Trivia

Son of Alan Ladd and Sue Carol.

Daughter, Jordan Ladd, with Cheryl Ladd.

His first three movies all starred his father Alan Ladd: Shane, el desconocido (1953), The Big Land (1957) and El rebelde orgulloso (1958).

Younger half-brother of Alan Ladd Jr..

Father, with Dey Young, of daughter Shane Ladd.

His ex-wife, Dey Young, is the sister of Leigh Taylor-Young and Lance Young.

Younger brother of Alana Ladd.

Former father-in-law of Conor O'Neill.

His father was of mostly English descent (where David's paternal grandmother was born). His mother was of Bohemian Jewish and German Jewish ancestry.