Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 13, 1893
Died
Mar 16, 1973
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Credits
94 titles
Carl Benton Reid
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.
Known For
Filmography
Madame X
Judge
The F.B.I.
Claude Townsend
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
Profiles in Courage
Calhoun
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Judge
The Great Adventure
Trenholm
Burke's Law
The Man
Arrest and Trial
Judge Richardson
The Ugly American
Senator at Confirmation Hearing
Pressure Point
Chief Medical Officer
The Lucy Show
Jack Donohue
Stoney Burke
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Horace Reed
The Virginian
Jonah Andrews
The Underwater City
Dr. Junius Halstead
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Mr. Meehan
Ben Casey
Bus Stop
Target: The Corruptors!
Dr. Kildare
Dr. George Garrison
Cain's Hundred
John Stapleton
One Must Die
The Andy Griffith Show
Governor Ed
Thriller
Dr. Marcus Graham
The Gallant Hours
Robert Ghormley
The Bramble Bush
Sam McFie
Johnny Midnight
The Detectives
Dr. Temple
Johnny Ringo
Platt
Wichita Town
Laramie
The Deputy
Forceman
Pork Chop Hill
American Admiral
The Trap
Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
One Step Beyond
Brian Christopher
Yancy Derringer
Gen. Orville Stafford
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Dr. Sturdy
The Last of the Fast Guns
John Forbes
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Gen. Tyler
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Time Limit
Lt. Gen. J. Connors
Perry Mason
Ned Bain
Have Gun, Will Travel
Martin Westrope
Spoilers of the Forest
John Mitchell
Battle Hymn
Deacon Edwards
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Thad Hobbs
The Last Wagon
Gen. Howard
On Trial
Judge Hall
Strange Intruder
James Carmichael
The First Texan
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)