Alan Ladd in Dead Men Don't Wear... | 1982
Clip Name: Lists and Getting Shot
Alan Ladd in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | 1982
Starring: Steve Martin, Rachel Ward and Alan Ladd
Directed by: Carl Reiner
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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American film actor. Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas to an American father (Alan Ladd, Sr.) and an English-American mother (Ina Raleigh Ladd). His father died when he was four, and his mother relocated to Oklahoma City where she married Jim Beavers, a housepainter. The family then moved again to North Hollywood, California where Ladd became a high-school swimming and diving champion and participated in high school dramatics. He opened his own hamburger and malt shop, which he called Tiny's Patio. He worked briefly as a studio carpenter (as did his stepfather) 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 and dropped him. Intent on acting, he found work in radio. Ladd began by appearing in dozens of films in small roles, including Citizen Kane in which he played one of the "faceless" reporters who are always shown in...
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