Truman Bradley (actor)

Truman Bradley (February 8, 1905 – July 28, 1974) was an actor and narrator in radio, television and film.

Bradley was born February 8, 1905, in Sheldon, Missouri. Although he wanted to be an actor, he followed his parents' desires and studied law.

Bradley began his career in the 1930s as a radio broadcaster. Working at WBBM in Chicago, Illinois, some considered him "the Mid-West's leading news commentator." He was selected by Henry Ford to be the announcer for the Ford Sunday Evening Hour, for which he flew to Detroit, Michigan, each weekend. With his distinctive, authoritative voice, he soon became a radio actor as well as a narrator in numerous movies. In the mid-1940s, Bradley was a newscaster with KERN in Bakersfield, California.

Bradley was the announcer for Red Skelton's program,Burns and AllenEasy Aces, the Frank Sinatra Show and Screen Guild Players.

A newspaper columnist wrote in 1942 that representatives of the film industry "had stalked him [Bradley] in Chicago, pouncing on him with such enthusiasm and rich offers that he could not, in honesty to himself, refuse." He received critical praise for his work in The Night Before the Divorce in 1942. He was also in Northwest Passage (1940),Millionaires in Prison (1940) and Murder Among Friends (1941).

Bradley was the host of the 1950s TV series Science Fiction Theatre. He occasionally worked as an actor in films (including two Charlie Chan mysteries in the 1930s) and live theater.

In 1937, Bradley and his sister bought the Chicago-based Mme. Huntingford Cosmetic Company. He was the company's president, and Elene Bradley was general manager, "active in the sales end of the business."

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