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