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Karl Held
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Carl Held (born 19 September 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. Held is best known f…
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Carl Held (born 19 September 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. Held is best known for his role as Garth in the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest, which he played for three seasons from 1987 to 1989. During the fourth season of Perry Mason, Held appeared as Bruce Nesbitt in the episode "The Case of the Angry Dead Man". Later that season, he appeared as the defendant David Gideon in "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather." He appeared as Gideon in eight more episodes in the fifth season in a "legal eagle" aspiring law student role, assisting Perry in uncovering evidence to aid Mason's clients accused of murder. Other TV credits include: 77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits, The Big Valley, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Flipper, The Fugitive, Daktari, Star Trek, The Invaders, Mission: Impossible, The Lotus Eaters, Space: 1999, Return of the Saint, The Aphrodite Inheritance, The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels, Taxi, St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Riptide, The Rebel and L.A. Law.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2012
Bad Blood... the Hunger
Movie Capt. Willis
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1991
Assassins: A Conversationpiece
Movie Sound
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1985
MacGyver
TV show Buyer #2
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1984
Crazy like a Fox
TV show
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1984
Finder of Lost Loves
TV show Henry
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1982
St. Elsewhere
TV show Dr. Borovay
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1981
Falcon Crest
TV show Garth
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1981
The Bunker
Movie Hans Baur
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1979
The Aphrodite Inheritance
TV show Travis
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1978
Return of the Saint
TV show Shriber
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1978
A Family Upside Down
Movie Al
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1977
The Incredible Hulk
TV show Jonathan
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1977
Madame Claude
Movie Stanfield
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1975
Space: 1999
TV show Jerry Travis
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1975
Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
Movie Security Guard
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1973
Thriller
TV show Security Guard
More credits
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1972
The Lotus Eaters
TV show Philip Mervish
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1972
Embassy
Movie Rylands
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1971
Diamonds Are Forever
Movie Agent (uncredited)
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1969
Medical Center
TV show Arthur Campbell
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1969
Strange Report
TV show Drake
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1967
The Invaders
TV show Lieutenant
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1966
Star Trek
TV show Lindstrom
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1965
That Darn Cat!
Movie Kelly
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1965
The F.B.I.
TV show Second Special Agent
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1964
36 Hours
Movie Cpl. Kenter
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1964
Youngblood Hawke
Movie Nephew (uncredited)
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1964
Ready for the People
Movie Dave Ryan
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1963
The Fugitive
TV show Buddy
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1963
The Outer Limits
TV show Capt. Joseph Reardon
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1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV show Det. Jones
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1959
Hawaiian Eye
TV show Mr. Stanford
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
TV show Gordon Vancott
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1957
Perry Mason
TV show David Gideon
