Reed Hadley

Infobox actor

---

name = Reed Hadley
birthname = Reed Herring
birthdate = June 25, 1911
birthplace = Petrolia, Texas, U.S.A.
deathdate = December 11, 1974 (aged 63)
deathplace = Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Reed Hadley (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor.cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352914/bio IMDb.com|title=Reed Hadley biography |accessdate=2008-09-24 |publisher=IMDb.com ]

Reed Hadley was born Reed Herring in Petrolia, Texas to Bert Herring and his wife Minnie; Reed had one sister Bess Brenner and lived in a small in town in Texas and grew up in Buffalo NY. He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo and was involved in local theater with Studio Arena Theater with Jane Keeler. His father was an oil well driller. Reed was married to Helen and had one son Dale. Before moving toHollywood he acted in Hamlet on stage in NYC.

Throughout his thirty-five-year career in film, he was typecast as both a villain and a hero of the law. With his bass voice and 6'4" stature, he did voice over for documentaries. He starred in two television shows: Racket Squad (1950-1953) & "Public Defender" (1953-1954). He also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940s. 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 host for a film, called "Operation Ivy", about the first hydrogen bomb test, Ivy Mike, produced by Lookout Mountain studios. The film was originally intended for internal military use, but has been "sanitized", edited, and de-classified, and is now available to the public.

Reed Hadley died on December 11 1974 in Los Angeles, California, of a heart attack. He was aged 63 at the time of his death, and the place of his burial is unknown.

References