
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 ForActing
- Born25 June 1911 (age 114)
- Place of BirthPetrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
Reed Hadley

- Known ForActing
- Born25 June 1911 (age 114)
- Place of BirthPetrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA

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1995

Brain of Blood
1971

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
1971

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
1969

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967

Curse of the Fly
1965

Young Dillinger
1965

Moro Witch Doctor
1964

All in a Night's Work
1961

Mobs, Inc.
1956

Mobs Incorporated
1956

Big House, U.S.A
1955
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
1955

Highway Dragnet
1954
Hazard House
1954

Return of the Dead
1954

Woman They Almost Lynched
1953

Kansas Pacific
1953
Operation Ivy
1952

The Half-Breed
1952

Little Big Horn
1951

Insurance Investigator
1951

The Killer That Stalked New York
1950

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1950

Motor Patrol
1950

Riders of the Range
1950

The Return of Jesse James
1950

Dallas
1950

A Modern Marriage
1950

He Walked by Night
1949

I Shot Jesse James
1949

Rimfire
1949

Red Desert
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Bailing Out
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Grand Canyon
1949

Walk a Crooked Mile
1948

The Man from Texas
1948

Last of the Wild Horses
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Panhandle
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Jungle Goddess
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The Return of Wildfire
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The Brasher Doubloon
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Boomerang!
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Captain from Castile
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13 Rue Madeleine
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The Fabulous Texan
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The Dark Corner
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Shock
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If I'm Lucky
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The House on 92nd Street
1945

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Leave Her to Heaven
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Doll Face
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A Bell for Adano
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Arizona Terrors
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Lady in a Jam
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Whistling in the Dark
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I'll Wait for You
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Sky Raiders
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Sea Raiders
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Ziegfeld Girl
1941

Adventures of Captain Marvel
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Appointment for Love
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Road Agent
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The Bank Dick
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I Take This Woman
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Flight Command
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Ski Patrol
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Zorro's Fighting Legion
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The Man from Montreal
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Calling Dr. Kildare
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Bachelor Mother
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Sergeant Madden
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Female Fugitive
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Sunset Murder Case
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