Acting
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.
Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Film · 2002
The Many Faces of Zorro
Film · 2000
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Film · 1995
Brain of Blood
Film · 1971
Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story
Film · 1971
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
Film · 1969
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Film · 1967
Hondo
Series · 1967
Curse of the Fly
Film · 1965
Young Dillinger
Film · 1965
Green Acres
Series · 1965
Moro Witch Doctor
Film · 1964
The Upper Chamber
Film · 1963
All in a Night's Work
Film · 1961
Rawhide
Series · 1959
Tightrope
Series · 1959
Sea Hunt
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
The Texan
Series · 1958
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Wagon Train
Series · 1957
Mobs, Inc.
Film · 1956
Big House, U.S.A
Film · 1955
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
Film · 1955
Navy Log
Series · 1955
Highway Dragnet
Film · 1954
Hazard House
Film · 1954
Return of the Dead
Film · 1954
Public Defender
Series · 1954
Woman They Almost Lynched
Film · 1953
Kansas Pacific
Film · 1953
Operation Ivy
Film · 1952
The Half-Breed
Film · 1952
Cavalcade of America
Series · 1952
Little Big Horn
Film · 1951
Insurance Investigator
Film · 1951
Racket Squad
Series · 1951
The Killer That Stalked New York
Film · 1950
The Baron of Arizona
Film · 1950
Motor Patrol
Film · 1950
Riders of the Range
Film · 1950
The Return of Jesse James
Film · 1950
Dallas
Film · 1950
A Modern Marriage
Film · 1950
He Walked by Night
Film · 1949
I Shot Jesse James
Film · 1949
Rimfire
Film · 1949
Red Desert
Film · 1949
Bailing Out
Film · 1949
Grand Canyon
Film · 1949
Walk a Crooked Mile
Film · 1948
The Man from Texas
Film · 1948
Last of the Wild Horses
Film · 1948
Panhandle
Film · 1948
Jungle Goddess
Film · 1948
The Return of Wildfire
Film · 1948
The Iron Curtain
Film · 1948
The Brasher Doubloon
Film · 1947
Boomerang!
Film · 1947
Captain from Castile
Film · 1947
13 Rue Madeleine
Film · 1947
The Fabulous Texan
Film · 1947
The Dark Corner
Film · 1946
Shock
Film · 1946
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
Film · 1946
If I'm Lucky
Film · 1946
The Razor's Edge
Film · 1946
The House on 92nd Street
Film · 1945
Circumstantial Evidence
Film · 1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Film · 1945
The Caribbean Mystery
Film · 1945
Doll Face
Film · 1945
The Last Bomb
Film · 1945
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
Film · 1945
A Bell for Adano
Film · 1945
Wilson
Film · 1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Film · 1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Film · 1944
Rainbow Island
Film · 1944
Home in Indiana
Film · 1944
Primary Flight Training: Flight Sense
Film · 1944
In the Meantime, Darling
Film · 1944
Guadalcanal Diary
Film · 1943
Wintertime
Film · 1943
Happy Land
Film · 1943
Jail House Blues
Film · 1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Film · 1942
Arizona Terrors
Film · 1942
I Married a Witch
Film · 1942
Lady in a Jam
Film · 1942
Whistling in the Dark
Film · 1941
I'll Wait for You
Film · 1941
Sky Raiders
Film · 1941
Sea Raiders
Film · 1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Film · 1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Film · 1941
Appointment for Love
Film · 1941
Road Agent
Film · 1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel
Series · 1941
The Bank Dick
Film · 1940
I Take This Woman
Film · 1940
Flight Command
Film · 1940
Meet the Wildcat
Film · 1940
Ski Patrol
Film · 1940
Zorro's Fighting Legion
Film · 1939
The Man from Montreal
Film · 1939
Stronger Than Desire
Film · 1939
Calling Dr. Kildare
Film · 1939
Bachelor Mother
Film · 1939
Sergeant Madden
Film · 1939
Sunset Murder Case
Film · 1938
Female Fugitive
Film · 1938
Hollywood Stadium Mystery
Film · 1938