Ludlum’s modest career acting and producing in the theater had all but petered out by the late ’60s when his wife, Mary, strongly suggested that he start his next act in life as a writer.

Ludlum’s popular Bourne series was written around an amnesiac Vietnam veteran and spy named David Webb, alias Jason Bourne, who is hounded by a number of killers and murderous organizations.

Ludlum titles routinely turn into seven-figure packages, including the $4 million Paramount paid for “The Chancellor Manuscript” in 2005, with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star and produce ...

Suspense novelist Robert Ludlum, author of the Jason Bourne series of spy thrillers and The Matarese Circle, died Monday. He was 73. Henry Morrison, Ludlum's literary agent since 1967, confirmed ...

2000-11-26 04:00:00 PDT Los Angeles-- Edward Ludlum, veteran stage and television director who helped develop small theaters in Hollywood, has died. He was 80. Mr. Ludlum died Tuesday in Los ...

Dwayne Johnson is attached to star in a movie based on the late Robert Ludlum’s best-selling thriller “The Janson Directive” for Universal, a project the studio foresees as launching a ...

Edward Ludlum, director of both stage and television, died of heart failure in Los Angeles on Nov. 21. He was 80. Ludlum directed both Broadway and Off Broadway plays in New York as well as in Los ...

San Francisco land use commissioner Alex Ludlum, the creator of the "doom loop" walking tour which went viral online before getting canceled, resigned in a scathing letter to Mayor London Breed.

A trio of stainless steel cars produced by Ford and Allegheny Ludlum sold at auction for $950,000. Billed as “The Historic Stainless Steel Trifecta” and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the ...