Carl Benton Reid

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-08-13 (80 years old)

Deathday

1973-03-16

Place of Birth

Lansing, Michigan, USA

Carl Benton Reid

Biography

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,...

Acting

1950

The Killer That Stalked New York

as Health Commissioner Ellis

1953

Main Street to Broadway

as Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence

1962

Pressure Point

as Chief Medical Officer

1950

Convicted

as Captain Douglas

1954

Broken Lance

as Clem Lawton

1959

Pork Chop Hill

as American Admiral

1941

The Little Foxes

as Oscar Hubbard

1951

Criminal Lawyer

as Tucker Bourne

1956

The Last Wagon

as Gen. Howard

1955

The Left Hand of God

as Father Cornelius

1950

In a Lonely Place

as Capt. Lochner

1959

The Trap

as Sheriff Lloyd Anderson

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Mr. Christy

1956

The First Texan

as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)

1951

The Great Caruso

as Park Benjamin

1952

1954

The Command

as Col. Janeway

1957

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

as Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)

1956

Strange Intruder

as James Carmichael

1955

One Desire

as Senator Kenneth A. Watrous

1962

The Underwater City

as Dr. Junius Halstead

1956

A Day of Fury

as Judge John J. McLean

1958

1952

Boots Malone

as John Williams

1952

The Brigand

as Prime Minister Triano

1950

Stage to Tucson

as Dr. Noah Banteen

1951

Lorna Doone

as Sir Ensor Doone

1952

The First Time

as Andrew Bennett

1950

The Flying Missile

as Dr. Gates

1951

The Family Secret

as Dr. Reynolds

1951

Smuggler's Gold

as Pop Hodges

1952

Indian Uprising

as John Clemson

1953

Escape from Fort Bravo

as Colonel Owens

1943

The North Star

as Boris Simonov

1954

The Egyptian

as Senmut

1957

Spoilers of the Forest

as John Mitchell

1960

The Gallant Hours

as Robert Ghormley

1952

The Sniper

as Liddell

1960

The Bramble Bush

as Sam McFie

1958

1957

Battle Hymn

as Deacon Edwards

1955

Wichita

as Mayor Andrew Hope

1955

The Spoilers

as Judge Stillman

1958

1963

The Ugly American

as Senator at Confirmation Hearing

1966

Madame X

as Judge

1954

Athena

as Mr. Griswalde

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Congressman Hargrove

1957

Time Limit

as Lt. Gen. J. Connors

1952

Carbine Williams

as Claude Williams

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