Released: 1951
Directed by: Lewis Allen
Appointment with Danger is an American crime film noir directed by Lewis Allen and written by Richard L. Breen and Warren Duff. The drama features Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Paul Stewart..
2.This Gun for Hire
Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd
Released: 1942
Directed by: Frank Tuttle
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 film noir, directed by Frank Tuttle and based on the novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene. The film stars Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan..
AND IN THE FIRST PLACE, A LEGENDARY FILM FROM 1953
1.Shane
Jack Palance, Jean Arthur
Released: 1953
Directed by: George Stevens
Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film from Paramount. It was produced and directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by A. B. Guthrie, Jr., based on the 1949 novel of..
Biography
Alan Ladd, in full Alan Walbridge Ladd, (born September 3, 1913, Hot Springs, Ark., U.S.—died January 29, 1964, Palm Springs, Calif.), American motion picture actor most noted for roles in which he portrayed detectives, cowboys, and war heroes.
As a child, Ladd was nicknamed “Tiny” because of his diminutive, frail appearance. He overcame playground taunts by excelling at athletics, and he was a standout swimmer and runner by his teen years. Injuries dashed his hopes of competing in the 1932 Olympics, so Ladd turned his attention to acting and landed small parts in the 1932 Warner Brothers films Once in a Lifetime and Tom Brown of Culver. Success eluded him for many years, and he toiled away at bit parts throughout most of the 1930s. His ebullience at the birth in 1937 of his first child, Alan Ladd, Jr.—the future CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.—was short-lived; soon thereafter, Ladd’s mother committed suicide in the presence of her son. It has been said that Ladd’s jaded demeanour, so often evident in his screen performances, stemmed from this incident.
Ladd secured a few acting jobs in radio, and during this time he was “discovered” by talent scout and former actress Sue Carol. With her help, he landed several small parts in Hollywood films, including Pigskin Parade (1936), with Judy Garland; Great Guns (1941), with Laurel and Hardy; and Orson Welles’s classic Citizen Kane (1941). Ladd divorced his first wife in 1941 and wed Carol the following year. Their two children, Alana and David, also became film actors…
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