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