As studio head at Fox and MGM (twice), Alan Ladd Jr. affectionately known as “Laddie” was involved in some 14 best-picture nominees, including “Young Frankenstein (1974), “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (1975), “Chariots of Fire” (1981) and “Blade Runner” (1982).
Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit “Star Wars,” has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary “Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies,” wrote in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given. Ladd Jr., the…