Background
Bradley was born February 8, 1905, in Sheldon, Missouri.
Bradley was born February 8, 1905, in Sheldon, Missouri.
Although he wanted to be an actor, he followed his parents" desires and studied law.
Radio Bradley began his career in the 1930s as a radio broadcaster. Working at WBBM-TV 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 Allen Easy Aces, the Frank Sinatra Show and Screen Guild Players. He was the company"s president, and Elene Bradley was general manager, "active in the sales end of the business." Bradley married Evelyn Jane Esenther of Oak Park, Illinois, September 8, 1937.
Bratton filed for divorce in Los Angeles, California, March 17, 1941. The divorce was granted November 17, 1941.
Three years later, she announced plans to file for divorce.
Early in 1946, however, a newspaper columnist reported: "The judge who ruled that Starlet Phyllis Ruth and Radio Announcer Truman Bradley could live in the same house, though separated, did a smart thing. They are reconciled now and are going to have a baby in June." A July 14, 1946, column by Jimmie Fidler reported, "The Truman Bradleys.. got a six-pound baby girl." Bradley died July 28, 1974, in Hollywood, California, at the Motion Picture Home.