Carl Benton Reid
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1893-08-13
Day of Death
1973-03-16 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, USA
Carl Benton Reid
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.
Acting
(1966)
Madame X
as Judge
(1963)
The Ugly American
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing
(1962)
Pressure Point
as Chief Medical Officer
(1962)
The Underwater City
as Dr. Junius Halstead
(1961)
(1960)
The Gallant Hours
as Robert Ghormley
(1960)
The Bramble Bush
as Sam McFie
(1959)
Pork Chop Hill
as American Admiral
(1959)
The Trap
as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
(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)
Battle Hymn
as Deacon Edwards
(1957)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
(1957)
Time Limit
as Lt. Gen. J. Connors
(1957)
Spoilers of the Forest
as John Mitchell
(1956)
The First Texan
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
(1956)
The Last Wagon
as Gen. Howard
(1956)
A Day of Fury
as Judge John J. McLean
(1956)
Strange Intruder
as James Carmichael
(1955)
Wichita
as Mayor Andrew Hope
(1955)
The Left Hand of God
as Father Cornelius
(1955)
The Spoilers
as Judge Stillman
(1955)
One Desire
as Senator Kenneth A. Watrous
(1955)
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
as Sen. Maynard
(1954)
The Egyptian
as Senmut
(1954)
Broken Lance
as Clem Lawton
(1954)
Athena
as Mr. Griswalde
(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
(1952)
The Sniper
as Liddell
(1952)
The Brigand
as Prime Minister Triano
(1952)
Carbine Williams
as Claude Williams
(1952)
Indian Uprising
as John Clemson
(1952)
The Story of Will Rogers
as Clem Rogers
(1952)
The First Time
as Andrew Bennett
(1952)
Boots Malone
as John Williams
(1951)
The Great Caruso
as Park Benjamin
(1951)
Lorna Doone
as Sir Ensor Doone
(1951)
Criminal Lawyer
as Tucker Bourne
(1951)
The Family Secret
as Dr. Reynolds
(1951)
Smuggler's Gold
as Pop Hodges
(1950)
In a Lonely Place
as Capt. Lochner
(1950)
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Health Commissioner Ellis
(1950)
Convicted
as Captain Douglas
(1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Christy
(1950)
The Flying Missile
as Dr. Gates
(1950)
Stage to Tucson
as Dr. Noah Banteen
(1943)
The North Star
as Boris Simonov
(1942)
Tennessee Johnson
as Congressman Hargrove
(1941)
The Little Foxes
as Oscar Hubbard