Carl Benton Reid
Actor
Biography
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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
The Little Foxes
as Oscar Hubbard 1941
The Egyptian
as Senmut 1954
The Last Wagon
as Gen. Howard 1956
The Sniper
as Liddell 1952
Broken Lance
as Clem Lawton 1954
Escape from Fort Bravo
as Colonel Owens 1953
Pork Chop Hill
as American Admiral 1959
Wichita
as Mayor Andrew Hope 1955
The Left Hand of God
as Father Cornelius 1955
Madame X
as Judge 1966
Pressure Point
as Chief Medical Officer 1962
The Ugly American
as Senator at Confirmation Hearing 1963
The Killer That Stalked New York
as Health Commissioner Ellis 1950
Convicted
as Captain Douglas 1950
The North Star
as Boris Simonov 1943
Battle Hymn
as Deacon Edwards 1957