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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 13, 1893
Died
March 16, 1973
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Carl Benton Reid
0.9 Popularity
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
6.4
Judge
Madame X
1966
5.4
Claude Townsend
The F.B.I.
1965
0.0
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
1965
🎬
5.0
Calhoun
Profiles in Courage
1964
5.3
Judge
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
0.0
Trenholm
The Great Adventure
1963
6.0
The Man
Burke's Law
1963
7.7
Judge Richardson
Arrest and Trial
1963
6.6
Senator at Confirmation Hearing
The Ugly American
1963
6.5
Chief Medical Officer
Pressure Point
1962
Credits
Madame X
as Judge
1966
6.4
The F.B.I.
as Claude Townsend
1965
5.4
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
1965
0.0
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Calhoun
1964
5.0
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Judge
1963
5.3
The Great Adventure
as Trenholm
1963
0.0
Burke's Law
as The Man
1963
6.0
Arrest and Trial
as Judge Richardson
1963
7.7
The Ugly American
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
1963
6.6
Pressure Point
as Chief Medical Officer
1962
6.5
The Lucy Show
as Jack Donohue
1962
7.0
Stoney Burke
1962
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Gramps Medknowe
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Horace Reed
1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Capt. King Snyder
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Jonah Andrews
1962
6.4
The Underwater City
as Dr. Junius Halstead
1962
4.7
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mr. Meehan
1961
7.5
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Mr Meehan
1961
7.5
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Bus Stop
1961
0.0
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
3.5
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. George Garrison
1961
5.5
Cain's Hundred
as John Stapleton
1961
4.7
One Must Die
1961
0.0
The Andy Griffith Show
as Governor Ed
1960
7.6
Thriller
as Dr. Marcus Graham
1960
6.6
The Gallant Hours
as Robert Ghormley
1960
6.7
The Bramble Bush
as Sam McFie
1960
4.6
Johnny Midnight
1960
0.0
The Detectives
1959
6.1
Johnny Ringo
as Platt
1959
5.7
Wichita Town
1959
4.2
Laramie
1959
6.6
The Deputy
as Forceman
1959
6.2
Pork Chop Hill
as American Admiral
1959
6.6
The Trap
as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
1959
6.8
One Step Beyond
as Brian Christopher
1959
5.6
Yancy Derringer
as Gen. Orville Stafford
1958
6.0
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Dr. Sturdy
1958
4.6
The Last of the Fast Guns
as John Forbes
1958
5.4
🎬
Nightmare at Ground Zero
as Gen. Tyler
1958
0.0
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
1957
5.4
Time Limit
as Lt. Gen. J. Connors
1957
7.1
Perry Mason
as Ned Bain
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Charles Burroughs
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Victor Logan
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as John Wilburn
1957
7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Martin Westrope
1957
7.3
Spoilers of the Forest
as John Mitchell
1957
0.0
Battle Hymn
as Deacon Edwards
1957
6.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Thad Hobbs
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Pa Rawlins
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Tom Newman
1956
6.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Zachary Wheeler
1956
6.0
The Last Wagon
as Gen. Howard
1956
6.5
Strange Intruder
as James Carmichael
1956
5.6
The First Texan
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
1956
6.3
A Day of Fury
as Judge John J. McLean
1956
5.5
The Spoilers
as Judge Stillman
1955
5.0
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Dr. Merriam
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Marlowe
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mr. Dole
1955
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Prosecutor
1955
5.4
Gunsmoke
as Gideon Seek
1955
6.6
The Left Hand of God
as Father Cornelius
1955
6.3
One Desire
as Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
1955
5.9
Wichita
as Mayor Andrew Hope
1955
6.4
The Millionaire
as Reverend John Hardin
1955
5.0
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Sen. Maynard
1955
0.0
Athena
as Mr. Griswalde
1954
5.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Judge Hargraves
1954
7.8
Broken Lance
as Clem Lawton
1954
6.4
Lassie
as Richard Bliss
1954
6.1
The Egyptian
as Senmut
1954
6.4
The Command
as Col. Janeway
1954
6.2
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Colonel Owens
1953
6.2
Main Street to Broadway
as Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mr. Coughlin
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Henry Barbour
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Miles
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Dunett
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Clyde Thompson
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Chairman
1953
6.4
Cavalcade of America
as Manning
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Cmdr. Ingraham
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
The Story of Will Rogers
as Clem Rogers
1952
6.0
The Brigand
as Prime Minister Triano
1952
5.5
The Sniper
as Liddell
1952
6.6
Carbine Williams
as Claude Williams
1952
6.4
The First Time
as Andrew Bennett
1952
6.8
Boots Malone
as John Williams
1952
7.5
Indian Uprising
as John Clemson
1952
6.2
The Family Secret
as Dr. Reynolds
1951
5.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Admiral
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Arthur Kerney
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Criminal Lawyer
as Tucker Bourne
1951
6.8
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
1951
4.4
Smuggler's Gold
as Pop Hodges
1951
6.0
The Great Caruso
as Park Benjamin
1951
5.7
The Flying Missile
as Dr. Gates
1950
4.9
Stage to Tucson
as Dr. Noah Banteen
1950
5.7
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Health Commissioner Ellis
1950
6.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Jeff
1950
6.3
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Christy
1950
6.0
Convicted
as Captain Douglas
1950
6.0
In a Lonely Place
as Capt. Lochner
1950
7.6
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Papa
1948
6.3
The North Star
as Boris Simonov
1943
6.1
Tennessee Johnson
as Congressman Hargrove
1942
6.1
The Little Foxes
as Oscar Hubbard
1941
7.5