[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).
[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.
[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.