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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.

Known for

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch

Perry Mason

Perry Mason

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Jesse James (archive footage)

2002

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Self (archive footage)

1995

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

Narrator

1971

Brain of Blood

Amir

1971

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago

Narrator (voice)

1969

Hondo

(1 episode)

1967

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

Hymie Weiss

1967

Green Acres

Pilot · (1 episode)

1965

Curse of the Fly

Ike

1965

Young Dillinger

Federal Agent Parker

1965

Moro Witch Doctor

Robert Collins

1964

All in a Night's Work

General Pettiford (uncredited)

1961

Tightrope

Raymond Braddock · (1 episode)

1959

Rawhide

Clement · (1 episode)

1959

Bat Masterson

Raoul Cummings · (1 episode)

1958

The Texan

(1 episode)

1958

The Texan

Wild Jack Tobin · (3 episodes)

1958

Sea Hunt

(1 episode)

1958

Perry Mason

Medical Examiner · (1 episode)

1957

Wagon Train

Mort Galvin · (1 episode)

1957

Mobs, Inc.

Capt. John Braddock

1956

Mobs Incorporated

Capt. John Braddock

1956

Lincoln Speaks for Himself

Abraham Lincoln

1955

Navy Log

(1 episode)

1955

Big House, U.S.A

Special FBI Agent James Madden

1955

Return of the Dead

Bart Matthews

1954

Public Defender

Bart Matthews · (69 episodes)

1954

Highway Dragnet

Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle

1954

Hazard House

Television Host

1954

Woman They Almost Lynched

Bitterroot Bill Maris

1953

Kansas Pacific

Bill Quantrill

1953

Cavalcade of America

(1 episode)

1952

The Half-Breed

Frank Crawford

1952

Operation Ivy

Host / Narrator

1952

Little Big Horn

Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson

1951

Racket Squad

(99 episodes)

1951

Insurance Investigator

Chuck Malone

1951

Dallas

Wild Bill Hickok

1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

Narrator (uncredited)

1950

The Return of Jesse James

Frank James

1950

A Modern Marriage

Dr. Donald Andrews

1950

Motor Patrol

Detective Robert Flynn

1950

The Baron of Arizona

John Griff

1950

Riders of the Range

Clint Burrows

1950

Red Desert

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949

Grand Canyon

Mitch Bennett

1949

Rimfire

The Abilene Kid

1949

I Shot Jesse James

Jesse James

1949

He Walked by Night

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949

Bailing Out

Narrator

1949

Last of the Wild Horses

Riley Morgan

1948

Walk a Crooked Mile

Narrator (voice)

1948

Jungle Goddess

Radio Newscaster (uncredited)

1948

The Return of Wildfire

Marty Quinn

1948

The Man from Texas

Marshall Gregg

1948

Panhandle

Matt Garson

1948

Captain from Castile

Juan Escudero (uncredited)

1947

The Fabulous Texan

Jessup

1947

Boomerang!

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947

The Brasher Doubloon

Dr. Moss (uncredited)

1947

13 Rue Madeleine

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947

The Razor's Edge

Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)

1946

If I'm Lucky

Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager

1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Mike Valentine

1946

The Dark Corner

Lt. Frank Reeves

1946

Shock

District Attorney O'Neill

1946

Doll Face

Flo Hartman

1945

Leave Her to Heaven

Dr. Mason

1945

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

Tactics Colonel

1945

The Last Bomb

Narrator

1945

The House on 92nd Street

Narrator (voice)

1945

A Bell for Adano

Cmdr. Robertson

1945

The Caribbean Mystery

Dr. Rene Marcel

1945

Circumstantial Evidence

Prosecutor

1945

Rainbow Island

High Priest Kahuna

1944

In the Meantime, Darling

Maj. Phillips

1944

Wilson

White House Usher (uncredited)

1944

Home in Indiana

Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)

1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

FBI Agent Boyden

1944

Four Jills in a Jeep

Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)

1944

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

First Dive-bomber Pilot

1944

Happy Land

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943

Guadalcanal Diary

War Correspondent/ Narrator

1943

Wintertime

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1943

I Married a Witch

1942

Lady in a Jam

Man at Auction (uncredited)

1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Naval Officer

1942

Jail House Blues

Boston

1942

Arizona Terrors

Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo

1942

Road Agent

Henchman Shayne

1941

Appointment for Love

Ferguson (uncredited)

1941

Sea Raiders

Carl Tonjes

1941

Whistling in the Dark

Beau Smith

1941

I'll Wait for You

Tony Berolli

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)

1941

Sky Raiders

Caddens

1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Rahman Bar

1941

Flight Command

Admiral's Aide (uncredited)

1940

The Bank Dick

Francois

1940

Meet the Wildcat

Basso--Henchman

1940

Ski Patrol

Ivan Dubroski

1940

I Take This Woman

Bob Hampton

1940

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Don Diego Vega / Zorro

1939

The Man from Montreal

Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins

1939

Stronger Than Desire

Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)

1939

Bachelor Mother

Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)

1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

Tom Crandell

1939

Sergeant Madden

Lawyer

1939

Sunset Murder Case

Oliver Helton

1938

Female Fugitive

Bruce Dunning

1938

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Ralph Mortimer

1938