Alan Ladd

Alan Ladd (1913 - 1964)
==Film Deaths==
*This Gun for Hire (1942) [Philip Raven]: Shot in the back by police while trying to escape out the window; he dies shortly afterwards while talking to Veronica Lake.
*China (1943) [Mr. David Jones]: Killed by expected rockfall, triggered by friends above, while delaying Japanese troops in pass.
*The Great Gatsby (1949) [Jay Gatsby]: Shot in the back by Howard Da Silva whilst relaxing in the swimming pool.
*Shane (1953) [Shane]: Wounded in a shoot-out with Jack Palance, Emile Meyer and John Dierkes. We learn he's been wounded after he walks out of the saloon. Some viewers have argued that Alan is already dead in the final shot of him riding out on his horse, while others believe that he was slightly still alive and survived the movie. (Even the 1998 film The Negotiator includes a sequence of Samuel L. Jackson and Kevin Spacey debating this very point).
*The McConnell Story (1955) [Capt. Joseph C. 'Mac' McConnell Jr.]: Killed in a plane crash.
==Noteworthy connections==
*Mr. Sue Carol.
*Father of Alan Ladd Jr. and David Ladd.
*Grandfather of Jordan Ladd.
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