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person_profile-Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley Died at age: 63

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Reed Hadley

Date of Birth:

Jun 25, 1911

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Dec 11, 1974

Biography of

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.​

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Reed Hadley

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Filmography of

Reed Hadley

Found 87 Movies in total

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

Jesse James (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2002

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1995

Brain of Blood

Amir ( Actor )

... 1971

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1967

Curse of the Fly

Ike ( Actor )

... 1965

Young Dillinger

Federal Agent Parker ( Actor )

... 1965

Moro Witch Doctor

Robert Collins ( Actor )

... 1964

All in a Night's Work

General Pettiford (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Mobs, Inc.

Capt. John Braddock ( Actor )

... 1956

Big House, U.S.A

Special FBI Agent James Madden ( Actor )

... 1955

Highway Dragnet

Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle ( Actor )

... 1954

Woman They Almost Lynched

Bitterroot Bill Maris ( Actor )

... 1953

Kansas Pacific

Bill Quantrill ( Actor )

... 1953

The Half-Breed

Frank Crawford ( Actor )

... 1952

Little Big Horn

Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson ( Actor )

... 1951

Insurance Investigator

Chuck Malone ( Actor )

... 1951

Dallas

Wild Bill Hickok ( Actor )

... 1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

Narrator (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Return of Jesse James

Frank James ( Actor )

... 1950

A Modern Marriage

Dr. Donald Andrews ( Actor )

... 1950

Motor Patrol

Detective Robert Flynn ( Actor )

... 1950

The Baron of Arizona

John Griff ( Actor )

... 1950

Riders of the Range

Clint Burrows ( Actor )

... 1950

Red Desert

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Grand Canyon

Mitch Bennett ( Actor )

... 1949

Rimfire

The Abilene Kid ( Actor )

... 1949

I Shot Jesse James

Jesse James ( Actor )

... 1949

He Walked by Night

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

Last of the Wild Horses

Riley Morgan ( Actor )

... 1948

Walk a Crooked Mile

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1948

Jungle Goddess

Radio Newscaster (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1948

The Return of Wildfire

Marty Quinn ( Actor )

... 1948

The Man from Texas

Marshall Gregg ( Actor )

... 1948

Panhandle

Matt Garson ( Actor )

... 1948

Captain from Castile

Juan Escudero (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Fabulous Texan

Jessup ( Actor )

... 1947

Boomerang!

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Brasher Doubloon

Dr. Moss (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

13 Rue Madeleine

Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

The Razor's Edge

Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

If I'm Lucky

Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager ( Actor )

... 1946

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

Mike Valentine ( Actor )

... 1946

The Dark Corner

Lt. Frank Reeves ( Actor )

... 1946

Shock

District Attorney O'Neill ( Actor )

... 1946

Doll Face

Flo Hartman ( Actor )

... 1945

Leave Her to Heaven

Dr. Mason ( Actor )

... 1945

The House on 92nd Street

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1945

A Bell for Adano

Cmdr. Robertson ( Actor )

... 1945

The Caribbean Mystery

Dr. Rene Marcel ( Actor )

... 1945

Circumstantial Evidence

Prosecutor ( Actor )

... 1945

Rainbow Island

High Priest Kahuna ( Actor )

... 1944

In the Meantime, Darling

Maj. Phillips ( Actor )

... 1944

Wilson

White House Usher (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Home in Indiana

Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster

FBI Agent Boyden ( Actor )

... 1944

Four Jills in a Jeep

Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Happy Land

Off-Screen Narrator ( Actor )

... 1943

Guadalcanal Diary

War Correspondent/ Narrator ( Actor )

... 1943

Wintertime

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1942

Lady in a Jam

Man at Auction (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Naval Officer ( Actor )

... 1942

Jail House Blues

Boston ( Actor )

... 1942

Arizona Terrors

Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo ( Actor )

... 1942

Road Agent

Henchman Shayne ( Actor )

... 1941

Appointment for Love

Ferguson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Sea Raiders

Carl Tonjes ( Actor )

... 1941

Whistling in the Dark

Beau Smith ( Actor )

... 1941

I'll Wait for You

Tony Berolli ( Actor )

... 1941

Ziegfeld Girl

Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Sky Raiders

Caddens ( Actor )

... 1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Rahman Bar ( Actor )

... 1941

Flight Command

Admiral's Aide ( Actor )

... 1940

The Bank Dick

Francois ( Actor )

... 1940

Meet the Wildcat

Basso--Henchman ( Actor )

... 1940

Ski Patrol

Ivan Dubroski ( Actor )

... 1940

I Take This Woman

Bob Hampton ( Actor )

... 1940

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Don Diego Vega and his alter ego Zorro ( Actor )

... 1939

The Man from Montreal

Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins ( Actor )

... 1939

Bachelor Mother

Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Stronger Than Desire

Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

Tom Crandell ( Actor )

... 1939

Sergeant Madden

Lawyer ( Actor )

... 1939

Sunset Murder Case

Oliver Helton ( Actor )

... 1938

Female Fugitive

Bruce Dunning ( Actor )

... 1938

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Ralph Mortimer ( Actor )

... 1938