Reed Hadley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 25, 1911
- Died
- December 11, 1974
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller 2002
as Jesse James (archive footage)
The Many Faces of Zorro 2000
as Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie 1995
as Self (archive footage)
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story 1971
as Narrator
Brain of Blood 1971
as Amir
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago 1969
as Narrator (voice)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 1967
as Hymie Weiss
The Curse of the Fly 1965
as Ike
Young Dillinger 1965
as Federal Agent Parker
Moro Witch Doctor 1964
as Robert Collins
- The Upper Chamber
The Upper Chamber 1963
Actor
All in a Night's Work 1961
as General Pettiford (uncredited)
Mobs, Inc. 1956
as Capt. John Braddock
- Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Lincoln Speaks for Himself 1955
as Abraham Lincoln
Big House, U.S.A 1955
as Special FBI Agent James Madden
Return of the Dead 1954
as Bart Matthews
Highway Dragnet 1954
as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
- Hazard House
Hazard House 1954
as Television Host
Woman They Almost Lynched 1953
as Bitterroot Bill Maris
Kansas Pacific 1953
as Bill Quantrill
The Half-Breed 1952
as Frank Crawford
- Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy 1952
as Host / Narrator
Little Big Horn 1951
as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
Insurance Investigator 1951
as Chuck Malone
Dallas 1950
as Wild Bill Hickok
The Killer That Stalked New York 1950
as Narrator (uncredited)
The Return of Jesse James 1950
as Frank James
A Modern Marriage 1950
as Dr. Donald Andrews
Motor Patrol 1950
as Detective Robert Flynn
The Baron of Arizona 1950
as John Griff
Riders of the Range 1950
as Clint Burrows
Red Desert 1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Grand Canyon 1949
as Mitch Bennett
Rimfire 1949
as The Abilene Kid
I Shot Jesse James 1949
as Jesse James
He Walked by Night 1949
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bailing Out 1949
as Narrator
Last of the Wild Horses 1948
as Riley Morgan
Walk a Crooked Mile 1948
as Narrator (voice)
The Return of Wildfire 1948
as Marty Quinn
Jungle Goddess 1948
as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
The Iron Curtain 1948
as Narrator (voice)
The Man from Texas 1948
as Marshall Gregg
Panhandle 1948
as Matt Garson
Captain from Castile 1947
as Juan Escudero (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan 1947
as Jessup
Boomerang! 1947
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Brasher Doubloon 1947
as Dr. Moss (uncredited)
13 Rue Madeleine 1947
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Razor's Edge 1946
as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
If I'm Lucky 1946
as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog 1946
as Mike Valentine
The Dark Corner 1946
as Frank Reeves
Shock 1946
as O'Neill
Doll Face 1945
as Flo Hartman
Leave Her to Heaven 1945
as Dr. Mason
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures 1945
as Tactics Colonel
The Last Bomb 1945
as Narrator
The House on 92nd Street 1945
as Narrator (voice)
A Bell for Adano 1945
as Commander Robertson
The Caribbean Mystery 1945
as Dr. Rene Marcel
Circumstantial Evidence 1945
as Prosecutor
Rainbow Island 1944
as High Priest Kahuna
In the Meantime, Darling 1944
as Maj. Phillips
Wilson 1944
as White House Usher (uncredited)
Home in Indiana 1944
as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster 1944
as FBI Agent Boyden
Four Jills in a Jeep 1944
as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
- Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense 1944
as First Dive-bomber Pilot
Happy Land 1943
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Guadalcanal Diary 1943
as War Correspondent/ Narrator
Wintertime 1943
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
I Married a Witch 1942
as Young Man (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam 1942
as Man at Auction (uncredited)
The Mystery of Marie Roget 1942
as Naval Officer
Jail House Blues 1942
as Boston
Arizona Terrors 1942
as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
Road Agent 1941
as Henchman Shayne
Appointment for Love 1941
as Ferguson (uncredited)
Sea Raiders 1941
as Carl Tonjes
Whistling in the Dark 1941
as Beau Smith
I'll Wait for You 1941
as Tony Berolli
Ziegfeld Girl 1941
as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
Sky Raiders 1941
as Caddens
Adventures of Captain Marvel 1941
as Rahman Bar
Flight Command 1940
as Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
The Bank Dick 1940
as Francois
Meet the Wildcat 1940
as Basso--Henchman
Ski Patrol 1940
as Ivan Dubroski
I Take This Woman 1940
as Bob Hampton
Zorro's Fighting Legion 1939
as Don Diego Vega / Zorro
The Man from Montreal 1939
as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
Bachelor Mother 1939
as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire 1939
as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare 1939
as Tom Crandell
Sergeant Madden 1939
as Lawyer
Sunset Murder Case 1938
as Oliver Helton
Female Fugitive 1938
as Bruce Dunning
Hollywood Stadium Mystery 1938
as Ralph Mortimer
Credits from TMDB.