Carl Benton Reid
Acting • Born 1893-08-13 – Died 1973-03-16
Biography
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.
Filmography
113 credits
The Killer That Stalked New York
Movie • 1950
Health Commissioner Ellis
Main Street to Broadway
Movie • 1953
Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence
Pressure Point
Movie • 1962
Chief Medical Officer
Convicted
Movie • 1950
Captain Douglas
Broken Lance
Movie • 1954
Clem Lawton
Pork Chop Hill
Movie • 1959
American Admiral
The Little Foxes
Movie • 1941
Oscar Hubbard
Criminal Lawyer
Movie • 1951
Tucker Bourne
The Last Wagon
Movie • 1956
Gen. Howard
The Left Hand of God
Movie • 1955
Father Cornelius
In a Lonely Place
Movie • 1950
Capt. Lochner
The Trap
Movie • 1959
Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie • 1950
Mr. Christy
The First Texan
Movie • 1956
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
The Great Caruso
Movie • 1951
Park Benjamin
The Story of Will Rogers
Movie • 1952
Clem Rogers
The Command
Movie • 1954
Col. Janeway
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie • 1957
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Strange Intruder
Movie • 1956
James Carmichael
One Desire
Movie • 1955
Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
The Underwater City
Movie • 1962
Dr. Junius Halstead
A Day of Fury
Movie • 1956
Judge John J. McLean
The Last of the Fast Guns
Movie • 1958
John Forbes
Boots Malone
Movie • 1952
John Williams
The Brigand
Movie • 1952
Prime Minister Triano
Stage to Tucson
Movie • 1950
Dr. Noah Banteen
Lorna Doone
Movie • 1951
Sir Ensor Doone
The First Time
Movie • 1952
Andrew Bennett
The Flying Missile
Movie • 1950
Dr. Gates
The Family Secret
Movie • 1951
Dr. Reynolds
Smuggler's Gold
Movie • 1951
Pop Hodges
Indian Uprising
Movie • 1952
John Clemson
Escape from Fort Bravo
Movie • 1953
Colonel Owens
The North Star
Movie • 1943
Boris Simonov
The Egyptian
Movie • 1954
Senmut
Spoilers of the Forest
Movie • 1957
John Mitchell
The Gallant Hours
Movie • 1960
Robert Ghormley
The Sniper
Movie • 1952
Liddell
The Bramble Bush
Movie • 1960
Sam McFie
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Movie • 1958
Dr. Sturdy
Battle Hymn
Movie • 1957
Deacon Edwards
Wichita
Movie • 1955
Mayor Andrew Hope
The Spoilers
Movie • 1955
Judge Stillman
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Movie • 1958
Gen. Tyler
The Ugly American
Movie • 1963
Senator at Confirmation Hearing
Madame X
Movie • 1966
Judge
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
Movie • 1955
Sen. Maynard
Athena
Movie • 1954
Mr. Griswalde
Tennessee Johnson
Movie • 1942
Congressman Hargrove
Time Limit
Movie • 1957
Lt. Gen. J. Connors
Carbine Williams
Movie • 1952
Claude Williams
One Must Die
Movie • 1961
The Andy Griffith Show
TV • 1960
Governor Ed
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
The Man
Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
John Stapleton
The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Trenholm
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV • 1963
Judge
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Claude Townsend
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Gideon Seek
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Ned Bain
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Dunett
Target: The Corruptors!
TV • 1961
Bus Stop
TV • 1961
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Reverend John Hardin
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Jonah Andrews
Thriller
TV • 1960
Dr. Marcus Graham
Yancy Derringer
TV • 1958
Gen. Orville Stafford
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Jeff
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Admiral
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Brian Christopher
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Dr. Merriam
Profiles in Courage
TV • 1964
Calhoun
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Papa
Ben Casey
TV • 1961
Laramie
TV • 1959
Wichita Town
TV • 1959
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Thad Hobbs
The Detectives
TV • 1959
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Manning
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Pa Rawlins
Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
Johnny Ringo
TV • 1959
Platt
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Dr. George Garrison
Johnny Midnight
TV • 1960
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mr. Coughlin
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
TV • 1965
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Mr. Meehan
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Marlowe
The Deputy
TV • 1959
Forceman
The Lucy Show
TV • 1962
Jack Donohue
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Henry Barbour
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Clyde Thompson
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Chairman
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Cmdr. Ingraham
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Miles
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Arthur Kerney
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Mr Meehan
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Tom Newman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Zachary Wheeler
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Charles Burroughs
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Victor Logan
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
John Wilburn
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Mr. Dole
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Judge Hargraves
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Gramps Medknowe
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Horace Reed
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Capt. King Snyder
Lassie
TV • 1954
Richard Bliss
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Judge Richardson
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Martin Westrope
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
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