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 Name | Red Adair |
| Net Worth | $500,000 |
| Date Of Birth | June 18, 1915 |
| Died | August 7, 2004, Houston, Texas, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Houston, Texas, USA |
| Height | 5' 6" (1.68 m) |
| Profession | Firefighter |
| Education | Heights High School |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Kemmie Lou Wheeler |
| Children | Robyn Adair, Jimmy Adair |
| Parents | Mary Adair, Charles Adair |
| Siblings | Faye Guidry, Robert Adair, Dorothy Morris, David Adair, George Adair, May Miata, Charlie Adair |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0010411 |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| # | Quote |
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| 1 | It 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. |
| 2 | I'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. |
| 3 | That's one of the best honors in the world: To have The Duke [John Wayne] play you in a movie. |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 3-4. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
| 2 | Started 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. |
| 3 | Is 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. |
| 4 | His fire fighting team was first among 27 from sixteen countries. They capped 732 Kuwati oil wells during the Persian Gulf war. |
| 5 | His exploits inspired the film "The Hellfighters," in which he was portrayed by 'John Wayne'. |
| 6 | Specialized in extinguishing oil-well fires. |
| 7 | Was 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
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Hellfighters | 1968 | technical 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
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Modern Marvels | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Oil Fire Fighter |
| Ein Abend für Nadja Tiller und Walter Giller | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Carson's Comedy Classics | 1983 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| Bilder, die die Welt bewegten - Peter von Zahn berichtet | 1980 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
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