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.​
Known for
ActingBirthday
June 25, 1911Deathday
December 11, 1974Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
92Place of birth
Petrolia, Clay County, Texas, USAAlso known as
Reed HerringCast credits
The Brasher Doubloon
Dr. Moss (uncredited)The Dark Corner
Lt. Frank ReevesZorro's Fighting Legion
Don Diego Vega and his alter ego ZorroHe Walked by Night
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)The Killer That Stalked New York
Narrator (uncredited)Walk a Crooked Mile
Narrator (voice)I Shot Jesse James
Jesse JamesShock
District Attorney O'NeillThe House on 92nd Street
Narrator (voice)Circumstantial Evidence
ProsecutorBrain of Blood
AmirThe St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Hymie WeissThe Baron of Arizona
John GriffGuadalcanal Diary
War Correspondent/ NarratorBig House, U.S.A
Special FBI Agent James MaddenHighway Dragnet
Det. Lt. Joe White EagleLeave Her to Heaven
Dr. MasonBoomerang!
Narrator (voice)Whistling in the Dark
Beau SmithMotor Patrol
Detective Robert FlynnThe Man from Texas
Marshall Gregg