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