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 | Self (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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Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story | Narrator | 1971-12-31 |
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Brain of Blood | Amir | 1971-08-01 |
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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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Young Dillinger | Federal Agent Parker | 1965-04-28 |
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Curse of the Fly | Ike | 1965-05-01 |
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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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Return of the Dead | Bart Matthews | 1954-09-09 |
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Hazard House | Television Host | 1954-01-01 |
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Highway Dragnet | Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle | 1954-01-20 |
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Woman They Almost Lynched | Bitterroot Bill Maris | 1953-03-20 |
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Kansas Pacific | Bill Quantrill | 1953-02-22 |
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Operation Ivy | Host / Narrator | 1952-01-01 |
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The Half-Breed | Frank Crawford | 1952-05-03 |
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Insurance Investigator | Chuck Malone | 1951-03-23 |
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Little Big Horn | Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson | 1951-06-15 |
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Motor Patrol | Detective Robert Flynn | 1950-05-12 |
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Riders of the Range | Clint Burrows | 1950-02-11 |
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A Modern Marriage | Dr. Donald Andrews | 1950-07-10 |
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The Killer That Stalked New York | Narrator (uncredited) | 1950-10-06 |
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The Baron of Arizona | John Griff | 1950-03-04 |
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Dallas | Wild Bill Hickok | 1950-12-30 |
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The Return of Jesse James | Frank James | 1950-08-01 |
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I Shot Jesse James | Jesse James | 1949-02-26 |
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He Walked by Night | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1949-02-06 |
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Grand Canyon | Mitch Bennett | 1949-05-19 |
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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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Jungle Goddess | Radio Newscaster (uncredited) | 1948-08-13 |
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Panhandle | Matt Garson | 1948-02-22 |
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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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The Iron Curtain | Narrator (voice) | 1948-06-16 |
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The Man from Texas | Marshall Gregg | 1948-03-06 |
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Walk a Crooked Mile | Narrator (voice) | 1948-09-02 |
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Boomerang! | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-02-28 |
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The Brasher Doubloon | Dr. Moss (uncredited) | 1947-02-06 |
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13 Rue Madeleine | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1947-01-15 |
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Captain from Castile | Juan Escudero (uncredited) | 1947-12-25 |
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The Fabulous Texan | Jessup | 1947-11-09 |
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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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The Razor's Edge | Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited) | 1946-11-19 |
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog | Mike Valentine | 1946-07-01 |
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If I'm Lucky | Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager | 1946-09-02 |
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The Caribbean Mystery | Dr. Rene Marcel | 1945-06-01 |
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A Bell for Adano | Cmdr. Robertson | 1945-06-21 |
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Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures | Tactics Colonel | 1945-12-03 |
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The House on 92nd Street | Narrator (voice) | 1945-09-10 |
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The Last Bomb | Narrator | 1945-12-01 |
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Leave Her to Heaven | Dr. Mason | 1945-12-25 |
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Circumstantial Evidence | Prosecutor | 1945-04-20 |
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Doll Face | Flo Hartman | 1945-12-31 |
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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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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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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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In the Meantime, Darling | Maj. Phillips | 1944-09-22 |
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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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Happy Land | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-11-10 |
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The Mystery of Marie Roget | Naval Officer | 1942-04-23 |
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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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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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Road Agent | Henchman Shayne | 1941-12-19 |
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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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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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I Take This Woman | Bob Hampton | 1940-02-02 |
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Meet the Wildcat | Basso--Henchman | 1940-10-22 |
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Flight Command | Admiral's Aide (uncredited) | 1940-12-27 |
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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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Stronger Than Desire | Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Zorro's Fighting Legion | Don Diego Vega / Zorro | 1939-12-16 |
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Calling Dr. Kildare | Tom Crandell | 1939-04-28 |
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The Man from Montreal | Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins | 1939-12-09 |
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Bachelor Mother | Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited) | 1939-06-30 |
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Sergeant Madden | Lawyer | 1939-03-24 |
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Hollywood Stadium Mystery | Ralph Mortimer | 1938-02-21 |
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Sunset Murder Case | Oliver Helton | 1938-11-11 |
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Female Fugitive | Bruce Dunning | 1938-04-15 |
