Alan Ladd, Jr

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AKA: Alan Walbridge Ladd, III, Laddie
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/22/1937
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

biography

The son of 1940s and 50s film star Alan Ladd, this former talent agent and London-based independent producer ("Walking Stick" and "A Severed Head" in 1970, "Tam Lin" and "Villain" in 1971, and "X, Y & Zee" in 1972) joined 20th Century-Fox Pictures in 1973 in the creative affairs department, rising to studio head in only three years. The more notable Fox films under Ladd's directorship were "Star Wars" (1977), "An Unmarried Woman" and "Norma Rae" (both 1978) and "The Rose" (1979). In 1979, Ladd founded The Ladd Company, based at Warner Brothers, which co-produced such diverse fare as "Chariots Continued

Credits

Producer
2007
Producer
2005
Executive Producer
1998
Producer
1996
Producer
1996
Producer
1995
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
1961 
Served with US Air Force
 
Began career as motion picture talent agent at Creative Management Associates, Los Angeles
1970 
Produced first feature, "A Severed Head"
1973 
Joined 20th Century-Fox in charge of creative affairs in feature division
1974 
Named vice president of production at 20th Century-Fox Film Corp, Los Angeles
Continued

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