Reed Hadley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 25, 1911
- Died
- December 11, 1974 (aged 63)
- Birthplace
- Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reed Hadley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Movie · as Jesse James (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Brain of Blood
Movie · as Amir
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Movie · as Narrator
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie · as Hymie Weiss
Hondo
TV · 1 ep
The Curse of the Fly
Movie · as Ike
Young Dillinger
Movie · as Federal Agent Parker
Green Acres
TV · as Pilot · 1 ep
Moro Witch Doctor
Movie · as Robert Collins
The Upper Chamber
Movie
All in a Night's Work
Movie · as General Pettiford (uncredited)
Rawhide
TV · as Clement · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · as Raymond Braddock · 1 ep
Sea Hunt
TV · 1 ep
Bat Masterson
TV · as Raoul Cummings · 1 ep
The Texan
TV · as Wild Jack Tobin, Sheriff Ben Tildy · 3 eps
Perry Mason
TV · as Medical Examiner · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Mort Galvin · 1 ep
Mobs, Inc.
Movie · as Capt. John Braddock
Big House, U.S.A
Movie · as Special FBI Agent James Madden
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Movie · as Abraham Lincoln
Navy Log
TV · 1 ep
Highway Dragnet
Movie · as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
Hazard House
Movie · as Television Host
Return of the Dead
Movie · as Bart Matthews
Public Defender
TV · as Bart Matthews · 69 eps
Woman They Almost Lynched
Movie · as Bitterroot Bill Maris
Kansas Pacific
Movie · as Bill Quantrill
Operation Ivy
Movie · as Host / Narrator
The Half-Breed
Movie · as Frank Crawford
Cavalcade of America
TV · 1 ep
Little Big Horn
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
Insurance Investigator
Movie · as Chuck Malone
Racket Squad
TV · 98 eps
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie · as Narrator (uncredited)
The Baron of Arizona
Movie · as John Griff
Motor Patrol
Movie · as Detective Robert Flynn
Riders of the Range
Movie · as Clint Burrows
The Return of Jesse James
Movie · as Frank James
Dallas
Movie · as Wild Bill Hickok
A Modern Marriage
Movie · as Dr. Donald Andrews
He Walked by Night
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
I Shot Jesse James
Movie · as Jesse James
Rimfire
Movie · as The Abilene Kid
Red Desert
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bailing Out
Movie · as Narrator
Grand Canyon
Movie · as Mitch Bennett
Walk a Crooked Mile
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Man from Texas
Movie · as Marshall Gregg
Last of the Wild Horses
Movie · as Riley Morgan
Panhandle
Movie · as Matt Garson
Jungle Goddess
Movie · as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
The Return of Wildfire
Movie · as Marty Quinn
The Iron Curtain
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Brasher Doubloon
Movie · as Dr. Moss (uncredited)
Boomerang!
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Captain from Castile
Movie · as Juan Escudero (uncredited)
13 Rue Madeleine
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan
Movie · as Jessup
The Dark Corner
Movie · as Frank Reeves
Shock
Movie · as O'Neill
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Movie · as Mike Valentine
If I'm Lucky
Movie · as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
The Razor's Edge
Movie · as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
The House on 92nd Street
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Prosecutor
Leave Her to Heaven
Movie · as Dr. Mason
The Caribbean Mystery
Movie · as Dr. Rene Marcel
Doll Face
Movie · as Flo Hartman
The Last Bomb
Movie · as Narrator
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Movie · as Tactics Colonel
A Bell for Adano
Movie · as Commander Robertson
Wilson
Movie · as White House Usher (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie · as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Movie · as FBI Agent Boyden
Rainbow Island
Movie · as High Priest Kahuna
Home in Indiana
Movie · as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Movie · as First Dive-bomber Pilot
In the Meantime, Darling
Movie · as Maj. Phillips
Guadalcanal Diary
Movie · as War Correspondent/ Narrator
Wintertime
Movie · as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Happy Land
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Jail House Blues
Movie · as Boston
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Movie · as Naval Officer
Arizona Terrors
Movie · as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
I Married a Witch
Movie · as Young Man (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Movie · as Man at Auction (uncredited)
Whistling in the Dark
Movie · as Beau Smith
I'll Wait for You
Movie · as Tony Berolli
Sky Raiders
Movie · as Caddens
Sea Raiders
Movie · as Carl Tonjes
Ziegfeld Girl
Movie · as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Movie · as Rahman Bar
Appointment for Love
Movie · as Ferguson (uncredited)
Road Agent
Movie · as Henchman Shayne
Adventures of Captain Marvel
TV · as Rahman Bar · 12 eps
The Bank Dick
Movie · as Francois
I Take This Woman
Movie · as Bob Hampton
Flight Command
Movie · as Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
Meet the Wildcat
Movie · as Basso--Henchman
Ski Patrol
Movie · as Ivan Dubroski
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Movie · as Don Diego Vega / Zorro
The Man from Montreal
Movie · as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
Stronger Than Desire
Movie · as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Tom Crandell
Bachelor Mother
Movie · as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Lawyer
Sunset Murder Case
Movie · as Oliver Helton
Female Fugitive
Movie · as Bruce Dunning
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Movie · as Ralph Mortimer