Ladd, Alan, Jr. 1937–

PERSONAL

Full name, Alan Walbridge Ladd, Jr.; born October 22, 1937, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Alan Walbridge (an actor) and Marjorie Jane (maiden name, Harrold) Ladd; married Patricia Ann Beazley, August 30, 1959 (divorced, 1983); married Cindra Kay, July 13, 1985; children: (first marriage) Kelliann, Tracy Elizabeth, Amanda Sue.

Addresses:

Office—The Ladd Company, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 910, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Studio executive and producer. Creative Management, Los Angeles, CA, motion picture agent, 1963-69; independent producer, 1969-73; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., Los Angeles, vice president for production, 1973-74; Worldwide Productions Division, Beverly Hills, CA, senior vice president, 1974-76; Twentieth Century-Fox Pictures, president, 1976-79; Ladd Co., Burbank, CA, president, 1979-83; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Entertainment Co., president and chief operating officer, 1983-86, chief executive officer, beginning 1986, and chair of board of directors; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc., Culver City, CA, chair and chief executive officer, 1986-88, co-chair, 1990-93; Pathe Entertainment, Los Angeles, president and chair, 1989-90; MGM-Pathe, Los Angeles, co-chair, 1990-93; developed and produced films for Paramount, The Ladd Company, Beverly Hills, CA, founder and president, 1993—. Military service: U.S. Air Force, 1961-63.

Awards, Honors:

Academy Award (with others), best picture, 1996, for Braveheart.

CREDITS

Film Producer:

The Walking Stick, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970.

Tam Lin (also known as The Ballad of Tam-Lin, The Devil's Widow, and The Devil's Woman), 1970.

A Severed Head, Columbia, 1971.

(With Jay Kanter) Villain, 1971.

(With Stanley Mann) The Devil's Widow (also known as Tamlin), British International, 1972.

(With Kanter) X Y and Zee (also known as Zee and Co.), Columbia, 1972.

The Nightcomers, Avco Embassy, 1972.

(With Kanter) Fear Is the Key, Paramount, 1973.

Braveheart, 1995.

The Phantom, 1996.

A Very Brady Sequel, 1996.

An Unfinished Life (also known as Ein ungezahmtes leben), Miramax, 2005.

Gone Baby Gone, Miramax, 2007.

Film Executive Producer:

Vice Versa, Columbia, 1988.

The Russia House, 1990.

Quigley Down Under, 1990.

The Brady Bunch Movie, 1995.

The Man in the Iron Mask, 1998.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Beat Within: The Making of "Alien" (documentary), Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2003.

Himself, The Last Mogul (documentary; also known as The Last Mogul: Life and Times of Lew Wasserman), THINKFilm, 2005.

Himself, Dangerous Days: Making "Blade Runner" (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2007.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996.

Mel Gibson's "Braveheart": A Filmmaker's Passion, 2000.

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years, AMC, 2000.

The "Omen" Legacy, AMC, 2001.

(Uncredited) The "Alien" Saga, 2002.

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the "Star Wars" Trilogy (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2004.

When "Star Wars" Rules the World, VH1, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Braveheart," History Vs. Hollywood, History Channel, 2001.

"Science Fiction," Film Genre (also known as Hollywood History), 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Business Week, August 14, 1991, p. 65.