David Ladd
| David Ladd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
David Alan Ladd February 5, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1953-1981 |
| Spouse(s) | Dey Young (1982-2012) (divorced) (1 child) Cheryl Ladd (1973-1980) (divorced) (1 child) Louise Hendricks (1971-1972) (divorced) |
| Children |
Jordan Ladd Shane Ladd |
| Parent(s) |
Alan Ladd Sue Carol |
David Alan Ladd (born February 5, 1947) is an American producer and former actor.
Ladd was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Alan Ladd, an actor, and Sue Carol, an actress and talent agent. His siblings are Alana Ladd Jackson, Carol Lee Ladd, and Alan Ladd Jr. He attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles and, following the death of his father in 1964, graduated from the University of Southern California where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree while also fulfilling his military obligations in the Air Force Reserves.
In 1972, Ladd met actress Cheryl Stoppelmoor, with whom he later had a daughter, Jordan. In 1977, Cheryl Ladd replaced Farrah Fawcett on Charlie's Angels. David began to turn his attention toward producing. His first productions were for ABC and included specials and movies of the week, most notably When She Was Bad (1979) starring Cheryl and Robert Urich. David and Cheryl Ladd divorced in 1980. In 1982, Ladd married actress Dey Young (the younger sister of actress Leigh Taylor-Young), with whom he has another daughter, Shane Ladd.
Ladd's professional career in Hollywood began in 1957 with a supporting role in a film starring his father titled The Big Land. As a result of that film's success, Samuel Goldwyn Jr offered him a role as a mute in the 1958 movie The Proud Rebel, once again playing opposite his father and co-starring Olivia de Havilland. For this role, Ladd won a Golden Globe award as the "Best Newcomer of 1958" as well as a special award for "Best Juvenile Actor", and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. He was also included in Film Daily's Filmdom's Famous Five critic's award. Ladd followed this success with a series of films including The Sad Horse (1959), A Dog of Flanders (1960), Raymie (also 1960) and Misty (1961), as well as appearing in numerous television shows including Bonanza, Zane Grey Theatre, and Shirley Temple's Story Book Theatre (as Tom Sawyer). Ladd was again included in Film Daily's Filmdom's Famous Five in 1961 for A Dog of Flanders. Ladd's other feature film credits include RPM (1970), The Day of the Locust (1975), The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1975), Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1977) and The Wild Geese (1978).
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