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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.
Alan Ladd, Jr., was a film executive and producer and founder of the Ladd Company. Actress Alana Ladd, who co-starred with her father in Guns of the Timberland and Duel of Champions , was married to the veteran talk radio broadcaster Michael Jackson .
Mar 3, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., who as a producer and studio executive was a guiding hand behind scores of successful films, none bigger than “Star Wars,” which he championed when its young director, George...
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Mar 3, 2022 · NEW YORK — 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, his daughter Amanda...
Mar 3, 2022 · Associated Press. Wed 2 Mar 2022 20.48 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...
Born. October 22, 1937 · Los Angeles, California, USA. Died. March 2, 2022 · Los Angeles, California, USA (kidney failure) Birth name. Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. Nickname. Laddie. Mini Bio. Alan Ladd Jr. was one of the film industry's most respected executives. He started in the movies as an agent in 1963.
Mar 2, 2022 · Lucasfilm. Alan Ladd Jr., 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.