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Carl Benton Reid is a Actor American born on 13 august 1893 at Lansing (USA)

Carl Benton Reid

Carl Benton Reid
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 august 1893 at Lansing (USA)
Death 16 march 1973 (at 79 years) at Hollywood (USA)

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 1957-1966, including the roles of Ned Bain in "The Case of the Green-Eyed Sister, murder victim Charles Burroughs in "The Case of the Stuttering Bishop," and murder victim John Wilburn in "The Case of the Surplus Suitor."

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..

Biography

Carl Benton Reid joue au théâtre, à Broadway (New York), de 1929 à 1949.

Au cinéma, il apparaît en 1941, aux côtés de Bette Davis, dans La Vipère (adaptation de la pièce The Little Foxes qu'il venait de jouer à Broadway, avec Tallulah Bankhead, en 1939-1940) et tourne jusqu'en 1966, notamment dans des westerns.

Pour la télévision, il participe à des séries entre 1949 et 1966.

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Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(5 films)
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Filmography of Carl Benton Reid (44 films)

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Madame X
Madame X (1966)
, 1h40
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Melodrama
Actors Lana Turner, John Forsythe, Ricardo Montalbán, Constance Bennett, Cristina Montt, John van Dreelen
Roles Judge
Rating68% 3.445683.445683.445683.445683.44568
A lower class woman, Holly Parker (Turner), marries into the rich Anderson family. Her husband's mother (Constance Bennett) looks down on her and keeps a watchful eye on her activities. Due to her husband's frequent and long trips abroad, Holly forms a relationship with a well-known playboy (Ricardo Montalbán). When her lover accidentally dies, and only her mother-in-law knows she is innocent, the latter blackmails her into disappearing into the night during a planned boat trip, leaving her husband (John Forsythe) and young son (Teddy Quinn) thinking she has died.
The Ugly American, 1h55
Directed by George Englund
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Marlon Brando, Sandra Church, Eiji Okada, Pat Hingle, Arthur Hill, Jocelyn Brando
Roles Senator at Confirmation Hearing
Rating65% 3.297813.297813.297813.297813.29781
The book is written as a series of interrelated vignettes. In one, a Burmese journalist says "For some reason, the [American] people I meet in my country are not the same as the ones I knew in the United States. A mysterious change seems to come over Americans when they go to a foreign land. They isolate themselves socially. They live pretentiously. They are loud and ostentatious."
Pressure Point, 1h31
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Howard Caine, Richard Bakalyan
Roles Chief Medical Officer
Rating70% 3.54233.54233.54233.54233.5423
Poitier plays the unnamed chief psychiatrist at an institution in 1962. A doctor on his staff is frustrated with his patient and wants him assigned to another doctor. The psychiatrist then tells of having a similar experience 20 years earlier with a Nazi sympathizer. A flashback begins.
The Underwater City, 1h18
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Actors William Lundigan, Julie Adams, Roy Roberts, Carl Benton Reid, Kathie Browne, Edward Mallory
Roles Dr. Junius Halstead
Rating48% 2.4496952.4496952.4496952.4496952.449695
Le Dr Halstead de l'Institut d'Océanographie demande à l'ingénieur Bob Gage de superviser la construction d'une ville sous-marine. L'idée est de prémunir l'humanité contre les effets d'une guerre atomique. Gage tombe amoureux de la nièce du Dr Halstead, et les fonds sous-marins ne se révèlent pas aussi stables que prévu.
The Bramble Bush, 1h33
Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about euthanasia, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality
Actors Richard Burton, Angie Dickinson, Jack Carson, Barbara Rush, Carl Benton Reid, Tom Drake
Roles Sam McFie
Rating55% 2.764052.764052.764052.764052.76405
Dr. Guy Montford moves back to his seaside Massachusetts hometown at the request of old friend Larry McFie, who is dying of cancer. Over the objections of Larry's father, hospital administrator Dr. Sol Kelsey puts the patient in Guy's personal care.
The Trap
The Trap (1959)
, 1h24
Directed by Norman Panama
