Alan Ladd Jr Biography – Age, Career, Family, Cause Of Death, And Net Worth

Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. was an American film industry executive and producer.

Age

He was 84 years old.

Career

Alan Ladd, started in the film business as his father’s stuntman but rose to become one of its leading and most widely liked executives.

As studio head at Fox and MGM (twice), was involved in some 14 best-picture nominees, including Young Frankenstein (1974), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Chariots of Fire” (1981), and Blade Runner (1982). As an independent producer, Ladd Jr. helped steer films including Once Upon a Time in America (1984), The Right Stuff (1983) Gone, Baby Gone (2007), and Mel Gibson’s Braveheart (1995), for which he won the best picture.

All told, films Ladd produced or greenlit movies that won more than 50 Oscars and 150 nominations. And he did so with an easy-going, tight-lipped manner that made him widely admired by stars and filmmakers. Esquire magazine put him on the cover in 1978 with the headline: Triumph of the Laid-Back Style.”

A former talent agent for stars like Robert Redford and Judy Garland, Ladd Jr. joined 20th Century Fox in 1973, and later became president. There, he greenlit George Lucas’ $10 million science-fiction film — the original script was titled The Adventures of Luke Starkiller as Taken from the Journal of the Whills, Saga 1, Star Wars — when few in Hollywood saw any potential in it.

Family

Ladd was married to Cindra Pincock they have three children.

Cause Of Death

The cause of death of Alan Ladd Jr has not been revealed yet.

Net Worth

Alan Ladd Jr. had an estimated net worth of $75 Million at the time of his death.