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Carl Benton Reid
Lansing, Michigan, USA
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,…
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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.
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1966
Madame X
Movie Judge
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1965
The F.B.I.
TV show Claude Townsend
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1965
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
TV show
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1964
Profiles in Courage
TV show Calhoun
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1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV show Judge
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1963
The Great Adventure
TV show Trenholm
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1963
Burke's Law
TV show The Man
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1963
Arrest and Trial
TV show Judge Richardson
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1963
The Ugly American
Movie Senator at Confirmation Hearing
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1962
Pressure Point
Movie Chief Medical Officer
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1962
The Lucy Show
TV show Jack Donohue
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1962
Stoney Burke
TV show
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1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV show Horace Reed
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1962
The Virginian
TV show Jonah Andrews
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1962
The Underwater City
Movie Dr. Junius Halstead
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1961
The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV show Mr. Meehan
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1961
Ben Casey
TV show
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1961
Bus Stop
TV show
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1961
Target: The Corruptors!
TV show
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1961
Dr. Kildare
TV show Dr. George Garrison
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1961
Cain's Hundred
TV show John Stapleton
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1961
One Must Die
Movie
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1960
The Andy Griffith Show
TV show Governor Ed
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1960
Thriller
TV show Dr. Marcus Graham
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1960
The Gallant Hours
Movie Robert Ghormley
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1960
The Bramble Bush
Movie Sam McFie
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1960
Johnny Midnight
TV show
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1959
The Detectives
TV show Dr. Temple
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1959
Johnny Ringo
TV show Platt
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1959
Wichita Town
TV show
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1959
Laramie
TV show
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1959
The Deputy
TV show Forceman
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1959
Pork Chop Hill
Movie American Admiral
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1959
The Trap
Movie Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
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1959
One Step Beyond
TV show Brian Christopher
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1958
Yancy Derringer
TV show Gen. Orville Stafford
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1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Movie Dr. Sturdy
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1958
The Last of the Fast Guns
Movie John Forbes
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1958
Nightmare at Ground Zero
Movie Gen. Tyler
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1957
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
