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Acting

Alan Ladd

Career: Active from 1939 to 1982, with a break from 1965 to 1981, busiest in 1940 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 51
top three billing

Average score: 58/100

Highest rated: The Blue Dahlia
84/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 58 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Alan Ladd Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.2, average 5.4
Uncanny
1.2, average 2.5
Situational Comedy
1.5, average 2.7
Pop Culture
1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Historical Drama 7
Classic Hollywood 7
Classic Western 6
Classic Film Noir 5
Character-Driven Narrative 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Political Intrigue 4
Film Noir 3
Moral Conflict 3
Suspenseful Plot 2
Complex Characters 2
Crime Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Al - Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

2 titles · average score 68

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

67

as (archive footage)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

69

as (in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)

1960s

6 titles · average score 49

The Carpetbaggers

47

as Nevada Smith

13 West Street

52

as Walt Sherill

Duel of Champions

52

as Horatius

Guns of the Timberland

39

as Jim Hadley

One Foot in Hell

48

as Mitch Barrett

All the Young Men

59

as Sgt. Kincaid

1950s

25 titles · average score 56

The Proud Rebel

65

as John Chandler

The Badlanders

54

as Peter Van Hoek (The Dutchman)

Boy on a Dolphin

56

as Dr. James 'Jim' Calder

The Big Land

54

as Chad Morgan

Santiago

59

as Caleb 'Cash' Adams

Hell on Frisco Bay

50

as Steve Rollins

Saskatchewan

62

as Thomas O'Rourke

Drum Beat

45

as Johnny MacKay

Shane

83

as Shane

Red Mountain

51

as Capt. Brett Sherwood

Appointment with Danger

51

as Al Goddard

Branded

71

as Choya

1940s

50 titles · average score 63

Chicago Deadline

65

as Ed Adams

The Great Gatsby

41

as Jay Gatsby

Whispering Smith

73

as Whispering Smith

Saigon

61

as Major Larry Briggs

The Blue Dahlia

84

as Johnny Morrison

Two Years Before the Mast

67

as Charles Stewart

Salty O'Rourke

61

as Salty O'Rourke

And Now Tomorrow

64

as Doctor Merek Vance

China

61

as David Jones

This Gun for Hire

84

as Philip Raven

The Glass Key

78

as Ed Beaumont

Lucky Jordan

69

as Lucky Jordan

1930s

17 titles · average score 57

Hitler: Beast of Berlin

48

as Karl Bach

Petunia Natural Park

as Narrator (uncredited)

Rulers of the Sea

as Colin Farrell

Come On, Leathernecks!

as Club Waiter (uncredited)

The Goldwyn Follies

37

as First Auditioning Singer (uncredited)

Souls at Sea

62

as Sailor (uncredited)

The Last Train from Madrid

55

as Soldier (uncredited)

All Over Town

57

as Young Man (uncredited)

Pigskin Parade

53

as Student (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities

65

as Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Tom Brown of Culver

66

as Cadet

Once in a Lifetime

70

as Projectionist (uncredited)