Carl Benton Reid
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
113
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-08-13
Day of death
1973-03-16 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Carl Benton Reid
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
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dr. Kildare
The Andy Griffith Show
The Virginian
Have Gun, Will Travel
The F.B.I.
Lassie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
The Philco Television Playhouse
Gunsmoke
The Lucy Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Laramie
Ben Casey
Thriller
Arrest and Trial
Burke's Law
One Step Beyond
Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Detectives
The Deputy
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Johnny Ringo
Cain's Hundred
Wichita
Smuggler's Gold
The Great Adventure
The Millionaire
The Trap
Lorna Doone
Target: The Corruptors!
Athena
Stoney Burke
Time Limit
Bus Stop
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
Cavalcade of America
Lux Video Theatre
The Last Wagon
Wichita Town
Convicted
The First Time
Yancy Derringer
The Gallant Hours
Profiles in Courage
Johnny Midnight
The Wonderful World of Disney
Madame X
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
Letter to Loretta
The Fuller Brush Girl
The Ugly American
The Egyptian
Battle Hymn
In a Lonely Place
The Little Foxes
The Left Hand of God
Escape from Fort Bravo
Boots Malone
The First Texan
Pork Chop Hill
The Sniper
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Broken Lance
The Spoilers
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Tennessee Johnson
The Great Caruso
Indian Uprising
The Command
Carbine Williams
One Desire
The North Star
The Brigand
The Bramble Bush
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Pressure Point
Tarzan's Fight for Life
The Underwater City
The Flying Missile
The Family Secret
Stage to Tucson
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Last of the Fast Guns
A Day of Fury
Criminal Lawyer
The Story of Will Rogers
Main Street to Broadway
Spoilers of the Forest
One Must Die
Strange Intruder
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
