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