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Carl Benton Reid

Carl Benton Reid

Birthday: 1893-08-14 | Place of Birth: Lansing, Michigan, U.S.

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1966
Madame X

as    Judge

1962
Pressure Point

as    Chief Medical Officer

1962
The Underwater City

as    Dr. Junius Halstead

1960
The Gallant Hours

as    Robert Ghormley

1959
Pork Chop Hill

as    American Admiral

1959
The Trap

as    Sheriff Lloyd Anderson

1958
The Last of the Fast Guns

as    John Forbes

1956
The Last Wagon

as    Gen. Howard

1956
A Day of Fury

as    Judge John J. McLean

1955
Wichita

as    Mayor Andrew Hope

1954
Broken Lance

as    Clem Lawton

1954
The Command

as    Col. Janeway

1954
Athena

as    Mr. Griswalde

1953
Escape from Fort Bravo

as    Colonel Owens

1952
Indian Uprising

as    John Clemson

1952
The Sniper

as    Liddell

1951
The Family Secret

as    Dr. Reynolds

1951
The Great Caruso

as    Park Benjamin

1951
Smuggler's Gold

as    Pop Hodges

1951
Lorna Doone

as    Sir Ensor Doone

1951
Criminal Lawyer

as    Tucker Bourne

1950
In a Lonely Place

as    Capt. Lochner

1950
Convicted

as    Captain Douglas

1950
Stage to Tucson

as    Dr. Noah Banteen

1950
The Killer That Stalked New York

as    Health Commissioner Ellis

1942
Tennessee Johnson

as    Congressman Hargrove

1941
The Little Foxes

as    Oscar Hubbard