Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29 ... and for a short time was part of the Universal Pictures studio school for actors. But Universal decided he was too blond and too short ...

Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film and ... and for a short time was part of the Universal Pictures studio school for actors. Intent on acting, he found work in small theatres.

Hollywood icons and classic cinema legends Veronica Lake and Alan Ladd rose to prominence during the 1940s and were one of Paramount Pictures' most popular on-screen couples. Together, they ...

Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the "Star Wars" era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. "With the heaviest of hearts ...

Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former ... smuggled print of “American Graffiti,” the 1973 Universal Pictures release directed by Lucas, that he leaped at Fox’s opportunity ...

American film industry executive and producer Alan Ladd Jr, UK, 6th February 1980. (Photo by N. Beattie/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) (N. Beattie/Evening Standard/Hulton Archive ...

Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts ...

Alan Ladd Jr, who commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars, won a Best Picture Oscar for producing Braveheart and was an influential executive for Fox and MGM/United Artists, died March 2 ...