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'Reed Hadley' (June 25, 1911 – December 11, 1974) was an American movie, television and radio actor.
Reed Hadley was born 'Reed Herring' in Petrolia, Texas to James Grey Herring and his wife Abigail Reed Peters; Reed was an only child living in a small in town in Texas.
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, he has also done voice over for documentaries. He starred on three television shows: Racket Squad (1950-1953) & Public Defender (1953-1954). He also worked on the Red Ryder radio show during the 1940's. In films,among other things, he starred as Zorro in the 1939 serial Zorro's Fighting Legion. According to imdb, his alternate name is 'Reed Bert Hadley'.
He was the host for a film, called "Operation Ivy", about the first hyrdogen 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 11th 1974 in Los Angeles, California, according to imdb.com he had died from a heart attack. He was aged 63 at the time of his death. His burial ground area is unknown, probably in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.