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