Occupation: Film Actor Birth: September 3, 1913 Death: January 29, 1964
I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.
I had only that one picture, Hitler, the Beast of Berlin, in which I had a part big enough to impress anyone. I tried for better roles over and over ….
Maybe I thought too much about picking up the money and not enough about the really good parts..
I just want to make pictures that are entertaining. I'll leave the scenery chewing to someone else.
I'd rather be David Ladd's father than Alan Ladd any day.
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice..
I hear about stars being torn to pieces by fans. It never happened to me and I never saw it happen to anyone else.
Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I..
Nobody's strong enough to stand up under a flood of weak material..
My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere. I take our youngsters with us because I don't know anything that teaches them so muc….