Carl Benton Reid
Actor, TV Actor
1893 – 1973
Who was Carl Benton Reid?
Carl Benton Reid was an American actor. He achieved fame on the Broadway stage in 1939 as Oscar Hubbard, one of Regina Giddens's 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, 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.
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- Born
- Aug 14, 1893
Lansing - Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
Drama
- Carnegie Institute of Technology
- Died
- Mar 16, 1973
Hollywood - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
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on July 23, 2013
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