Ludlum, Robert

The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in Middle Town, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1951. In the same year, Ludlum married actress Mary Ryducha, who he met at university. The couple had two sons and a daughter together.