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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Ladd has received more than 5,115,037 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Alan Ladd is the 1,444th most popular actor (down from 800th in 2019), the 2,460th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,476th in 2019) and the 670th most popular American Actor.

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  • 5.1M

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  • 56.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Alan Ladd ranks 1,444 out of 13,578. Before him are Grace Moore, Iain Glen, Loriot, Bernadette Lafont, Eva Dahlbeck, and Beverly D'Angelo. After him are Mathieu Kassovitz, Philippe Nahon, Charles Durning, Élisabeth Depardieu, Debra Winger, and Nicoletta Braschi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Alan Ladd ranks 100. Before him are Willi Hennig, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Georgy Flyorov, Álvaro Cunhal, Lucien Goldmann, and Maurice Wilkes. After him are José Sánchez del Río, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Gustaaf Deloor, Waldemar de Brito, Otto Wichterle, and Nikolai Amosov. Among people deceased in 1964, Alan Ladd ranks 57. Before him are Vladko Maček, Heinz Jost, Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann, Hinrich Lohse, Prince Axel of Denmark, and Veit Harlan. After him are Adib Shishakli, Anna Vyrubova, Pierre Monteux, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Fautrier, and Hermann Breith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Ladd ranks 2,460 out of 20,380. Before him are Neil Sedaka (1939), Nicholas Sparks (1965), Paris Hilton (1981), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Beverly D'Angelo (1951), and Julian Schnabel (1951). After him are Chris Wallace (1947), Charles Durning (1923), Debra Winger (1955), Alvin Plantinga (1932), Jane Jacobs (1916), and Richie Sambora (1959).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Alan Ladd ranks 670. Before him are Mandy Patinkin (1952), Kirsten Dunst (1982), Rip Torn (1931), Jaclyn Smith (1945), Grace Moore (1898), and Beverly D'Angelo (1951). After him are Charles Durning (1923), Debra Winger (1955), Randolph Scott (1898), Mimi Rogers (1956), James Whitmore (1921), and Geraldine Page (1924).

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Television and Movie Roles

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A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.
Apr 23o 19537.394 / 10
The Blue Dahlia
Johnny Morrison
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Apr 16o 19466.6 / 10
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "This Gun For Hire") (archive footage)
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.
May 21o 19826.631 / 10