AlanLadd'smotheremigratedfromEnglandage19.Hisaccountantfatherdiedwhenhewasfour.Atagefive,heburnedhisapartmentplayingwithmatches,andhismothermovedthemtoOklahomaCity.Hewasmalnourished,undersizedandnicknamedTiny.HismothermarriedahousepainterwhomovedthemtoCalifornia--ala"TheGrapesofWrath"--whenhewaseight.Hepickedfruit,deliveredpapers,andsweptstores.Inhighschoolhediscovered...(展开全部) AlanLadd'smotheremigratedfromEnglandage19.Hisaccountantfatherdiedwhenhewasfour.Atagefive,heburnedhisapartmentplayingwithmatches,andhismothermovedthemtoOklahomaCity.Hewasmalnourished,undersizedandnicknamedTiny.HismothermarriedahousepainterwhomovedthemtoCalifornia--ala"TheGrapesofWrath"--whenhewaseight.Hepickedfruit,deliveredpapers,andsweptstores.Inhighschoolhediscoveredtrackandswimming.By1931hewastrainingforthe1932Olympics,butaninjuryputanendtothoseplans.HeopenedahamburgerstandcalledTiny'sPatio,andlaterworkedasagripatWarnerBrothersPictures.HemarriedhisfriendMidgein1936,butcouldn'taffordher,sotheylivedapart.In1937,theysharedafriend'sapartment.Theyhadason,AlanLaddJr.,andhisdestitutealcoholicmothermovedinwiththem,heragonizingsuicidefromantpoisonwitnessedafewmonthslaterbyherson.Hissizeandcoloringwereregardedasnotrightformovies,soheworkedhardatradio,wheretalentscoutandformeractressSueCaroldiscoveredhimearlyin1939.Afterastringofbitpartsin"B"pictures--andanunbilledpartinOrsonWelles'classicCitizenKane(1941)--hetestedforThisGunforHire(1942)latein1941.Hisfourth-billedroleaspsychotickillerRavenmadehimastar.HewasdraftedinJanuary1943anddischargedinNovemberwithanulceranddoublehernia.Throughoutthe1940shistough-guyrolespackedaudiencesintotheatersandhewasoneoftheveryfewmaleswhosecoverphotossoldmoviemagazines.Inthe1950shewasperforminginlucrativebutunrewardingfilms(anexceptionbeingwhatmanyregardashisgreatestrole,Shane(1953)).Bytheendofthe1950sliquorandastringofso-sofilmshadtakentheirtoll.InNovember1962hewasfoundunconsciouslyinginapoolofbloodwithabulletwoundnearhisheart.InJanuary1964hewasfounddead,apparentlyduetoanaccidentalcombinationofalcohol