American actor, best remembered for roles in films like Shane, Hell on Frisco Bay, Boy on a Dolphin, The Carpetbaggers, The Great Gatsby, The Blue Dahlia, The Proud Rebel, The Badlanders, and Botany Bay. In the army, Ladd was listed as standing 5ft 7 inches and in the film Blue Dahlia his character’s weight was described as 160 pounds.Some actresses – like Shelley Winters in Saskatchewan – complained about having to stand in a ditch, with Ladd not liking the idea of being on an apple box. Indeed, many tricks were used in Ladd’s films to enhance his stature with leading ladies and deflate the height of bad guys. On one occasion, actor Hugh O’Brian commented that Ladd wasn’t much taller than Mickey Rooney and after setting up camera shots a guy would dig a hole for him: “He digs half a hole. He takes my dirt from the first half and uses it as a mound for Ladd to stand on.”
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