Carl Benton Reid
52 movies · 43 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 13, 1893
- Died
- Mar 16, 1973 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Lansing, Michigan, USA
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.
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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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Carl Benton Reid: movies and TV shows
Acting (95)
- 1966 Madame X
as Judge
- 1965
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963
- 1963 The Ugly American
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
- 1962 Pressure Point
as Chief Medical Officer
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962
- 1962 The Underwater City
as Dr. Junius Halstead
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1961
- 1960
- 1960
- 1960 The Gallant Hours
as Robert Ghormley
- 1960 The Bramble Bush
as Sam McFie
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959 Pork Chop Hill
as American Admiral
- 1959 The Trap
as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958 Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Dr. Sturdy
- 1958 The Last of the Fast Guns
as John Forbes
- 1958 Nightmare at Ground Zero
as Gen. Tyler
- 1957 The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
- 1957 Time Limit
as Lt. Gen. J. Connors
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 Spoilers of the Forest
as John Mitchell
- 1957 Battle Hymn
as Deacon Edwards
- 1956 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre · TV
as Thad Hobbs / Pa Rawlins / Tom Newman / Zachary Wheeler · 4 episodes
- 1956 The Last Wagon
as Gen. Howard
- 1956
- 1956 Strange Intruder
as James Carmichael
- 1956 The First Texan
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
- 1956 A Day of Fury
as Judge John J. McLean
- 1955 The Spoilers
as Judge Stillman
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Left Hand of God
as Father Cornelius
- 1955 One Desire
as Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
- 1955 Wichita
as Mayor Andrew Hope
- 1955
- 1955 Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Sen. Maynard
- 1954 Athena
as Mr. Griswalde
- 1954
- 1954 Broken Lance
as Clem Lawton
- 1954
- 1954 The Egyptian
as Senmut
- 1954 The Command
as Col. Janeway
- 1953 Escape from Fort Bravo
as Colonel Owens
- 1953 Main Street to Broadway
as Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952
- 1952 The Story of Will Rogers
as Clem Rogers
- 1952 The Brigand
as Prime Minister Triano
- 1952 The Sniper
as Liddell
- 1952 Carbine Williams
as Claude Williams
- 1952 The First Time
as Andrew Bennett
- 1952 Boots Malone
as John Williams
- 1952 Indian Uprising
as John Clemson
- 1951 The Family Secret
as Dr. Reynolds
- 1951
- 1951 Criminal Lawyer
as Tucker Bourne
- 1951 Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
- 1951 Smuggler's Gold
as Pop Hodges
- 1951 The Great Caruso
as Park Benjamin
- 1950 The Flying Missile
as Dr. Gates
- 1950 Stage to Tucson
as Dr. Noah Banteen
- 1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
as Health Commissioner Ellis
- 1950
- 1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Christy
- 1950 Convicted
as Captain Douglas
- 1950 In a Lonely Place
as Capt. Lochner
- 1948
- 1943 The North Star
as Boris Simonov
- 1942 Tennessee Johnson
as Congressman Hargrove
- 1941 The Little Foxes
as Oscar Hubbard