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Reed Hadley‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Reed Hadley

Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA

Reed Hadley

Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1911-06-25

Popularity

star2.3

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.​

Movie Credits

The Brasher Doubloon

The Brasher Doubloon‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

The Dark Corner

The Dark Corner‌
star6.4
calendar 1946

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night‌
star6.7
calendar 1949

Zorro's Fighting Legion

Zorro's Fighting Legion‌
star5.2
calendar 1939

Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

The Killer That Stalked New York

The Killer That Stalked New York‌
star6.1
calendar 1950

Walk a Crooked Mile

Walk a Crooked Mile‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

I Shot Jesse James

I Shot Jesse James‌
star6.3
calendar 1949

Shock

Shock‌
star5.9
calendar 1946

The House on 92nd Street

The House on 92nd Street‌
star6.3
calendar 1945

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence‌
star4.8
calendar 1945

Brain of Blood

Brain of Blood‌
star2.7
calendar 1971

Jail House Blues

Jail House Blues‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre‌
star6.3
calendar 1967

The Baron of Arizona

The Baron of Arizona‌
star6.7
calendar 1950

Guadalcanal Diary

Guadalcanal Diary‌
star5.6
calendar 1943

Big House, U.S.A

Big House, U.S.A‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven‌
star7.4
calendar 1945

Boomerang!

Boomerang!‌
star6.9
calendar 1947

Whistling in the Dark

Whistling in the Dark‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

Wilson

Wilson‌
star5.5
calendar 1944

Captain from Castile

Captain from Castile‌
star7.2
calendar 1947

Four Jills in a Jeep

Four Jills in a Jeep‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie‌
star7.2
calendar 1995

Motor Patrol

Motor Patrol‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

13 Rue Madeleine

13 Rue Madeleine‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

The Man from Texas

The Man from Texas‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Little Big Horn

Little Big Horn‌
star6.6
calendar 1951

Rimfire

Rimfire‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

Female Fugitive

Female Fugitive‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Sunset Murder Case

Sunset Murder Case‌
star3.4
calendar 1938

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Roger Touhy, Gangster‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Insurance Investigator

Insurance Investigator‌
star5.0
calendar 1951

The Caribbean Mystery

The Caribbean Mystery‌
star4.0
calendar 1945

Young Dillinger

Young Dillinger‌
star6.5
calendar 1965

Doll Face

Doll Face‌
star4.5
calendar 1945

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Operation Ivy

Operation Ivy‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

Last of the Wild Horses

Last of the Wild Horses‌
star2.6
calendar 1948

Panhandle

Panhandle‌
star5.8
calendar 1948

I'll Wait for You

I'll Wait for You‌
star6.8
calendar 1941

The Fabulous Texan

The Fabulous Texan‌
star4.0
calendar 1947

The Man from Montreal

The Man from Montreal‌
star3.8
calendar 1939

Riders of the Range

Riders of the Range‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

Moro Witch Doctor

Moro Witch Doctor‌
star4.0
calendar 1964

Sky Raiders

Sky Raiders‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Sea Raiders

Sea Raiders‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

If I'm Lucky

If I'm Lucky‌
star6.5
calendar 1946

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller‌
star5.8
calendar 2002

Lincoln Speaks for Himself

Lincoln Speaks for Himself‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

All in a Night's Work

All in a Night's Work‌
star5.9
calendar 1961

Hollywood Stadium Mystery

Hollywood Stadium Mystery‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Hazard House

Hazard House‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The Return of Jesse James

The Return of Jesse James‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story

Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story‌
star5.8
calendar 1971

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

The Mystery of Marie Roget

The Mystery of Marie Roget‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Stronger Than Desire

Stronger Than Desire‌
star5.8
calendar 1939

Woman They Almost Lynched

Woman They Almost Lynched‌
star6.2
calendar 1953

Home in Indiana

Home in Indiana‌
star5.6
calendar 1944

The Razor's Edge

The Razor's Edge‌
star6.8
calendar 1946

Calling Dr. Kildare

Calling Dr. Kildare‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother‌
star7.1
calendar 1939

Kansas Pacific

Kansas Pacific‌
star4.8
calendar 1953

Arizona Terrors

Arizona Terrors‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Sergeant Madden

Sergeant Madden‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

I Married a Witch

I Married a Witch‌
star6.8
calendar 1942

Wintertime

Wintertime‌
star3.5
calendar 1943

Red Desert

Red Desert‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Jungle Goddess

Jungle Goddess‌
star2.6
calendar 1948

Happy Land

Happy Land‌
star6.2
calendar 1943

The Return of Wildfire

The Return of Wildfire‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

Bailing Out

Bailing Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Flight Command

Flight Command‌
star5.4
calendar 1940

The Half-Breed

The Half-Breed‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Last Bomb

The Last Bomb‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago

The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

Meet the Wildcat

Meet the Wildcat‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Dallas

Dallas‌
star6.4
calendar 1950

Adventures of Captain Marvel

Adventures of Captain Marvel‌
star6.2
calendar 1941

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense

Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures

Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

A Bell for Adano

A Bell for Adano‌
star5.5
calendar 1945

A Modern Marriage

A Modern Marriage‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Appointment for Love

Appointment for Love‌
star5.2
calendar 1941

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon‌
star0.0
calendar 1949

Road Agent

Road Agent‌
star0.0
calendar 1941

Ski Patrol

Ski Patrol‌
star3.7
calendar 1940

Mobs, Inc.

Mobs, Inc.‌
star4.0
calendar 1956

Mobs Incorporated

Mobs Incorporated‌
star0.0
calendar 1956

Return of the Dead

Return of the Dead‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

Tv Credits

Perry Mason

Perry Mason‌
star7.6
calendar 1957

Sea Hunt

Sea Hunt‌
star6.5
calendar 1958

Rawhide

Rawhide‌
star7.0
calendar 1959

Hondo

Hondo‌
star6.2
calendar 1967

Navy Log

Navy Log‌
star4.5
calendar 1955

Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson‌
star6.3
calendar 1958

Racket Squad

Racket Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Public Defender

Public Defender‌
star5.0
calendar 1954

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America‌
star3.5
calendar 1952

The Texan

The Texan‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Green Acres

Green Acres‌
star7.3
calendar 1965

Tightrope

Tightrope‌
star5.5
calendar 1959

Wagon Train

Wagon Train‌
star6.4
calendar 1957