Carl Benton Reid
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting
1950
asHealth Commissioner Ellis
1953
asJudge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence
1962
asChief Medical Officer
1950
asCaptain Douglas
1954
asClem Lawton
1959
asAmerican Admiral
1941
asOscar Hubbard
1951
asTucker Bourne
1956
asGen. Howard
1955
asFather Cornelius
1950
asCapt. Lochner
1959
asSheriff Lloyd Anderson
1950
asMr. Christy
1956
asPresident Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
1951
asPark Benjamin
1952
asClem Rogers
1954
asCol. Janeway
1957
asMayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
1956
asJames Carmichael
1962
asDr. Junius Halstead
1955
asSenator Kenneth A. Watrous
1956
asJudge John J. McLean
1958
asJohn Forbes
1952
asJohn Williams
1952
asPrime Minister Triano
1950
asDr. Noah Banteen
1951
asSir Ensor Doone
1952
asAndrew Bennett
1950
asDr. Gates
1951
asDr. Reynolds
1951
asPop Hodges
1952
asJohn Clemson
1953
asColonel Owens
1943
asBoris Simonov
1954
asSenmut
1957
asJohn Mitchell
1960
asRobert Ghormley
1952
asLiddell
1960
asSam McFie
1958
asDr. Sturdy
1957
asDeacon Edwards
1955
asJudge Stillman
1955
asMayor Andrew Hope
1958
asGen. Tyler
1963
asSenator at Confirmation Hearing
1966
asJudge
1955
asSen. Maynard
1954
asMr. Griswalde
1942
asCongressman Hargrove
1957
asLt. Gen. J. Connors
1952
asClaude Williams
asGovernor Ed
asThe Man
asJohn Stapleton
asTrenholm
asJudge
asClaude Townsend
asGideon Seek
asNed Bain
asDunett
as
as
as
asReverend John Hardin
asJonah Andrews
asDr. Marcus Graham
asGen. Orville Stafford
asJeff
asAdmiral
asBrian Christopher
asDr. Merriam
asCalhoun
asPapa
as
as
as
asThad Hobbs
as
asManning
asPa Rawlins
as
asPlatt
asDr. George Garrison
as
asMr. Coughlin
as
asMr. Meehan
asMarlowe
asForceman
asJack Donohue
asHenry Barbour
asClyde Thompson
asChairman
as asCmdr. Ingraham
asMiles
asArthur Kerney
as asMr Meehan
asZachary Wheeler
asTom Newman
asCharles Burroughs
asVictor Logan
asJohn Wilburn
asMr. Dole
asJudge Hargraves
asHorace Reed
asGramps Medknowe
asCapt. King Snyder
asRichard Bliss
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