Carl Benton Reid
Known for: Acting
Born: August 13, 1893
Died: March 16, 1973
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Carl Benton Reid (August 14, 1893 – March 16, 1973) was an American actor. He achieved fame on the Broadway stage in 1939 as Oscar Hubbard, one of Regina Giddens's (Tallulah Bankhead) greedy, devious brothers in the play The Little Foxes, and made his film debut reprising his role opposite Bette Davis in the 1941 film version. He also appeared in several Shakespeare plays on Broadway, and in the original production of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh, as Harry Slade. His stern, cold demeanor quickly stereotyped him in villainous, and/or unpleasant characters, although he could play a sympathetic role, as he did occasionally in such films as the 1957 TV-movie version of The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Here he played the Mayor of Hamelout, who unsuccessfully requests help from the Mayor of Hamelin (Claude Rains), when Hamelout is the victim of a flood. The flood leads to the famous plague of rats which invade Hamelin, and set the main plot in motion. He played the American Admiral, who is leading the peace talks between the Americans and Chinese during the Korean War in MGM's Pork Chop Hill. Reid made four guest appearances on Perry Mason during the show's nine-year run between 1957-66. His last two roles came in 1966; as the judge in the film version of Madame X and as Claude Townsend in the TV series The F.B.I.
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Filmography
52 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Madame X
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
NR
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
19657.5
Profiles in Courage
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
10.0
The Great Adventure
1963
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
8.3
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.6
The Ugly American
1963
6.5
Pressure Point
1962
6.8
Stoney Burke
1962
7.0
The Lucy Show
1962
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
5.3
The Underwater City
1962
7.6
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
5.9
Ben Casey
1961
10.0
Bus Stop
1961
5.7
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
5.2
Cain's Hundred
1961
NR
One Must Die
1961
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
6.7
Thriller
1960
6.7
The Gallant Hours
1960
5.3
The Bramble Bush
1960
7.0
Johnny Midnight
1960
6.7
The Detectives
1959
5.9
Johnny Ringo
1959
4.9
Wichita Town
1959
6.7
Laramie
1959
6.5
The Deputy
1959
6.7
Pork Chop Hill
1959
6.9
The Trap
1959
5.7
One Step Beyond
1959
6.2
Yancy Derringer
1958
4.8
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
5.5
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958NR
Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958
5.6
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
7.2
Time Limit
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
1957
7.3
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
6.0
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
6.7
Battle Hymn
1957
6.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
6.5
The Last Wagon
19565.0
On Trial
1956
6.3
Strange Intruder
1956
6.7
The First Texan
1956
5.9
A Day of Fury
1956
5.5
The Spoilers
1955
6.8
Crossroads
1955
6.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
6.3
The Left Hand of God
1955
6.1
One Desire
1955
6.3
Wichita
1955
5.8
The Millionaire
1955
NR
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
5.8
Athena
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
6.5
Broken Lance
1954
6.3
Lassie
1954
6.5
The Egyptian
1954
6.4
The Command
1954
6.3
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
7.3
Main Street to Broadway
1953
6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
7.0
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
5.9
The Brigand
1952
6.7
The Sniper
1952
6.6
Carbine Williams
1952
7.5
The First Time
1952
8.1
Boots Malone
1952
6.5
Indian Uprising
1952
6.1
The Family Secret
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.4
Criminal Lawyer
1951
4.7
Lorna Doone
1951
7.0
Smuggler's Gold
1951
5.9
The Great Caruso
1951
5.3
The Flying Missile
1950
6.2
Stage to Tucson
1950
6.2
The Killer That Stalked New York
19506.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
6.1
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
6.2
Convicted
1950
7.6
In a Lonely Place
1950
6.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.0
The North Star
1943
6.7
Tennessee Johnson
1942
7.5
The Little Foxes
1941