Alan Ladd
Alan Ladd
Alan Walbridge Laddwas an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns such as Shaneand film noirs where he was often paired with Veronica Lake, such as This Gun for Hire, The Glass Keyand The Blue Dahlia. Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast, Whispering Smithand The Great Gatsby. His popularity diminished in the late 1950s, though he continued to appear in popular films until his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 September 1913
CityHot Springs, AR
CountryUnited States of America
I was never trained for anything
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice.
I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last
I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.
Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
A producer has to know all about everything from set-building to costumes to acting
I've always had a great respect for the picture business. It's been good to me
I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts.
My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so much.
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day
I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white
I learned more about acting from George Stevens in a few months than I had in my entire life up until then