Bert Hadley
actor
- Birth name:
- Robert Chancey Hadley
- Born:
- 1882-04-12, Walla Walla, Washington, USA
- Died:
- 1968-12-30, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor
Biography
A Walla Walla, Washington, cradle rocked Bert Hadley into the world on 12 April 1882; by the time the century turned, he had already stepped before cameras and stayed there for three busy decades. Moviegoers of the silent era remember his face from Madam Who? (1918), the whip-smart tension of The Tiger Band (1920), and the wide-open skies of The Flying U Ranch (1927). Off-screen, life saw him say “I do” three times—to Jack Noyes, Theodore Best, and finally Zena Clara Haddock. On 30 December 1968, the lights dimmed for good in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, closing the final scene on an 86-year journey that began in the Pacific Northwest and flickered brightly across America’s silver screens.
