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