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)
Brain of Blood
as Amir
(1971)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
as Narrator
(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)
Return of the Dead
as Bart Matthews
(1954)
Hazard House
as Television Host
(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)
Little Big Horn
as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
(1951)
Insurance Investigator
as Chuck Malone
(1950)
Dallas
as Wild Bill Hickok
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Narrator (uncredited)
(1950)
The Baron of Arizona
as John Griff
(1950)
The Return of Jesse James
as Frank James
(1950)
Motor Patrol
as Detective Robert Flynn
(1950)
Riders of the Range
as Clint Burrows
(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)
Bailing Out
as Narrator
(1949)
Grand Canyon
as Mitch Bennett
(1948)
Panhandle
as Matt Garson
(1948)
Jungle Goddess
as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
(1948)
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Narrator (voice)
(1948)
Last of the Wild Horses
as Riley Morgan
(1948)
The Man from Texas
as Marshall Gregg
(1948)
The Return of Wildfire
as Marty Quinn
(1947)
Boomerang!
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
Captain from Castile
as Juan Escudero (uncredited)
(1947)
The Brasher Doubloon
as Dr. Moss (uncredited)
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1947)
The Fabulous Texan
as Jessup
(1946)
Shock
as District Attorney O'Neill
(1946)
The Razor's Edge
as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
(1946)
The Dark Corner
as Lt. Frank Reeves
(1946)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
as Mike Valentine
(1946)
If I'm Lucky
as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
(1945)
Leave Her to Heaven
as Dr. Mason
(1945)
Doll Face
as Flo Hartman
(1945)
Circumstantial Evidence
as Prosecutor
(1945)
The House on 92nd Street
as Narrator (voice)
(1945)
The Last Bomb
as Narrator
(1945)
A Bell for Adano
as Cmdr. Robertson
(1945)
The Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Rene Marcel
(1945)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
as Tactics Colonel
(1944)
Wilson
as White House Usher (uncredited)
(1944)
In the Meantime, Darling
as Maj. Phillips
(1944)
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
(1944)
Home in Indiana
as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
(1944)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as FBI Agent Boyden
(1944)
Rainbow Island
as High Priest Kahuna
(1944)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
as First Dive-bomber Pilot
(1943)
Happy Land
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1943)
Guadalcanal Diary
as War Correspondent/ Narrator
(1943)
Wintertime
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
(1942)
Arizona Terrors
as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
(1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Naval Officer
(1942)
Jail House Blues
as Boston
(1941)
Ziegfeld Girl
as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
(1941)
Sea Raiders
as Carl Tonjes
(1941)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
as Rahman Bar
(1941)
Appointment for Love
as Ferguson (uncredited)
(1941)
Whistling in the Dark
as Beau Smith
(1941)
Road Agent
as Henchman Shayne
(1941)
I'll Wait for You
as Tony Berolli
(1941)
Sky Raiders
as Caddens
(1940)
The Bank Dick
as Francois
(1940)
Flight Command
as Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
(1940)
Meet the Wildcat
as Basso--Henchman
(1940)
I Take This Woman
as Bob Hampton
(1940)
Ski Patrol
as Ivan Dubroski
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
(1939)
Zorro's Fighting Legion
as Don Diego Vega / Zorro
(1939)
Sergeant Madden
as Lawyer
(1939)
Stronger Than Desire
as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
(1939)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Tom Crandell
(1939)
The Man from Montreal
as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
(1938)
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
as Ralph Mortimer
(1938)
Sunset Murder Case
as Oliver Helton
(1938)
Female Fugitive
as Bruce Dunning