Alan Ladd Trivia

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Father of Alan Ladd Jr. with first wife, Marjorie 'Midge' Harrold. Father of Alana Ladd and David Ladd with second wife, Sue Carol. Grandfather of Jordan Ladd. (imdb.com)

Father of Alana Ladd and Alan Ladd Jr. (imdb.com)

Son with Sue Carol: David Ladd. (imdb.com)

Father of Alan Ladd Jr. with first wife; father of David Ladd with second wife. (imdb.com)

At the time of his death he had expressed an interest in playing Steve McQueen`s role in Nevada Smith (1966).

Turned down James Dean`s role in Giant (1956) and Spencer Tracy`s role in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955).

Discovered Rory Calhoun while riding in Griffith Park, a notorious cruising area.

According to his biography, the end of his love affair with June Allyson, his co-star in The McConnell Story (1955), led to his late-life depression.

His former home in Palm Springs, California, is still on the bus tour of movie stars` homes. An office building also bears his name.

In 1956, Ladd proposed a television series based on his radio series "Box 13". The idea didn`t sell. Ladd himself had played his "Box 13" character Dan Holiday in the "Committed" episode of "General Electric Theater" (1953) on television. In 1963, Ladd said he hoped to reunite several of his 1940s era co-stars, including William Bendix and Veronica Lake, for a big screen version of "Box 13".

He and Veronica Lake made seven movies together: The Blue Dahlia (1946), Duffy`s Tavern (1945), The Glass Key (1942), Saigon (1948), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942), This Gun for Hire (1942) and Variety Girl (1947). In Variety Girl (1947), Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) and Duffy`s Tavern (1945), they appear as themselves.

Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1601 Vine Street.

A photograph of his flogging in Two Years Before the Mast (1946) appears on the cover of the 2004 book: "Lash! The Hundred Great Scenes of Men Being Whipped in the Movies".

Ladd portrayed Dan Holiday on Mutual Radio`s "Box 13" (1948-1949). This show was also syndicated.

In a 1961 interview Ladd was asked, "What would you change about yourself if you could?" He replied tersely: "Everything."

The prisoner he plays in 1953`s Botany Bay (1953) is keelhauled, marking what may be the only time a Hollywood leading man suffers this particular form of punishment.

He so badly wanted the title role in Lawrence of Arabia (1962) that he personally pressed his case with director David Lean, but Lean cast Peter O`Toole in the part.

In his movies, suffers two cat-o-nine-tails floggings aboard sailing ships: (1) in Two Years Before the Mast (1946), he receives 10 lashes for striking an officer; (2) in Botany Bay (1953), he receives 50 lashes for attempting to escape from a prison transport ship.

Owing to a clerical error, Ladd was inaccurately included in the cast credits for Born to the West (1937) in studio publicity material. In fact, he was never in the film, despite the fact that it often shows up in his credits and even on the video box!.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Heritage.