Carl Benton Reid
Age: 79 | From: Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Person Details
Birthday: 1893-08-14 02:03:47
Death: 1973-03-16 02:03:47
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
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Movie Involvements: 46
TV Involvements: 35
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Perry Mason
(1957) John Wilburn
Dr. Kildare
(1961) Dr. George Garrison
The Virginian
(1962) Jonah Andrews
Gunsmoke
(1955) Gideon Seek
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
(1956) Tom Newman
The F.B.I.
(1965) Claude Townsend
Thriller
(1960) Dr. Marcus Graham
Burke's Law
(1963) The ManActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Judge | |
| 1965 | Claude Townsend | |
| N/A | ||
| 1964 | Calhoun | |
| 1963 | Judge | |
| Trenholm | ||
| The Man | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1962 | Chief Medical Officer | |
| N/A | ||
| Jack Donohue | ||
| Gramps Medknowe | ||
| Horace Reed | ||
| Capt. King Snyder | ||
| Jonah Andrews | ||
| Dr. Junius Halstead | ||
| 1961 | Mr Meehan | |
| Mr. Meehan | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. George Garrison | ||
| John Stapleton | ||
| 1960 | Governor Ed | |
| Dr. Marcus Graham | ||
| Robert Ghormley | ||
| Sam McFie | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Forceman | ||
| American Admiral | ||
| Sheriff Lloyd Anderson | ||
| Brian Christopher | ||
| 1958 | Gen. Orville Stafford | |
| Dr. Sturdy | ||
| John Forbes | ||
| Gen. Tyler | ||
| 1957 | Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited) | |
| Lt. Gen. J. Connors | ||
| Ned Bain | ||
| Charles Burroughs | ||
| Victor Logan | ||
| John Wilburn | ||
| N/A | ||
| John Mitchell | ||
| Deacon Edwards | ||
| 1956 | Pa Rawlins | |
| Thad Hobbs | ||
| Zachary Wheeler | ||
| Tom Newman | ||
| Gen. Howard | ||
| James Carmichael | ||
| President Andrew Jackson (uncredited) | ||
| Judge John J. McLean | ||
| 1955 | Judge Stillman | |
| Dr. Merriam | ||
| Marlowe | ||
| Gideon Seek | ||
| Father Cornelius | ||
| Senator Kenneth A. Watrous | ||
| Mayor Andrew Hope | ||
| Reverend John Hardin | ||
| Sen. Maynard | ||
| 1954 | Mr. Griswalde | |
| Judge Hargraves | ||
| Clem Lawton | ||
| N/A | ||
| Senmut | ||
| Col. Janeway | ||
| 1953 | Colonel Owens | |
| Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence | ||
| Mr. Coughlin | ||
| Miles | ||
| Henry Barbour | ||
| Dunett | ||
| Clyde Thompson | ||
| Chairman | ||
| 1952 | Manning | |
| Cmdr. Ingraham | ||
| N/A | ||
| Clem Rogers | ||
| Prime Minister Triano | ||
| Liddell | ||
| Claude Williams | ||
| Andrew Bennett | ||
| John Williams | ||
| John Clemson | ||
| 1951 | Dr. Reynolds | |
| Admiral | ||
| Arthur Kerney | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tucker Bourne | ||
| Sir Ensor Doone | ||
| Pop Hodges | ||
| Park Benjamin | ||
| 1950 | Dr. Gates | |
| Dr. Noah Banteen | ||
| Health Commissioner Ellis | ||
| Jeff | ||
| Mr. Christy | ||
| Captain Douglas | ||
| Capt. Lochner | ||
| 1948 | Papa | |
| 1943 | Boris Simonov | |
| 1942 | Congressman Hargrove | |
| 1941 | Oscar Hubbard | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
