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Carl Benton Reid

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.

  • Madame X
  • The Ugly American
  • Pressure Point
  • The Underwater City
  • One Must Die
  • The Gallant Hours
  • The Bramble Bush
  • Pork Chop Hill
  • The Trap
  • The Last of the Fast Guns
  • Tarzan's Fight for Life
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin
  • Spoilers of the Forest
  • Battle Hymn
  • Time Limit
  • The Last Wagon
  • The First Texan
  • Strange Intruder
  • A Day of Fury
  • The Left Hand of God
  • One Desire
  • The Spoilers
  • Wichita
  • Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
  • Broken Lance
  • The Command
  • The Egyptian
  • Athena
  • Main Street to Broadway
  • Escape from Fort Bravo
  • The Story of Will Rogers
  • Boots Malone
  • The Brigand
  • The First Time
  • Indian Uprising
  • The Sniper
  • Carbine Williams
  • Criminal Lawyer
  • The Great Caruso
  • Lorna Doone
  • The Family Secret
  • Smuggler's Gold
  • The Killer That Stalked New York
  • Convicted
  • In a Lonely Place
  • The Fuller Brush Girl
  • Stage to Tucson
  • The Flying Missile
  • The North Star
  • Tennessee Johnson
  • The Little Foxes

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