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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Lansing, Michigan, USA, 1893-08-13

Died: 1973-03-16

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1941	The Little Foxes	Oscar Hubbard	75
2	1942	Tennessee Johnson	Congressman Hargrove	61
3	1943	The North Star	Boris Simonov	61
4	1950	In a Lonely Place	Capt. Lochner	76
5	1950	Convicted	Captain Douglas	63
6	1950	The Fuller Brush Girl	Mr. Christy	60
7	1950	The Killer That Stalked New York	Health Commissioner Ellis	61
8	1950	Stage to Tucson	Dr. Noah Banteen	57
9	1950	The Flying Missile	Dr. Gates	54
10	1951	The Great Caruso	Park Benjamin	57
11	1951	Smuggler's Gold	Pop Hodges	60
12	1951	Lorna Doone	Sir Ensor Doone	46
13	1951	Criminal Lawyer	Tucker Bourne	67
14	1951	The Family Secret	Dr. Reynolds	57
15	1952	Indian Uprising	John Clemson	62
16	1952	Boots Malone	John Williams	75
17	1952	The First Time	Andrew Bennett	65
18	1952	Carbine Williams	Claude Williams	64
19	1952	The Sniper	Liddell	66
20	1952	The Brigand	Prime Minister Triano	55
21	1952	The Story of Will Rogers	Clem Rogers	60
22	1953	Main Street to Broadway	Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence	65
23	1953	Escape from Fort Bravo	Colonel Owens	62
24	1954	The Command	Col. Janeway	62
25	1954	The Egyptian	Senmut	64
26	1954	Broken Lance	Clem Lawton	63
27	1954	Athena	Mr. Griswalde	56
28	1955	Atomic Energy as a Force for Good	Sen. Maynard	0
29	1955	Wichita	Mayor Andrew Hope	63
30	1955	One Desire	Senator Kenneth A. Watrous	58
31	1955	The Left Hand of God	Father Cornelius	63
32	1955	The Spoilers	Judge Stillman	48
33	1956	A Day of Fury	Judge John J. McLean	55
34	1956	The First Texan	President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)	61
35	1956	Strange Intruder	James Carmichael	56
36	1956	The Last Wagon	Gen. Howard	65
37	1957	Battle Hymn	Deacon Edwards	65
38	1957	Spoilers of the Forest	John Mitchell	0
39	1957	Time Limit	Lt. Gen. J. Connors	70
40	1957	The Pied Piper of Hamelin	Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)	56
41	1958	Nightmare at Ground Zero	Gen. Tyler	0
42	1958	The Last of the Fast Guns	John Forbes	52
43	1958	Tarzan's Fight for Life	Dr. Sturdy	46
44	1959	The Trap	Sheriff Lloyd Anderson	68
45	1959	Pork Chop Hill	American Admiral	65
46	1960	The Bramble Bush	Sam McFie	55
47	1960	The Gallant Hours	Robert Ghormley	67
48	1962	The Underwater City	Dr. Junius Halstead	48
49	1962	Pressure Point	Chief Medical Officer	66
50	1963	The Ugly American	Senator at Confirmation Hearing	66
51	1966	Madame X	Judge	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Papa	60
2	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Jeff	60
3	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Admiral	70
4	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars	Arthur Kerney	70
5	1951	Schlitz Playhouse of Stars		70
6	1952	Cavalcade of America	Manning	35
7	1952	Cavalcade of America	Cmdr. Ingraham	35
8	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
9	1953	General Electric Theater	Dunett	60
10	1953	General Electric Theater	Clyde Thompson	60
11	1953	General Electric Theater	Chairman	60
12	1953	Letter to Loretta	Mr. Coughlin	62
13	1953	Letter to Loretta	Henry Barbour	62
14	1953	Letter to Loretta	Miles	62
15	1954	Lassie		61
16	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Judge Hargraves	76
17	1955	The Millionaire	Reverend John Hardin	50
18	1955	Gunsmoke	Gideon Seek	66
19	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Dr. Merriam	52
20	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Marlowe	52
21	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour	Mr. Dole	52
22	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Thad Hobbs	55
23	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Pa Rawlins	55
24	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Zachary Wheeler	55
25	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Tom Newman	55
26	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel		74
27	1957	Perry Mason	Ned Bain	77
28	1957	Perry Mason	Charles Burroughs	77
29	1957	Perry Mason	Victor Logan	77
30	1957	Perry Mason	John Wilburn	77
31	1958	Yancy Derringer	Gen. Orville Stafford	60
32	1959	One Step Beyond	Brian Christopher	56
33	1959	The Deputy	Forceman	62
34	1959	Laramie		64
35	1959	Wichita Town		42
36	1959	Johnny Ringo	Platt	57
37	1959	The Detectives		56
38	1960	Johnny Midnight		0
39	1960	Thriller	Dr. Marcus Graham	64
40	1960	The Andy Griffith Show	Governor Ed	76
41	1961	Cain's Hundred	John Stapleton	47
42	1961	Dr. Kildare	Dr. George Garrison	54
43	1961	Target: The Corruptors!		35
44	1961	Bus Stop		0
45	1961	Ben Casey		57
46	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr. Meehan	74
47	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Mr Meehan	74
48	1962	The Virginian	Jonah Andrews	64
49	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Horace Reed	78
50	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Gramps Medknowe	78
51	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Capt. King Snyder	78
52	1962	Stoney Burke		57
53	1962	The Lucy Show	Jack Donohue	71
54	1963	Burke's Law	The Man	60
55	1963	The Great Adventure	Trenholm	0
56	1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Judge	53
57	1964	Profiles in Courage	Calhoun	50
58	1965	Amos Burke: Secret Agent		0
59	1965	The F.B.I.	Claude Townsend	56