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Henry Ladd (December 12, 1908 – June 9, 1982) was an American actor and writer of radio, film and stage.
Ladd was born on December 12, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He was an actor and writer, known for Las Vegas Nights (1941), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), and The Jackie Gleason Show (1966).[ citation needed] He was a comedian and monologist on radio, nightclubs, TV, stage and film, known for his dry, sardonic delivery.[ citation needed] He performed in vaudeville, nightclubs and commercials, and wrote books and TV scripts ( The Judy Canova Show). [2] Ladd appeared in USO tours[ citation needed] and appeared in the musical revue Along Fifth Avenue in 1949. He appeared on Jackie Gleason's show Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine and also served as a writer on the show. [3]
On Broadway, he appeared in Angel in the Wings (1947) as a monologist and master of ceremonies and he also wrote some of the sketches for the show. [4] Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times writing about the show said, "To tell the truth, there isn't much else in it except Hank Ladd, a saturnine-looking wag who can make a mildly spoken story sound hilarious and does." [5]
Ladd was married to Francetta Malloy, an actress, who died on July 17, 1978. [6] He died in Los Angeles on June 9, 1982. [1] [7]
He was one of three comedians to play Beetle the ghost on The Phil Baker Show for the CBS and NBC Radio Networks from 1931 to 1939 in Chicago.[ citation needed] His other radio shows included Columbia Workshop (#149), a radio play by William Saroyan, which aired August 10, 1939;[ citation needed] he was a member of a comedy team with Bert Wheeler that was featured on The New Old Gold Show for NBC-BLUE (1941-1942);[ citation needed] Command Performance (#30), starring Bing Crosby, James Cagney, and Larry Adler, which aired August 30, 1942;[ citation needed] and The Judy Canova Show episode "A Quiet Christmas Party", which aired December 21, 1946.[ citation needed] He was the host of The Arrow Show on NBC-TV (1949) [8] and appeared in Waiting for The Break on NBC-TV (1950). [9] [10]
In the 1940s, he appeared in the following Broadway musicals:
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verification. (May 2023) |
Henry Ladd (December 12, 1908 – June 9, 1982) was an American actor and writer of radio, film and stage.
Ladd was born on December 12, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois. [1] He was an actor and writer, known for Las Vegas Nights (1941), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), and The Jackie Gleason Show (1966).[ citation needed] He was a comedian and monologist on radio, nightclubs, TV, stage and film, known for his dry, sardonic delivery.[ citation needed] He performed in vaudeville, nightclubs and commercials, and wrote books and TV scripts ( The Judy Canova Show). [2] Ladd appeared in USO tours[ citation needed] and appeared in the musical revue Along Fifth Avenue in 1949. He appeared on Jackie Gleason's show Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine and also served as a writer on the show. [3]
On Broadway, he appeared in Angel in the Wings (1947) as a monologist and master of ceremonies and he also wrote some of the sketches for the show. [4] Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times writing about the show said, "To tell the truth, there isn't much else in it except Hank Ladd, a saturnine-looking wag who can make a mildly spoken story sound hilarious and does." [5]
Ladd was married to Francetta Malloy, an actress, who died on July 17, 1978. [6] He died in Los Angeles on June 9, 1982. [1] [7]
He was one of three comedians to play Beetle the ghost on The Phil Baker Show for the CBS and NBC Radio Networks from 1931 to 1939 in Chicago.[ citation needed] His other radio shows included Columbia Workshop (#149), a radio play by William Saroyan, which aired August 10, 1939;[ citation needed] he was a member of a comedy team with Bert Wheeler that was featured on The New Old Gold Show for NBC-BLUE (1941-1942);[ citation needed] Command Performance (#30), starring Bing Crosby, James Cagney, and Larry Adler, which aired August 30, 1942;[ citation needed] and The Judy Canova Show episode "A Quiet Christmas Party", which aired December 21, 1946.[ citation needed] He was the host of The Arrow Show on NBC-TV (1949) [8] and appeared in Waiting for The Break on NBC-TV (1950). [9] [10]
In the 1940s, he appeared in the following Broadway musicals: