Biography: life and films
Alan Ladd was an American actor. He was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA on 3rd September 1913 and died in Palm Springs, California, USA on 29th January 1964, aged 50.His best films as an actor include Stuart Heisler's crime-thriller The Glass Key (1942), Frank Tuttle's This Gun for Hire (1942), George Marshall's The Blue Dahlia (1946), Gordon Douglas's The Iron Mistress (1952) and George Stevens's Shane (1953).
Alan Ladd appeared in 82 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: John Farrow (5 films), Gordon Douglas (4), Frank Tuttle (4), (4), George Marshall (3), Tay Garnett (2), Rudolph Maté (2), Raoul Walsh (2), Michael Curtiz (2), Lewis Allen (2), Leslie Fenton (2), Kurt Neumann (2), Irving Pichel (2), Erle C. Kenton (2), Edward Dmytryk (2) and Delmer Daves (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (39 films), comedy (14), Western (13), War (8), Thriller (6), crime-thriller (5), romance (3), comedy-romance (3) and Horror (2).
Our average rating for Alan Ladd over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Island of Lost Souls (1932) [a]
Once in a Lifetime (1932) [a]
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) [a]
All Over Town (1937) [a]
Hold 'Em Navy (1937) [a]
Come On, Leathernecks! (1938) [a]
Hitler - Beast of Berlin (1939) [a]
Rulers of the Sea (1939) [a]
The Mysterious Miss X (1939) [a]
Captain Caution (1940) [a]
Cross-Country Romance (1940) [a]
Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940) [a]
Gangs of Chicago (1940) [a]
Her First Romance (1940) [a]
In Old Missouri (1940) [a]
Meet the Missus (1940) [a]
The Light of Western Stars (1940) [a]
Those Were the Days! (1940) [a]
Victory (1940) [a]
Cadet Girl (1941) [a]
Paper Bullets (1941) [a]
Petticoat Politics (1941) [a]
The Black Cat (1941) [a]
The Reluctant Dragon (1941) [a]
Joan of Paris (1942) [a]
Lucky Jordan (1942) [a]
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) [a]
China (1943) [a]
And Now Tomorrow (1944) [a]
Duffy's Tavern (1945) [a]
Salty O'Rourke (1945) [a]
O.S.S. (1946) [a]
Two Years Before the Mast (1946) [a]
Calcutta (1947) [a]
Variety Girl (1947) [a]
Wild Harvest (1947) [a]
Beyond Glory (1948) [a]
Saigon (1948) [a]
Whispering Smith (1948) [a]
Chicago Deadline (1949) [a]
The Great Gatsby (1949) [a]
Branded (1950) [a]
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950) [a]
Appointment with Danger (1951) [a]
Red Mountain (1951) [a]
The Iron Mistress (1952) [a]
Thunder in the East (1952) [a]
Botany Bay (1953) [a]
Desert Legion (1953) [a]
Shane (1953) [a]
The Red Beret (1953) [a]
Drum Beat (1954) [a]
Saskatchewan (1954) [a]
The Black Knight (1954) [a]
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955) [a]
The McConnell Story (1955) [a]
A Cry in the Night (1956) [a]
Santiago (1956) [a]
Boy on a Dolphin (1957) [a]
The Big Land (1957) [a]
The Badlanders (1958) [a]
The Deep Six (1958) [a]
The Proud Rebel (1958) [a]
The Man in the Net (1959) [a]
All the Young Men (1960) [a]
Guns of the Timberland (1960) [a]
One Foot in Hell (1960) [a]
Orazi e curiazi (1961) [a]
13 West Street (1962) [a]
The Carpetbaggers (1964) [a]
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) [a]
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
The very best period film dramas
The very best of Italian cinema
