Reed Hadley
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-06-25
Day of Death
1974-12-11 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
Reed Hadley
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Reed Hadley (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor.
Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia in Clay County near Wichita Falls, Texas, to Bert Herring, an oil well driller, and his wife Minnie. Hadley had one sister, Bess Brenner. He was reared in Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo and was involved in local theater with the Studio Arena Theater. Hadley and his wife, Helen, had one son, Dale. Before moving to Hollywood, he acted in Hamlet on stage in New York City.
Throughout his thirty-five-year career in film, Hadley was cast as both a villain and a hero of the law, in such movies as The Baron of Arizona (1950), The Half-Breed (1952), Highway Dragnet (1954) and Big House, USA (1955). With his bass voice, he narrated a number of documentaries. He starred in two television series, Racket Squad (1950–1953) as Captain Braddock, and The Public Defender (1954–1955) as Bart Matthews, a fictional attorney for the indigent. Hadley also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940s, being the first actor to portray the title character. In films, among other things, he starred as Zorro in the 1939 serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. He is immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his television work.
He was the voice of cowboy hero Red Ryder on radio and the narrator of several Department of Defense films: "Operation Ivy", about the first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, "Military Participation on Tumbler/Snapper"; "Military Participation on Buster Jangle"; and "Operation Upshot-Knothole" all of which were produced by Lookout Mountain studios. The films were originally intended for internal military use, but have been "sanitized", edited, and de-classified, and are now available to the public. During the period he narrated these films, Hadley held a Top Secret security clearance.
Hadley also served as the narrator on various Hollywood films, including House on 92nd Street (1945), Call Northside 777 (1947) and Boomerang (1947).
He died at age 63 on December 11, 1974, in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack. He is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.
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Known For
Acting
(2002)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Jesse James (archive footage)
(1995)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
as Self (archive footage)
(1971)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
as Narrator
(1971)
Brain of Blood
as Amir
(1969)
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
as Narrator (voice)
(1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Hymie Weiss
(1965)
Curse of the Fly
as Ike
(1965)
Young Dillinger
as Federal Agent Parker
(1964)
Moro Witch Doctor
as Robert Collins
(1961)
All in a Night's Work
as General Pettiford (uncredited)
(1956)
Mobs, Inc.
as Capt. John Braddock
(1956)
Mobs Incorporated
as Capt. John Braddock
(1955)
Big House, U.S.A
as Special FBI Agent James Madden
(1955)
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
as Abraham Lincoln
(1954)
Highway Dragnet
as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
(1954)
Hazard House
as Television Host
(1954)
Return of the Dead
as Bart Matthews
(1953)
Kansas Pacific
as Bill Quantrill
(1953)
Woman They Almost Lynched
as Bitterroot Bill Maris
(1952)
The Half-Breed
as Frank Crawford
(1952)
Operation Ivy
as Host / Narrator
(1951)
Insurance Investigator
as Chuck Malone
(1951)
Little Big Horn
as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
(1950)
The Baron of Arizona
as John Griff
(1950)
Dallas
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1950)
The Return of Jesse James
as Frank James
(1950)
Riders of the Range
as Clint Burrows
(1950)
Motor Patrol
as Detective Robert Flynn
(1950)
A Modern Marriage
as Dr. Donald Andrews
(1949)
He Walked by Night
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
I Shot Jesse James
as Jesse James
(1949)
Rimfire
as The Abilene Kid
(1949)
Red Desert
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1949)
Grand Canyon
as Mitch Bennett
(1949)
Bailing Out
as Narrator
(1948)
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Narrator (voice)
(1948)
Panhandle
as Matt Garson
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Marshall Gregg
(1948)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Riley Morgan
(1948)
Jungle Goddess
as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
(1948)
The Return of Wildfire
as Marty Quinn
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Captain from Castile
as Juan Escudero (uncredited)
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
The Brasher Doubloon
as Dr. Moss (uncredited)
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Jessup
(1946)
The Razor's Edge
as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
Shock
as District Attorney O'Neill
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Lt. Frank Reeves
(1946)
If I'm Lucky
as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
(1946)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Mike Valentine
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Dr. Mason
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
as Cmdr. Robertson
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Prosecutor
(1945)
The House on 92nd Street
as Narrator (voice)
(1945)
The Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Rene Marcel
(1945)
Doll Face
as Flo Hartman
(1945)
The Last Bomb
as Narrator
(1945)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
as Tactics Colonel
(1944)
Wilson
as White House Usher (uncredited)
(1944)
Home in Indiana
as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
(1944)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as FBI Agent Boyden
(1944)
In the Meantime, Darling
as Maj. Phillips
(1944)
Rainbow Island
as High Priest Kahuna
(1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
(1944)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as First Dive-bomber Pilot
(1943)
Guadalcanal Diary
as War Correspondent/ Narrator
(1943)
Happy Land
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Wintertime
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Naval Officer
(1942)
Jail House Blues
as Boston
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
(1941)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Rahman Bar
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Beau Smith
(1941)
Appointment for Love
as Ferguson (uncredited)
(1941)
Sea Raiders
as Carl Tonjes
(1941)
I'll Wait for You
as Tony Berolli
(1941)
Sky Raiders
as Caddens
(1941)
Road Agent
as Henchman Shayne
(1940)
Flight Command
as Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
(1940)
I Take This Woman
as Bob Hampton
(1940)
Ski Patrol
as Ivan Dubroski
(1940)
The Bank Dick
as Francois
(1940)
Meet the Wildcat
as Basso--Henchman
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Don Diego Vega / Zorro
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Lawyer
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Tom Crandell
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
(1939)
The Man from Montreal
as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
(1938)
Sunset Murder Case
as Oliver Helton
(1938)
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
as Ralph Mortimer
(1938)
Female Fugitive
as Bruce Dunning