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Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley

Acting June 25, 1911 (63 years old) December 11, 1974 Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA

Biography

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.​

Movies 99

The Curse of the Fly 5.4

The Curse of the Fly

as Ike

1965
Leave Her to Heaven 7.5

Leave Her to Heaven

as Dr. Mason

1945
Adventures of Captain Marvel 6.4

Adventures of Captain Marvel

as Rahman Bar

1941
I Married a Witch 6.9

I Married a Witch

as Young Man (uncredited)

1942
The Razor's Edge 6.9

The Razor's Edge

as Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)

1946
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre 6.3

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

as Hymie Weiss

1967
He Walked by Night 6.7

He Walked by Night

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
Guadalcanal Diary 5.6

Guadalcanal Diary

as War Correspondent/ Narrator

1943
Ziegfeld Girl 6.6

Ziegfeld Girl

as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)

1941
The Killer That Stalked New York 6.2

The Killer That Stalked New York

as Narrator (uncredited)

1950
All in a Night's Work 5.9

All in a Night's Work

as General Pettiford (uncredited)

1961
Dallas 6.4

Dallas

as Wild Bill Hickok

1950
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie 7.2

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

as Self (archive footage)

1995
The Baron of Arizona 6.7

The Baron of Arizona

as John Griff

1950
Zorro's Fighting Legion 5.4

Zorro's Fighting Legion

as Don Diego Vega / Zorro

1939
The Bank Dick 6.6

The Bank Dick

as Francois

1940
Lady in a Jam 5.6

Lady in a Jam

as Man at Auction (uncredited)

1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget 5.7

The Mystery of Marie Roget

as Naval Officer

1942
A Bell for Adano 6.0

A Bell for Adano

as Commander Robertson

1945
Big House, U.S.A 6.5

Big House, U.S.A

as Special FBI Agent James Madden

1955
The Dark Corner 6.6

The Dark Corner

as Frank Reeves

1946
Happy Land 7.1

Happy Land

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1943
I Shot Jesse James 6.2

I Shot Jesse James

as Jesse James

1949
Boomerang! 7.0

Boomerang!

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947
The Return of Wildfire 8.0

The Return of Wildfire

as Marty Quinn

1948
The Half-Breed 7.0

The Half-Breed

as Frank Crawford

1952
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller 6.2

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Jesse James (archive footage)

2002
Captain from Castile 7.2

Captain from Castile

as Juan Escudero (uncredited)

1947
Jungle Goddess 2.9

Jungle Goddess

as Radio Newscaster (uncredited)

1948
The House on 92nd Street 6.6

The House on 92nd Street

as Narrator (voice)

1945
The Man from Texas 8.0

The Man from Texas

as Marshall Gregg

1948
Walk a Crooked Mile 6.2

Walk a Crooked Mile

as Narrator (voice)

1948
Appointment for Love 5.8

Appointment for Love

as Ferguson (uncredited)

1941
Woman They Almost Lynched 6.6

Woman They Almost Lynched

as Bitterroot Bill Maris

1953
Shock 6.0

Shock

as O'Neill

1946
In the Meantime, Darling 6.8

In the Meantime, Darling

as Maj. Phillips

1944
Wilson 5.6

Wilson

as White House Usher (uncredited)

1944
I Take This Woman 5.8

I Take This Woman

as Bob Hampton

1940
Whistling in the Dark 6.0

Whistling in the Dark

as Beau Smith

1941
The Brasher Doubloon 6.0

The Brasher Doubloon

as Dr. Moss (uncredited)

1947
Ski Patrol 4.4

Ski Patrol

as Ivan Dubroski

1940
13 Rue Madeleine 6.2

13 Rue Madeleine

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1947
Panhandle 5.8

Panhandle

as Matt Garson

1948
Bachelor Mother 7.2

Bachelor Mother

as Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)

1939
Four Jills in a Jeep 6.8

Four Jills in a Jeep

as Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)

