Reed Hadley

Actor, TV Actor

1911 – 1974

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Who was Reed Hadley?

Reed Hadley was an American movie, television and radio actor.

Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia in Clay County near Wichita Falls in northern 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 and graduated from Bennett High School there. He was involved in the local 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, The Half-Breed, Highway Dragnet and Big House, USA, and narrated a number of documentaries. He starred in two television series, Racket Squad as Captain Braddock, and The Public Defender as Bart Matthews, a fictional attorney for the indigent.

Hadley was the voice of cowboy hero Red Ryder on the radio show during the 1940s. In films, 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, which included guest starring roles on such programs as the religion anthology series, Crossroads, and on Rory Calhoun's CBS western series, The Texan. In 1959, he played fictitious Sheriff Ben Tildy in "The Sheriff of Boot Hill", with Denver Pyle cast as Joe Lufton.

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Born
Jun 25, 1911
Petrolia
Also known as
  • Reed Bert Herring
  • Reed Herring
  • Reed Bert Hadley
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Siblings
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bennett High School
Lived in
  • Texas
Died
Dec 11, 1974
Los Angeles
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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