Reed Hadley
Born June 25, 1911 (Age: 114)
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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.
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.
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Filmography
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
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as Jesse James (archive footage)
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Age: 91
The Many Faces of Zorro
2000
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 89
The Fabulous Bastard from Chicago
1969
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 57
Curse of the Fly
1965
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as Ike
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Age: 53
Young Dillinger
1965
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as Federal Agent Parker
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Age: 53
Moro Witch Doctor
1964
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as Robert Collins
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Age: 53
All in a Night's Work
1961
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as General Pettiford (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Mobs, Inc.
1956
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as Capt. John Braddock
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Age: 44
No Image
Lincoln Speaks for Himself
1955
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as Abraham Lincoln
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Age: 44
Big House, U.S.A
1955
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as Special FBI Agent James Madden
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Age: 43
Return of the Dead
1954
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as Bart Matthews
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Age: 43
Highway Dragnet
1954
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as Det. Lt. Joe White Eagle
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Age: 42
No Image
Hazard House
1954
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as Television Host
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Age: 42
Woman They Almost Lynched
1953
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as Bitterroot Bill Maris
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Age: 41
Kansas Pacific
1953
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as Bill Quantrill
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Age: 41
Dallas
1950
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as Wild Bill Hickok
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Age: 39
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
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as Narrator (uncredited)
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Age: 39
The Return of Jesse James
1950
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as Frank James
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Age: 39
A Modern Marriage
1950
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as Dr. Donald Andrews
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Age: 39
Motor Patrol
1950
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as Detective Robert Flynn
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Age: 38
The Baron of Arizona
1950
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as John Griff
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Age: 38
Riders of the Range
1950
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as Clint Burrows
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Age: 38
Doll Face
1945
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as Flo Hartman
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Age: 34
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
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as Dr. Mason
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Age: 34
No Image
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomb Loading Procedures
1945
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as Tactics Colonel
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Age: 34
The Last Bomb
1945
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as Narrator
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Age: 34
The House on 92nd Street
1945
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 34
A Bell for Adano
1945
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as Cmdr. Robertson
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Age: 33
The Caribbean Mystery
1945
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as Dr. Rene Marcel
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Age: 33
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
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as Prosecutor
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Age: 33
I Married a Witch
1942
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as
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Age: 31
Lady in a Jam
1942
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as Man at Auction (uncredited)
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Age: 30
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
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as Naval Officer
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Age: 30
Jail House Blues
1942
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as Boston
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Age: 30
Arizona Terrors
1942
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as Jack Halliday aka Don Pedro de Berendo
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Age: 30
Road Agent
1941
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as Henchman Shayne
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Age: 30
Appointment for Love
1941
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as Ferguson (uncredited)
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Age: 30
Sea Raiders
1941
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as Carl Tonjes
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Age: 30
Whistling in the Dark
1941
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as Beau Smith
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Age: 30
I'll Wait for You
1941
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as Tony Berolli
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Age: 29
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
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as Geoffrey's Friend in Audience (uncredited)
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Age: 29
Sky Raiders
1941
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as Caddens
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Age: 29
Adventures of Captain Marvel
1941
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as Rahman Bar
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Age: 29