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