Carl Benton Reid
Acting
1893-08-13 · Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
Filmography
Madame X
1966 · Movie
The F.B.I.
1965 · Series
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
1965 · Series
Profiles in Courage
1964 · Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
The Great Adventure
1963 · Series
Burke's Law
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
The Ugly American
1963 · Movie
Pressure Point
1962 · Movie
The Lucy Show
1962 · Series
Stoney Burke
1962 · Series
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Series
The Virginian
1962 · Series
The Underwater City
1962 · Movie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Series
Ben Casey
1961 · Series
Bus Stop
1961 · Series
Target: The Corruptors!
1961 · Series
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Series
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Series
One Must Die
1961 · Movie
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · Series
Thriller
1960 · Series
The Gallant Hours
1960 · Movie
The Bramble Bush
1960 · Movie
Johnny Midnight
1960 · Series
The Detectives
1959 · Series
Johnny Ringo
1959 · Series
Wichita Town
1959 · Series
Laramie
1959 · Series
The Deputy
1959 · Series
Pork Chop Hill
1959 · Movie
The Trap
1959 · Movie
One Step Beyond
1959 · Series
Yancy Derringer
1958 · Series
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958 · Movie
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958 · Movie
Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958 · Movie
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957 · Movie
Time Limit
1957 · Movie
Perry Mason
1957 · Series
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Series
Spoilers of the Forest
1957 · Movie
Battle Hymn
1957 · Movie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Series
The Last Wagon
1956 · Movie
On Trial
1956 · Series
Strange Intruder
1956 · Movie
The First Texan
1956 · Movie
A Day of Fury
1956 · Movie
The Spoilers
1955 · Movie
Crossroads
1955 · Series
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series
The Left Hand of God
1955 · Movie
One Desire
1955 · Movie
Wichita
1955 · Movie
The Millionaire
1955 · Series
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955 · Movie
Athena
1954 · Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Series
Broken Lance
1954 · Movie
Lassie
1954 · Series
The Egyptian
1954 · Movie
The Command
1954 · Movie
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953 · Movie
Main Street to Broadway
1953 · Movie
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Series
General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Series
The Story of Will Rogers
1952 · Movie
The Brigand
1952 · Movie
The Sniper
1952 · Movie
Carbine Williams
1952 · Movie
The First Time
1952 · Movie
Boots Malone
1952 · Movie
Indian Uprising
1952 · Movie
The Family Secret
1951 · Movie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Series
Criminal Lawyer
1951 · Movie
Lorna Doone
1951 · Movie
Smuggler's Gold
1951 · Movie
The Great Caruso
1951 · Movie
The Flying Missile
1950 · Movie
Stage to Tucson
1950 · Movie
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 · Movie
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Series
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 · Movie
Convicted
1950 · Movie
In a Lonely Place
1950 · Movie
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 · Series
The North Star
1943 · Movie
Tennessee Johnson
1942 · Movie
The Little Foxes
1941 · Movie