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Reed Hadley
Born · June 25, 1911
Died · December 11, 1974 (63 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
Bio
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reed Hadley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jesse James (archive footage)
5.8
2002
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Self (archive footage)
7.2
1995
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Narrator
6.0
1971
Brain of Blood
Amir
2.7
1971
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
Narrator (voice)
3.0
1969
Hondo
(1 episode)
6.5
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Hymie Weiss
6.3
1967
Green Acres
Pilot · (1 episode)
7.3
1965
Curse of the Fly
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5.3
1965
Young Dillinger
Federal Agent Parker
6.5
1965
Moro Witch Doctor
Robert Collins
4.0
1964
All in a Night's Work
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5.9
1961
Tightrope
Raymond Braddock · (1 episode)
5.5
1959
Rawhide
Clement · (1 episode)
7.2
1959
Bat Masterson
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6.1
1958
The Texan
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5.0
1958
The Texan
Wild Jack Tobin · (3 episodes)
5.0
1958
Sea Hunt
(1 episode)
6.5
1958
Perry Mason
Medical Examiner · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Wagon Train
Mort Galvin · (1 episode)
6.3
1957
Mobs, Inc.
Capt. John Braddock
4.0
1956
Mobs Incorporated
Capt. John Braddock
0.0
1956
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Abraham Lincoln
0.0
1955
Navy Log
(1 episode)
4.5
1955
Big House, U.S.A
Special FBI Agent James Madden
6.5
1955
Return of the Dead
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0.0
1954
Public Defender
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1954
Highway Dragnet
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6.0
1954
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0.0
1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
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6.2
1953
Kansas Pacific
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4.8
1953
Cavalcade of America
(1 episode)
3.5
1952
The Half-Breed
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5.0
1952
Operation Ivy
Host / Narrator
3.5
1952
Little Big Horn
Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
6.6
1951
Racket Squad
(99 episodes)
6.0
1951
Insurance Investigator
Chuck Malone
5.0
1951
Dallas
Wild Bill Hickok
6.4
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
Narrator (uncredited)
6.1
1950
The Return of Jesse James
Frank James
5.0
1950
A Modern Marriage
Dr. Donald Andrews
0.0
1950
Motor Patrol
Detective Robert Flynn
6.0
1950
The Baron of Arizona
John Griff
6.7
1950
Riders of the Range
Clint Burrows
6.0
1950
Red Desert
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
0.0
1949
Grand Canyon
Mitch Bennett
0.0
1949
Rimfire
The Abilene Kid
5.7
1949
I Shot Jesse James
Jesse James
6.3
1949
He Walked by Night
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.7
1949
Bailing Out
Narrator
0.0
1949
Last of the Wild Horses
Riley Morgan
2.6
1948
Walk a Crooked Mile
Narrator (voice)
5.8
1948
Jungle Goddess
Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
2.6
1948
The Return of Wildfire
Marty Quinn
0.0
1948
The Man from Texas
Marshall Gregg
6.0
1948
Panhandle
Matt Garson
5.8
1948
Captain from Castile
Juan Escudero (uncredited)
7.2
1947
The Fabulous Texan
Jessup
4.0
1947
Boomerang!
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.9
1947
The Brasher Doubloon
Dr. Moss (uncredited)
5.9
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
5.9
1947
The Razor's Edge
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6.9
1946
If I'm Lucky
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6.5
1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Mike Valentine
5.8
1946
The Dark Corner
Lt. Frank Reeves
6.6
1946
Shock
District Attorney O'Neill
5.9
1946
Doll Face
Flo Hartman
4.5
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Dr. Mason
7.4
1945
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Tactics Colonel
0.0
1945
The Last Bomb
Narrator
5.8
1945
The House on 92nd Street
Narrator (voice)
6.4
1945
A Bell for Adano
Cmdr. Robertson
5.7
1945
The Caribbean Mystery
Dr. Rene Marcel
5.0
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
Prosecutor
4.8
1945
Rainbow Island
High Priest Kahuna
6.0
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Maj. Phillips
5.0
1944
Wilson
White House Usher (uncredited)
5.5
1944
Home in Indiana
Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
5.6
1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
FBI Agent Boyden
6.0
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
5.7
1944
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
First Dive-bomber Pilot
0.0
1944
Happy Land
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.2
1943
Guadalcanal Diary
War Correspondent/ Narrator
5.6
1943
Wintertime
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
3.5
1943
I Married a Witch
6.8
1942
Lady in a Jam
Man at Auction (uncredited)
5.5
1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Naval Officer
5.5
1942
Jail House Blues
Boston
0.0
1942
Arizona Terrors
Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
0.0
1942
Road Agent
Henchman Shayne
0.0
1941
Appointment for Love
Ferguson (uncredited)
5.2
1941
Sea Raiders
Carl Tonjes
6.0
1941
Whistling in the Dark
Beau Smith
5.8
1941
I'll Wait for You
Tony Berolli
6.8
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
6.5
1941
Sky Raiders
Caddens
6.3
1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Rahman Bar
6.2
1941
Flight Command
Admiral's Aide
5.4
1940
The Bank Dick
Francois
6.5
1940
Meet the Wildcat
Basso--Henchman
0.0
1940
Ski Patrol
Ivan Dubroski
3.7
1940
I Take This Woman
Bob Hampton
6.2
1940
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Don Diego Vega / Zorro
5.2
1939
The Man from Montreal
Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
3.8
1939
Stronger Than Desire
Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
5.8
1939
Bachelor Mother
Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
7.1
1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Tom Crandell
6.1
1939
Sergeant Madden
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6.0
1939
Sunset Murder Case
Oliver Helton
3.4
1938
Female Fugitive
Bruce Dunning
0.0
1938
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
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5.7
1938