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