Reed Hadley

Reed Hadley was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hadley began his acting career with roles in such films as "Female Fugitive" (1938), the western "The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" (1938) with Gordon Elliott and "Calling Dr. Kildare" (1939). He also appeared in "Zorro's Fighting Legion" (1939), the Hedy Lamarr dramatic adaptation "I Take This Woman" (1940) and the comedy "The Bank Dick" (1940) with W C Fields. He continued to act in productions like the musical comedy "Rainbow Island" (1944) with Dorothy Lamour, "Roger Touhy, Gangster" (1944) and the action film "Wing and a Prayer" (1944) with Don Ameche. He also appeared in "Diamond Horseshoe" (1945) with Betty Grable.

In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in the Rod Cameron western "Panhandle" (1948), "Walk a Crooked Mile" (1948) with Louis Hayward and the Preston Foster western "I Shot Jesse James" (1949). He also appeared in "Rimfire" (1949). Hadley more recently acted in the Kent Taylor horror flick "Brain of Blood" (1971). Hadley passed away in December 1974 at the age of 63.