David Ladd's mother was Sue Carol, Alan Ladd's second wife, who was an actress and talent agent.
16 Facts About David Ladd
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David Ladd's father had English ancestry, whereas his mother was of German-Jewish and Austrian-Jewish descent.
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David Ladd's siblings are Alana Ladd Jackson and Carol Lee Ladd; his paternal half-brother is Alan Ladd Jr.
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David Ladd attended Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles and, following the death of his father in 1964, graduated from the University of Southern California where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree while fulfilling his military obligations in the United States Air Force Reserve.
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David Ladd was included in Film Daily's Filmdom's Famous Five critic's award.
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David Ladd was again included in Film Daily's Filmdom's Famous Five in 1961 for A Dog of Flanders.
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David Ladd became a senior production executive at MGM and was part of the key team responsible for the resurgence of the studio.
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David Ladd was responsible for a variety of films, including the hit Get Shorty.
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David Ladd left MGM as an executive in 1998, and signed a deal to produce movies for them.
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David Ladd's first production was a re-imagining of the hit TV series The Mod Squad, in which he shared an Executive Producer credit with Aaron Spelling, with whom he had first collaborated on The Zane Grey Theatre in 1961.
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David Ladd found a manuscript written by John Katzenbach and developed it as a screenplay for the 2002 film, Hart's War, directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell and Terrence Howard.
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David Ladd followed this up with the 2003 comedy A Guy Thing.
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Shortly thereafter, MGM was sold and David Ladd left the company as an independent.
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David Ladd is currently developing projects for Fox, Universal and Paramount, as well as projects for the independent film market-place.
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David Ladd spent a portion of 2007 teaching film production at the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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David Ladd is a member of the Producers Guild of America, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and an emeritus member of the Screen Actors Guild.