Reed Hadley
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.
Known For
Dr. Moss (uncredited)
The Brasher Doubloon
Lt. Frank Reeves
The Dark Corner
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
He Walked by Night
Don Diego Vega / Zorro
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Ike
Curse of the Fly
Narrator (uncredited)
The Killer That Stalked New York
Narrator (voice)
Walk a Crooked Mile
Jesse James
I Shot Jesse James
District Attorney O'Neill
Shock
Narrator (voice)
The House on 92nd Street
Prosecutor
Circumstantial Evidence
Amir
Brain of Blood
Boston
Jail House Blues
Hymie Weiss
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
John Griff
The Baron of Arizona
War Correspondent/ Narrator
Guadalcanal Diary
Special FBI Agent James Madden
Big House, U.S.A
Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
Highway Dragnet
Dr. Mason
Leave Her to Heaven
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Boomerang!
Beau Smith
Whistling in the Dark
White House Usher (uncredited)
Wilson
Juan Escudero (uncredited)
Captain from Castile
Fighter Pilot Dispatcher on Loudspeaker (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Self (archive footage)
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Detective Robert Flynn
Motor Patrol
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
13 Rue Madeleine
Marshall Gregg
The Man from Texas
Sgt. Maj. Peter Grierson
Little Big Horn
The Abilene Kid
Rimfire
Bruce Dunning
Female Fugitive
Oliver Helton
Sunset Murder Case
FBI Agent Boyden
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Dr. Rene Marcel
The Caribbean Mystery
Chuck Malone
Insurance Investigator
Federal Agent Parker
Young Dillinger
Flo Hartman
Doll Face
Mike Valentine
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Host / Narrator
Operation Ivy
Riley Morgan
Last of the Wild Horses
Matt Garson
Panhandle
Tony Berolli
I'll Wait for You
Jessup
The Fabulous Texan
Ross Montgomery, aka L. R. Rawlins
The Man from Montreal
Clint Burrows
Riders of the Range
Robert Collins
Moro Witch Doctor
High Priest Kahuna
Rainbow Island
Caddens
Sky Raiders
Carl Tonjes
Sea Raiders
Jed Conklin, Magonnagle's Campaign Manager
If I'm Lucky
Jesse James (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
General Pettiford (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
Ralph Mortimer
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Television Host
Hazard House
Frank James
The Return of Jesse James
Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
Narrator
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Francois
The Bank Dick
Naval Officer
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Flagg's Party Guest (uncredited)
Stronger Than Desire
Bitterroot Bill Maris
Woman They Almost Lynched
Narrator in Opening Scene (uncredited)
Home in Indiana
Party Waiter (voice) (uncredited)
The Razor's Edge
Tom Crandell
Calling Dr. Kildare
Polly's First Dance Partner (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
Bill Quantrill
Kansas Pacific
Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
Arizona Terrors
Lawyer
Sergeant Madden
I Married a Witch
Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Wintertime
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Red Desert
Bob Hampton
I Take This Woman
Radio Newscaster (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Happy Land
Marty Quinn
The Return of Wildfire
Narrator
Bailing Out
Admiral's Aide (uncredited)
Flight Command
Frank Crawford
The Half-Breed
Narrator
The Last Bomb
Narrator (voice)
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
Basso--Henchman
Meet the Wildcat
Wild Bill Hickok
Dallas
Rahman Bar
Adventures of Captain Marvel
First Dive-bomber Pilot
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Tactics Colonel
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Cmdr. Robertson
A Bell for Adano
Dr. Donald Andrews
A Modern Marriage
Ferguson (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
Mitch Bennett
Grand Canyon
Ivan Dubroski
Ski Patrol
Henchman Shayne
Road Agent
Capt. John Braddock
Mobs, Inc.
Capt. John Braddock
Mobs Incorporated
Bart Matthews
Return of the Dead
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Maj. Phillips
In the Meantime, Darling
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
97
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-06-25
Place of Birth
Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Reed Herring