1911-06-25 Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
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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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Jesse James (archive footage) | 2002-07-02 |
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The Many Faces of Zorro | Archive Footage | 2000-12-26 |
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | Self (archive footage) | 1995-09-29 |
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Brain of Blood | Amir | 1971-08-01 |
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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story | Narrator | 1971-12-31 |
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The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago | Narrator (voice) | 1969-06-01 |
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The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Hymie Weiss | 1967-06-30 |
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Curse of the Fly | Ike | 1965-05-01 |
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Young Dillinger | Federal Agent Parker | 1965-04-28 |
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Moro Witch Doctor | Robert Collins | 1964-11-01 |
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All in a Night's Work | General Pettiford (uncredited) | 1961-03-15 |
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Mobs, Inc. | Capt. John Braddock | 1956-03-21 |
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Big House, U.S.A | Special FBI Agent James Madden | 1955-03-03 |
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Lincoln Speaks for Himself | Abraham Lincoln | 1955-12-31 |
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Highway Dragnet | Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle | 1954-01-20 |
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Hazard House | Television Host | 1954-01-01 |
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Return of the Dead | Bart Matthews | 1954-09-09 |
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Kansas Pacific | Bill Quantrill | 1953-02-22 |
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Woman They Almost Lynched | Bitterroot Bill Maris | 1953-03-20 |
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The Half-Breed | Frank Crawford | 1952-05-03 |
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Operation Ivy | Host / Narrator | 1952-01-01 |
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Little Big Horn | Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson | 1951-06-15 |
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Insurance Investigator | Chuck Malone | 1951-03-23 |
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The Baron of Arizona | John Griff | 1950-03-04 |
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The Killer That Stalked New York | Narrator (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
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Riders of the Range | Clint Burrows | 1950-02-11 |
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The Return of Jesse James | Frank James | 1950-08-01 |
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A Modern Marriage | Dr. Donald Andrews | 1950-07-10 |
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Dallas | Wild Bill Hickok | 1950-12-30 |
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Motor Patrol | Detective Robert Flynn | 1950-05-12 |
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He Walked by Night | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-02-06 |
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Rimfire | The Abilene Kid | 1949-03-25 |
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Red Desert | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-12-17 |
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Bailing Out | Narrator | 1949-01-01 |
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I Shot Jesse James | Jesse James | 1949-02-26 |
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Grand Canyon | Mitch Bennett | 1949-05-19 |
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Panhandle | Matt Garson | 1948-02-22 |
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Walk a Crooked Mile | Narrator (voice) | 1948-09-02 |
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The Return of Wildfire | Marty Quinn | 1948-08-13 |
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Last of the Wild Horses | Riley Morgan | 1948-12-27 |
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Jungle Goddess | Radio Newscaster (uncredited) | 1948-08-13 |
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The Man from Texas | Marshall Gregg | 1948-03-06 |
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Captain from Castile | Juan Escudero (uncredited) | 1947-12-25 |
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Boomerang! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-02-28 |
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The Fabulous Texan | Jessup | 1947-11-09 |
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13 Rue Madeleine | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-01-15 |
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The Brasher Doubloon | Dr. Moss (uncredited) | 1947-02-06 |
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The Razor's Edge | Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-11-19 |
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The Dark Corner | Lt. Frank Reeves | 1946-04-09 |
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Shock | District Attorney O'Neill | 1946-02-01 |
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If I'm Lucky | Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager | 1946-09-02 |
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Mike Valentine | 1946-07-01 |
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The Caribbean Mystery | Dr. Rene Marcel | 1945-06-01 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Dr. Mason | 1945-12-25 |
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A Bell for Adano | Cmdr. Robertson | 1945-06-21 |
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Doll Face | Flo Hartman | 1945-12-31 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Prosecutor | 1945-04-20 |
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The Last Bomb | Narrator | 1945-12-01 |
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The House on 92nd Street | Narrator (voice) | 1945-09-10 |
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures | Tactics Colonel | 1945-12-03 |
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Roger Touhy, Gangster | FBI Agent Boyden | 1944-06-03 |
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Four Jills in a Jeep | Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited) | 1944-03-17 |
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In the Meantime, Darling | Maj. Phillips | 1944-09-22 |
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Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense | First Dive-bomber Pilot | 1944-03-13 |
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Rainbow Island | High Priest Kahuna | 1944-10-05 |
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Wilson | White House Usher (uncredited) | 1944-08-01 |
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Home in Indiana | Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited) | 1944-06-15 |
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Happy Land | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-11-10 |
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Wintertime | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-09-17 |
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Guadalcanal Diary | War Correspondent/ Narrator | 1943-10-27 |
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Arizona Terrors | Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo | 1942-01-13 |
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I Married a Witch | 1942-10-30 | |
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Lady in a Jam | Man at Auction (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
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Jail House Blues | Boston | 1942-02-01 |
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The Mystery of Marie Roget | Naval Officer | 1942-04-23 |
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Appointment for Love | Ferguson (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
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Adventures of Captain Marvel | Rahman Bar | 1941-03-28 |
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Road Agent | Henchman Shayne | 1941-12-19 |
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Sea Raiders | Carl Tonjes | 1941-10-13 |
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I'll Wait for You | Tony Berolli | 1941-05-16 |
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Whistling in the Dark | Beau Smith | 1941-08-08 |
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Sky Raiders | Caddens | 1941-04-08 |
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Ziegfeld Girl | Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited) | 1941-04-25 |
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Flight Command | Admiral's Aide (uncredited) | 1940-12-27 |
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Meet the Wildcat | Basso--Henchman | 1940-10-22 |
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Ski Patrol | Ivan Dubroski | 1940-05-09 |
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The Bank Dick | Francois | 1940-11-29 |
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I Take This Woman | Bob Hampton | 1940-02-02 |
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The Man from Montreal | Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins | 1939-12-09 |
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Zorro's Fighting Legion | Don Diego Vega / Zorro | 1939-12-16 |
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Sergeant Madden | Lawyer | 1939-03-24 |
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Bachelor Mother | Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Tom Crandell | 1939-04-28 |
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Stronger Than Desire | Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Sunset Murder Case | Oliver Helton | 1938-11-11 |
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Ralph Mortimer | 1938-02-21 |
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Female Fugitive | Bruce Dunning | 1938-04-15 |
