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Born | Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. October 22, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Died | March 2, 2022 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 84)
Occupation | Film producer |
Years active | 1963–2007 |
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Children | 4 |
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Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence in George Lucas, which proved well-founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM/UA. Ladd won an Academy Award for Best Picture in 1996 for producing Braveheart.