Reed Hadley
Born
June 25, 1911
Died
December 11, 1974 (63 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
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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

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
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