Carl Benton Reid
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.
94 acting credits
Acting · 94
Perry Mason
1957
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
Lassie
1954
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Virginian
1962
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Dr. Kildare
1961
The F.B.I.
1965
Ben Casey
1961
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Burke's Law
1963
The Lucy Show
1962
Thriller
1960
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961
Gunsmoke
1955
One Step Beyond
1959
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963
The Detectives
1959
Laramie
1959
The Millionaire
1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Cavalcade of America
1952
The Deputy
1959
Arrest and Trial
1963
Cain's Hundred
1961
Johnny Ringo
1959
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Great Adventure
1963
Yancy Derringer
1958
Stoney Burke
1962
Target: The Corruptors!
1961
Bus Stop
1961
Profiles in Courage
1964
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
Johnny Midnight
1960
Wichita Town
1959
General Electric Theater
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
On Trial
1956
The Egyptian
1954
Pork Chop Hill
1959
In a Lonely Place
1950
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
1965
The Little Foxes
1941
Broken Lance
1954
The Trap
1959
Madame X
1966
The Sniper
1952
Wichita
1955
The Last Wagon
1956
The Command
1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
1953
The Killer That Stalked New York
1950
The North Star
1943
The Great Caruso
1951
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
Pressure Point
1962
Tennessee Johnson
1942
The Ugly American
1963
A Day of Fury
1956
The Last of the Fast Guns
1958
Convicted
1950
Battle Hymn
1957
The Left Hand of God
1955
The Family Secret
1951
The Gallant Hours
1960
Carbine Williams
1952
The Spoilers
1955
Boots Malone
1952
Athena
1954
The First Texan
1956
Main Street to Broadway
1953
Indian Uprising
1952
Criminal Lawyer
1951
Time Limit
1957
Lorna Doone
1951
One Desire
1955
Nightmare at Ground Zero
1958
The Story of Will Rogers
1952
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1957
Stage to Tucson
1950
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
The Brigand
1952
The Flying Missile
1950
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
The Underwater City
1962
The First Time
1952
The Bramble Bush
1960
One Must Die
1961
Strange Intruder
1956
Smuggler's Gold
1951