Carl Benton Reid
Acting
Born 1893-08-13
Died 1973-03-16
Lansing, Michigan, USA
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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.
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Acting
52 credits
Perry Mason
Lassie
The Andy Griffith Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Virginian
The Lucy Show
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dr. Kildare
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Burke's Law
Thriller
The Philco Television Playhouse
The F.B.I.
Gunsmoke
One Step Beyond
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Millionaire
The Detectives
The Deputy
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Arrest and Trial
Cain's Hundred
Johnny Ringo
Yancy Derringer
Cavalcade of America
The Great Adventure
Lux Video Theatre
Profiles in Courage
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Egyptian
In a Lonely Place
Pork Chop Hill
On Trial
Letter to Loretta
Broken Lance
The Little Foxes
The Last Wagon
The Sniper
The Trap
Athena
Wichita
Battle Hymn
Escape from Fort Bravo
Time Limit
General Electric Theater
The North Star
Madame X
The Ugly American
The Gallant Hours
The Left Hand of God
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
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Ben Casey
Laramie
Stoney Burke
Bus Stop
Target: The Corruptors!
Wichita Town
Johnny Midnight
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
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