Red Adair Net Worth



Red Adair net worth is
$500,000

Red Adair Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

'Red' Adair was born on June 18, 1915 in Houston, Texas, USA as Paul Neal Adair. He is known for his work on Ein Abend für Nadja Tiller und Walter Giller (1987), Hellfighters (1968) and Modern Marvels (1993). He was married to Kemmie Lou Wheeler. He died on August 7, 2004 in Houston. 
Full NameRed Adair
Net Worth$500,000
Date Of BirthJune 18, 1915
DiedAugust 7, 2004, Houston, Texas, United States
Place Of BirthHouston, Texas, USA
Height5' 6" (1.68 m)
ProfessionFirefighter
EducationHeights High School
NationalityAmerican
SpouseKemmie Lou Wheeler
ChildrenRobyn Adair, Jimmy Adair
ParentsMary Adair, Charles Adair
SiblingsFaye Guidry, Robert Adair, Dorothy Morris, David Adair, George Adair, May Miata, Charlie Adair
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0010411
Star SignGemini
#Trademark
1Red overalls
#Quote
1It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybody's face when you're finished and packing, it's the best smile in the world; and there's nobody hurt, and the well's under control.
2I've done made a deal with the devil. He said he's going to give me an air-conditioned place when I go down there, if I go there, so I won't put all the fires out.
3That's one of the best honors in the world: To have The Duke [John Wayne] play you in a movie.
#Fact
1Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 3-4. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
2Started the Red Adair Co. Inc. in 1959 and revolutionized the science of snuffing and controlling wells spewing high-pressure jets of oil and gas, using explosives, water cannons, bulldozers, drilling mud and concrete. He was the first to cap an underwater well and the first to cap a floating vessel. He led the industry in developing modern equipment and firefighting techniques, including the semi-submersible firefighting vessel.
3Is credited with battling more than 2000 land and offshore oil well fires and was instrumental in capping Kuwaiti oil wells set ablaze by Iraqi soldiers. His death-defying feats included battling the July 1988 explosion of the Piper Alpha platform that killed 167 men in the stormy North Sea off the coast of Scotland.
4His fire fighting team was first among 27 from sixteen countries. They capped 732 Kuwati oil wells during the Persian Gulf war.
5His exploits inspired the film "The Hellfighters," in which he was portrayed by 'John Wayne'.
6Specialized in extinguishing oil-well fires.
7Was hired to put out burning oil wells in Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm). Because of the intensity of the fires, they had to be put out with modified army tanks fitted with jet engines. The tanks were brought next to the flames and then "blew out" the flames with the jet engines.

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hellfighters1968technical advisor: of the Red Adair Wild Well Control Company: upon whose personal experiences are based many of the incidents in this motion picture and whose technical help enabled us to re-create them

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Modern Marvels2004TV Series documentaryHimself - Oil Fire Fighter
Ein Abend für Nadja Tiller und Walter Giller1987TV MovieHimself
Carson's Comedy Classics1983TV SeriesHimself
Good Morning America1980TV SeriesHimself
Bilder, die die Welt bewegten - Peter von Zahn berichtet1980TV Series documentaryHimself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1977TV SeriesHimself

Known for movies

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