Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 19, 1931
Place of Birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Credits
34 titles
Karl Held
Biography
Carl Held (born 19 September 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. Held is best known for his role as Garth in the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, which he played for three seasons from 1987 to 1989. During the fourth season of Perry Mason, Held appeared as Bruce Nesbitt in the episode "The Case of the Angry Dead Man". Later that season, he appeared as the defendant David Gideon in "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather." He appeared as Gideon in eight more episodes in the fifth season in a "legal eagle" aspiring law student role, assisting Perry in uncovering evidence to aid Mason's clients accused of murder. Other TV credits include: 77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits, The Big Valley, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Flipper, The Fugitive, Daktari, Star Trek, The Invaders, Mission: Impossible, The Lotus Eaters, Space: 1999, Return of the Saint, The Aphrodite Inheritance, The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels, Taxi, St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Riptide, The Rebel and L.A. Law.
Known For
Filmography
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Capt. Willis
Assassins: A Conversationpiece
Sound
MacGyver
Buyer #2
Crazy like a Fox
Finder of Lost Loves
Henry
St. Elsewhere
Dr. Borovay
Falcon Crest
Garth
The Bunker
Hans Baur
The Aphrodite Inheritance
Travis
Return of the Saint
Shriber
A Family Upside Down
Al
The Incredible Hulk
Jonathan
Madame Claude
Stanfield
Space: 1999
Jerry Travis
Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
Security Guard
Thriller
Security Guard
The Lotus Eaters
Philip Mervish
Embassy
Rylands
Diamonds Are Forever
Agent (uncredited)
Medical Center
Arthur Campbell
Strange Report
Drake
The Invaders
Lieutenant
Star Trek
Lindstrom
That Darn Cat!
Kelly
The F.B.I.
Second Special Agent
36 Hours
Cpl. Kenter
Youngblood Hawke
Nephew (uncredited)
Ready for the People
Dave Ryan
The Fugitive
Buddy
The Outer Limits
Capt. Joseph Reardon
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Det. Jones
Hawaiian Eye
Mr. Stanford
77 Sunset Strip
Gordon Vancott
Perry Mason
David Gideon