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Alan Ladd

1913 - 1964

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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in films noir, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946). Whispering Smith (1948) was his first Western and color film, and Shane (1953) was noted for its contributions to the genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Ladd is the 769th most popular actor (up from 1,443rd in 2019), the 1,571st most popular biography from United States (up from 2,460th in 2019) and the 392nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Ladd ranks 769 out of 13,578. Before him are Jeroen Krabbé, Edward G. Robinson, David Duchovny, Ian McDiarmid, Rodolfo Gucci, and Elliot Page. After him are Rebecca Ferguson, Ramon Novarro, Mark Ruffalo, Eugene Levy, Jack Black, and Dominique Sanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Alan Ladd ranks 57. Before him are Mehmet Shehu, Peter Cushing, Richard Stone, Masanobu Fukuoka, Muddy Waters, and Charles Trenet. After him are Tony Martin, Jan Kubiš, Heinz Linge, Tadao Horie, Irwin Shaw, and Tito Gobbi. Among people deceased in 1964, Alan Ladd ranks 34. Before him are Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, and Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois. After him are Tatyana Afanasyeva, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Maurice Thorez, Pedro Petrone, Sam Cooke, and Douglas McGregor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Ladd ranks 1,571 out of 20,380. Before him are Linda McCartney (1941), Edmund Kemper (1948), Mitt Romney (1947), Don Shirley (1927), Daniel Dennett (1942), and Raymond Leo Burke (1948). After him are George Stinney (1929), Roger Zelazny (1937), Mark Ruffalo (1967), Cordell Hull (1871), Jack Black (1969), and Walter Hunt (1796).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alan Ladd ranks 392. Before him are Shia LaBeouf (1986), Anjelica Huston (1951), Mark Margolis (1939), Norman Lloyd (1914), Linda Harrison (1945), and David Duchovny (1960). After him are Mark Ruffalo (1967), Jack Black (1969), Billy Bob Thornton (1955), Sissy Spacek (1949), Alyson Hannigan (1974), and Woody Harrelson (1961).

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