Claim: Alan Ladd produced Friends and Frasier.
Evidence: Other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast -LRB- 1946 -RRB- , Whispering Smith -LRB- 1949 -RRB- and The Great Gatsby -LRB- 1949 -RRB-.
Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s , particularly in Westerns such as Shane -LRB- 1953 -RRB- and films noir in which he was often paired with Veronica Lake , such as This Gun for Hire -LRB- 1942 -RRB- , The Glass Key -LRB- 1942 -RRB- and The Blue Dahlia -LRB- 1946 -RRB-.