Alan Ladd Jr. first learned his father was a movie star when he was just about 6 years old and saw a preview for one of his upcoming films. Patriarch Alan Ladd, who appeared in about 150 movies ...

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 ...

Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts ...

Oscar-winning film producer Alan Ladd Jr. has died at age 84. His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones announced his passing on social media. “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2 ...

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 ...

Alan Ladd Jr. was born in Los Angeles in 1937, as the son of actor Alan Ladd. He spent time on major studio lots like Paramount and Fox, though his relationship with his father (who overdosed when ...

Alan Ladd became a star and heartthrob playing a killer named Raven in 1942’s noir classic “This Gun for Hire.” The 5’6” blond, blue-eyed actor had been kicking around Hollywood for ...

By Mike Barnes, Duane Byrge Alan Ladd Jr., the revered Hollywood producer and studio executive who saved Star Wars when Fox wanted to shut down production and gained vindication when he received ...

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’ landmark blockbuster ...

Alan Ladd Jr., a Hollywood producer and executive who greenlit “Star Wars” at Twentieth Century Fox, stood by the film even as the studio wavered and later won an Oscar for producing ...