1944
I'll Wait for You 6.8

I'll Wait for You

as Tony Berolli

1941
The Return of Jesse James 6.0

The Return of Jesse James

as Frank James

1950
The Man from Montreal 4.9

The Man from Montreal

as Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins

1939
Riders of the Range 6.3

Riders of the Range

as Clint Burrows

1950
Kansas Pacific 5.0

Kansas Pacific

as Bill Quantrill

1953
Roger Touhy, Gangster 7.0

Roger Touhy, Gangster

as FBI Agent Boyden

1944
Home in Indiana 5.9

Home in Indiana

as Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)

1944
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story 6.0

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

as Narrator

1971
The Iron Curtain 6.0

The Iron Curtain

as Narrator (voice)

1948
Highway Dragnet 5.7

Highway Dragnet

as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle

1954
Rimfire 5.2

Rimfire

as The Abilene Kid

1949
Hollywood Stadium Mystery 6.2

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

as Ralph Mortimer

1938
Young Dillinger 7.3

Young Dillinger

as Federal Agent Parker

1965
Little Big Horn 6.1

Little Big Horn

as Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson

1951
Return of the Dead 5.0

Return of the Dead

as Bart Matthews

1954
Rainbow Island 7.5

Rainbow Island

as High Priest Kahuna

1944
Last of the Wild Horses 3.2

Last of the Wild Horses

as Riley Morgan

1948
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago 4.2

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago

as Narrator (voice)

1969
Doll Face 4.6

Doll Face

as Flo Hartman

1945
Jail House Blues 9.0

Jail House Blues

as Boston

1942
Stronger Than Desire 5.5

Stronger Than Desire

as Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)

1939
Hazard House

Hazard House

as Television Host

1954
Circumstantial Evidence 5.2

Circumstantial Evidence

as Prosecutor

1945
Sea Raiders 6.5

Sea Raiders

as Carl Tonjes

1941
Insurance Investigator 5.7

Insurance Investigator

as Chuck Malone

1951
The Many Faces of Zorro 4.4

The Many Faces of Zorro

as Self (archive footage)

2000
Calling Dr. Kildare 6.7

Calling Dr. Kildare

as Tom Crandell

1939
Mobs, Inc. 7.0

Mobs, Inc.

as Capt. John Braddock

1956
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog 5.8

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

as Mike Valentine

1946
Sergeant Madden 7.5

Sergeant Madden

as Lawyer

1939
Wintertime 5.3

Wintertime

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

1943
Female Fugitive 7.0

Female Fugitive

as Bruce Dunning

1938
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

as Tactics Colonel

1945
If I'm Lucky 6.7

If I'm Lucky

as Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager

1946
Road Agent 7.0

Road Agent

as Henchman Shayne

1941
Meet the Wildcat 9.0

Meet the Wildcat

as Basso--Henchman

1940
A Modern Marriage 7.0

A Modern Marriage

as Dr. Donald Andrews

1950
Brain of Blood 2.9

Brain of Blood

as Amir

1971
Moro Witch Doctor 6.5

Moro Witch Doctor

as Robert Collins

1964
Sunset Murder Case 3.7

Sunset Murder Case

as Oliver Helton

1938
The Fabulous Texan 6.5

The Fabulous Texan

as Jessup

1947
Motor Patrol 7.0

Motor Patrol

as Detective Robert Flynn

1950
Arizona Terrors 7.0

Arizona Terrors

as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo

1942
Flight Command 5.9

Flight Command

as Admiral's Aide (uncredited)

1940
Red Desert 7.0

Red Desert

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1949
Grand Canyon 10.0

Grand Canyon

as Mitch Bennett

1949
Sky Raiders 7.2

Sky Raiders

as Caddens

1941
The Caribbean Mystery 6.7

The Caribbean Mystery

as Dr. Rene Marcel

1945
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

as First Dive-bomber Pilot

1944
The Last Bomb 6.2

The Last Bomb

as Narrator

1945
Lincoln Speaks for Himself

Lincoln Speaks for Himself

as Abraham Lincoln

1955
The Upper Chamber

The Upper Chamber

1963
Bailing Out

Bailing Out

as Narrator

1949
Operation Ivy 3.5

Operation Ivy

as Host / Narrator

1952

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