Yahoo Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_Ladd_JrAlan Ladd Jr. - Wikipedia

    Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence of George Lucas, which proved well founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM ...

    • David Ladd

      David Alan Ladd (born February 5, 1947) is an American film...

    • Alan Ladd

      Alan Walbridge Ladd[citation needed] (September 3, 1913 –...

  2. aframe.oscars.org › features › alan-ladd-jrAlan Ladd Jr., Legendary Hollywood Producer and Executive ...

    Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer of Braveheart and longtime executive at both Fox and MGM, died on Wednesday, according to his family.He was 84. In addition to winning the Oscar for 1995’s Best Picture winner, Braveheart, Ladd Jr. was perhaps best known as the man who greenlit Star Wars when he was an executive at 20th Century Fox.

  3. People also ask

  4. www.theguardian.com › film › 2022Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr, who greenlit Star Wars ...

    Mar 3, 2022 · Last modified on Wed 2 Mar 2022 23.21 EST. Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday ...

  5. www.latimes.com › 2022/03/02 › alan-ladd-jr-deadAlan Ladd Jr., who greenlighted 'Star Wars,' dies - Los ...

    Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr. in 1975. Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former studio boss who, as a top executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, was best known for greenlighting George Lucas ...

    • Dennis Mclellan

  6. Videos

    View all

  7. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_Ladd_JrAlan Ladd Jr. - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Alana Ladd (half-sister) Carol Lee Stuart-Ladd (step-sister) Cheryl Ladd (former half-sister-in-law) Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American movie industry executive and producer. He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979. He helped produce Star Wars. He later created The Ladd Company and headed ...

  8. www.starwars.com › news › alan-ladd-jrAlan Ladd Jr., Early Champion of Star Wars , Passes Away

    Mar 2, 2022 · Early Champion of Star Wars, Passes Away. The visionary studio head was 84. March 2, 2022. Many of our favorite films owe a debt, and even their existence, to Alan Ladd Jr. That’s certainly true of Star Wars, which Ladd greenlit and championed as president of Twentieth Century Fox. On March 2, 2022, Ladd’s family announced that he had ...

  1. Searches related to Alan Ladd Jr. wikipedia

    alan ladd jr biography