Diminutive, cool performer with pretty-boy blond good looks who flourished in the 1940s after achieving his breakthrough as the dispassionate, trench-coated killer opposite Veronica Lake in "This Gun For Hire" (1942). Ladd excelled at playing soft-spoken, understated tough guys who would only reluctantly resort to violence. Among his more enjoyable films are "Lucky Jordan"…
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