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Carl Benton Reid
Actor
Died March 16, 1973 (79 years)
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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.
Filmography
| 1966 | Madame X · as The Judge |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Claude Townsend |
| 1963 | The Ugly American · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Judge |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Judge Richardson |
| 1962 | Pressure Point · as Chief Medical Officer |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Horace Reed |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jonah Andrews |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show (TV Series) · as Jack Donohue |
| 1962 | The Underwater City · as Dr. Junius Halstead |
| 1961 | The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV Series) · as Mr Meehan |
| 1960 | The Gallant Hours · as Robert Ghormley |
| 1960 | The Bramble Bush · as Sam McFie |
| 1960 | The Andy Griffith Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1960 | Thriller (TV Series) · as Dr. Marcus Graham |
| 1959 | Pork Chop Hill · as American Admiral |
| 1959 | The Trap · as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Detectives (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | The Deputy (TV Series) · as Forceman |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Brian Christopher |
| 1959 | Shotgun Slade (TV Series) · as Bigelow |
| 1958 | Tarzan's Fight for Life · as Dr. Sturdy |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Gen. Orville Stafford |
| 1957 | Time Limit · as Lt. Gen. J. Connors |
| 1957 | Battle Hymn · as Deacon Edwards |
| 1957 | The Pied Piper of Hamelin · as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Perry Mason (TV Series) · as Charles Burroughs |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Fletcher Forest |
| 1956 | The Last Wagon · as Gen. Howard |
| 1956 | A Day of Fury · as Judge John J. McLean |
| 1956 | The First Texan · as President Andrew Jackson |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Pa Rawlins |
| 1956 | State Trooper (TV Series) · as Ogden Karnes |
| 1955 | The Left Hand of God · as Father Cornelius |
| 1955 | Wichita · as Mayor Andrew Hope |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Gideon Seek |
| 1954 | Broken Lance · as Clem Lawton |
| 1954 | The Command · as Col. Janeway |
| 1954 | Athena · as Mr. Griswalde |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Judge Hargraves |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1953 | Escape from Fort Bravo · as Col. Owens |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Dunett |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Mr. Coughlin |
| 1952 | The Sniper · as Liddell |
| 1952 | Carbine Williams · as Claude Williams |
| 1952 | The Story of Will Rogers · as Clem Rogers |
| 1952 | The First Time · as Andrew Bennett |
| 1952 | Indian Uprising · as John Clemson |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as Manning |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso · as Park Benjamin |
| 1951 | Lorna Doone · as Sir Ensor Doone |
| 1950 | In a Lonely Place · as Capt. Lochner |
| 1950 | Convicted · as Captain Douglas |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Mr. Christy |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile · as Dr. Gates |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Jeff |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Boris Simonov |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes · as Oscar Hubbard |