Carl Benton Reid
Acting
🎂 1893-08-13
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.
Cast credits(113)
Mr. Meehan
1961
Mr Meehan
1961
Richard Bliss
1954
Governor Ed
1960
Horace Reed
1962
Gramps Medknowe
1962
Capt. King Snyder
1962
Dr. George Garrison
1961
1961
The Man
1963
Martin Westrope
1957
Ned Bain
1957
Charles Burroughs
1957
Victor Logan
1957
John Wilburn
1957
Claude Townsend
1965
Dr. Marcus Graham
1960
Thad Hobbs
1956
Pa Rawlins
1956
Zachary Wheeler
1956
Tom Newman
1956
Papa
1948
1961
Platt
1959
Jack Donohue
1962
1959
1959
1961
1962
Mr. Coughlin
1953
Henry Barbour
1953
Miles
1953
Dr. Merriam
1955
Marlowe
1955
Mr. Dole
1955
Prosecutor
1955
John Stapleton
1961
Calhoun
1964
Judge Richardson
1963
1959
1960
Forceman
1959
Brian Christopher
1959
Judge Hargraves
1954
Jonah Andrews
1962
Reverend John Hardin
1955
Gen. Orville Stafford
1958
Trenholm
1963
Gideon Seek
1955
Judge
1963
1965
Jeff
1950
Manning
1952
Cmdr. Ingraham
1952
1952
Dunett
1953
Clyde Thompson
1953
Chairman
1953
Senmut
1954
Admiral
1951
Arthur Kerney
1951
1951
Capt. Lochner
1950
Boris Simonov
1943
Clem Lawton
1954
Mayor Andrew Hope
1955
American Admiral
1959
Father Cornelius
1955
Colonel Owens
1953
Park Benjamin
1951
Gen. Howard
1956
President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
1956
Prime Minister Triano
1952
Judge
1966
Deacon Edwards
1957
Col. Janeway
1954
Oscar Hubbard
1941
Liddell
1952
Chief Medical Officer
1962
Captain Douglas
1950
Health Commissioner Ellis
1950
Senator at Confirmation Hearing
1963
Dr. Reynolds
1951
Robert Ghormley
1960
Congressman Hargrove
1942
Mr. Griswalde
1954
Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence
1953
Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
1957
Dr. Sturdy
1958
Clem Rogers
1952
Lt. Gen. J. Connors
1957
Judge John J. McLean
1956
Mr. Christy
1950
Dr. Gates
1950
Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
1959
Tucker Bourne
1951
Dr. Noah Banteen
1950
Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
1955
Judge Stillman
1955
Gen. Tyler
1958
John Mitchell
1957
Dr. Junius Halstead
1962
John Clemson
1952
John Forbes
1958
Sir Ensor Doone
1951
Claude Williams
1952
Andrew Bennett
1952
James Carmichael
1956
Sam McFie
1960
John Williams
1952
1961
Sen. Maynard
1955
Pop Hodges
1951