Reed Hadley
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2002 · The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller as Jesse James (archive footage)
- 1995 · Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 · Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story as Narrator
- 1971 · Brain of Blood as Amir
- 1969 · The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · Hondo as
- 1967 · The St. Valentine's Day Massacre as Hymie Weiss
- 1965 · Green Acres as Pilot
- 1965 · Curse of the Fly as Ike
- 1965 · Young Dillinger as Federal Agent Parker
- 1964 · Moro Witch Doctor as Robert Collins
- 1961 · All in a Night's Work as General Pettiford (uncredited)
- 1959 · Tightrope as Raymond Braddock
- 1959 · Rawhide as Clement
- 1958 · Bat Masterson as Raoul Cummings
- 1958 · The Texan as
- 1958 · The Texan as Wild Jack Tobin
- 1958 · Sea Hunt as
- 1957 · Perry Mason as Medical Examiner
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Mort Galvin
- 1956 · Mobs, Inc. as Capt. John Braddock
- 1956 · Mobs Incorporated as Capt. John Braddock
- 1955 · Lincoln Speaks for Himself as Abraham Lincoln
- 1955 · Navy Log as
- 1955 · Big House, U.S.A as Special FBI Agent James Madden
- 1954 · Return of the Dead as Bart Matthews
- 1954 · Public Defender as Bart Matthews
- 1954 · Highway Dragnet as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
- 1954 · Hazard House as Television Host
- 1953 · Woman They Almost Lynched as Bitterroot Bill Maris
- 1953 · Kansas Pacific as Bill Quantrill
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as
- 1952 · The Half-Breed as Frank Crawford
- 1952 · Operation Ivy as Host / Narrator
- 1951 · Little Big Horn as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
- 1951 · Racket Squad as
- 1951 · Insurance Investigator as Chuck Malone
- 1950 · Dallas as Wild Bill Hickok
- 1950 · The Killer That Stalked New York as Narrator (uncredited)
- 1950 · The Return of Jesse James as Frank James
- 1950 · A Modern Marriage as Dr. Donald Andrews
- 1950 · Motor Patrol as Detective Robert Flynn
- 1950 · The Baron of Arizona as John Griff
- 1950 · Riders of the Range as Clint Burrows
- 1949 · Red Desert as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1949 · Grand Canyon as Mitch Bennett
- 1949 · Rimfire as The Abilene Kid
- 1949 · I Shot Jesse James as Jesse James
- 1949 · He Walked by Night as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1949 · Bailing Out as Narrator
- 1948 · Last of the Wild Horses as Riley Morgan
- 1948 · Walk a Crooked Mile as Narrator (voice)
- 1948 · The Return of Wildfire as Marty Quinn
- 1948 · Jungle Goddess as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
- 1948 · The Man from Texas as Marshall Gregg
- 1948 · Panhandle as Matt Garson
- 1947 · Captain from Castile as Juan Escudero (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Fabulous Texan as Jessup
- 1947 · Boomerang! as Narrator (voice)
- 1947 · The Brasher Doubloon as Dr. Moss (uncredited)
- 1947 · 13 Rue Madeleine as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946 · The Razor's Edge as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
- 1946 · If I'm Lucky as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
- 1946 · It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog as Mike Valentine
- 1946 · The Dark Corner as Lt. Frank Reeves
- 1946 · Shock as District Attorney O'Neill
- 1945 · Doll Face as Flo Hartman
- 1945 · Leave Her to Heaven as Dr. Mason
- 1945 · Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures as Tactics Colonel
- 1945 · The Last Bomb as Narrator
- 1945 · The House on 92nd Street as Narrator (voice)
- 1945 · A Bell for Adano as Cmdr. Robertson
- 1945 · The Caribbean Mystery as Dr. Rene Marcel
- 1945 · Circumstantial Evidence as Prosecutor
- 1944 · Rainbow Island as High Priest Kahuna
- 1944 · Wilson as White House Usher (uncredited)
- 1944 · Home in Indiana as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
- 1944 · Roger Touhy, Gangster as FBI Agent Boyden
- 1944 · Four Jills in a Jeep as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
- 1944 · Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense as First Dive-bomber Pilot
- 1943 · Happy Land as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1943 · Guadalcanal Diary as War Correspondent/ Narrator
- 1943 · Wintertime as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- 1942 · I Married a Witch as
- 1942 · The Mystery of Marie Roget as Naval Officer
- 1942 · Jail House Blues as Boston
- 1942 · Arizona Terrors as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
- 1941 · Road Agent as Henchman Shayne
- 1941 · Appointment for Love as Ferguson (uncredited)
- 1941 · Sea Raiders as Carl Tonjes
- 1941 · Whistling in the Dark as Beau Smith
- 1941 · I'll Wait for You as Tony Berolli
- 1941 · Ziegfeld Girl as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
- 1941 · Sky Raiders as Caddens
- 1941 · Adventures of Captain Marvel as Rahman Bar
- 1940 · Flight Command as Admiral's Aide
- 1940 · The Bank Dick as Francois
- 1940 · Meet the Wildcat as Basso--Henchman
- 1940 · Ski Patrol as Ivan Dubroski
- 1940 · I Take This Woman as Bob Hampton
- 1939 · Zorro's Fighting Legion as Don Diego Vega / Zorro
- 1939 · The Man from Montreal as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
- 1939 · Bachelor Mother as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
- 1939 · Stronger Than Desire as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1939 · Calling Dr. Kildare as Tom Crandell
- 1939 · Sergeant Madden as Lawyer
- 1938 · Sunset Murder Case as Oliver Helton
- 1938 · Female Fugitive as Bruce Dunning
- 1938 · Hollywood Stadium Mystery as Ralph Mortimer