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Richard Widmark, Lee J. Cobb, Tina Louise, Earl Holliman, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Sheriff Lloyd Anderson
Rating65% 3.296343.296343.296343.296343.29634
Ralph Anderson returns to his remote California hometown for the first time in many years. Now a lawyer, he has been estranged from his father, Lloyd, and brother, Tippy, ever since being sent to reform school as a youth for stealing a car, taking the blame for his brother's crime.
Pork Chop Hill, 1h37
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Politique, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, George Peppard, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Harry Guardino
Roles American Admiral
Rating70% 3.5448753.5448753.5448753.5448753.544875
In April 1953, during the Korean War, a company of American infantry, led by Lieutenant Joe Clemons (Gregory Peck) are to recapture Pork Chop Hill from a larger Communist Chinese army force; they recapture the hill, but are depleted, only 25 of a 135-man unit are left. They prepare for a large-scale Chinese counter-attack which they know will overwhelm and kill them in vicious fire fights and hand-to-hand fighting while the Panmunjeom cease-fire negotiations continue.
Tarzan's Fight for Life, 1h26
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Woody Strode, James Edwards, Carl Benton Reid, Harry Lauter
Roles Dr. Sturdy
Rating52% 2.6089852.6089852.6089852.6089852.608985
Jungle medics Dr. Sturdy (Carl Benton Reid) and his daughter Anne (Jil Jarmyn) are opposed by witch doctor Futa (James Edwards) of the Nagasu tribe, who regards their work as a threat to his own livelihood. Futa incites the tribe to waylay Anne's fiance Dr. Ken Warwick (Harry Lauter), who is saved by Tarzan (Gordon Scott). Later Tarzan and his adopted son Tartu (Rickie Sorensen) enlist the doctors' services on behalf of Jane (Eve Brent), suffering from appendicitis. Futa hypnotizes Moto (Nick Stewart), a native assistant of Sturdy, to murder Jane, but Tarzan thwarts the plot. Learning that the young Nagasu chief (Roy Glenn) is sick, Tarzan attempts to persuade them to let Sturdy treat them. Seizing his chance, Futa has the ape man taken captive and condemned to death. To restore his own credentials, the witch doctor then undertakes to cure the chief himself, hedging his bets by having his henchman Ramo (Woody Strode) steal medicine from Sturdy. Unfortunately, Ramo purloins a poison by mistake. Freeing himself, Tarzan intervenes and prevents the administration of the poison to the chief; Futa then swallows it himself to demonstrate that there is no harm in it — and dies. Dr. Sturdy is consequently called in, successfully curing the chief.
The Last of the Fast Guns, 1h22
Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Gilbert Roland, Linda Cristal, Eduard Franz, Lorne Greene, Carl Benton Reid
Roles John Forbes
Rating61% 3.0893953.0893953.0893953.0893953.089395
Brad Ellison est un bandit qui passe son temps à déclencher des bagarres rien que pour la gloire. Alors qu'il vient tout juste de tuer un homme lors d'un duel, Ellison rencontre le millionnaire John Forbes. Ce vieil homme paralysé lui propose une mission : Retrouver son frère disparu depuis une vingtaine d'années mais qui, cependant, lui aurait écrit une lettre il y a cinq ans. Il prétendrait vivre à San Vincente, au Mexique. Forbes propose à Ellison une prime de 25 000 $ pour retrouver son frère mort ou vif, autrement un ancien partenaire malhonnête touchera la fortune qu'ils avaient découvert ensemble sous la forme d'un filon d'or...
Battle Hymn, 1h48
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Themes Films about children, Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Rock Hudson, Anna Kashfi, Dan Duryea, Don DeFore, Martha Hyer, Richard Loo
Roles Deacon Edwards
Rating62% 3.14913.14913.14913.14913.1491
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) was a minister in Ohio. The attack prompts him to become a fighter pilot. Hess had accidentally dropped a bomb on an orphanage in Germany during World War II, killing 37 orphans. At the start of the Korean War, Hess volunteers to return to the cockpit and is assigned as the senior USAF advisor/Instructor Pilot to the Republic of Korea Air Force, flying F-51D Mustangs.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin, 1h29
Directed by Bretaigne Windust
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Van Johnson, Claude Rains, Lori Nelson, Jim Backus, Joseph Sargent, Doodles Weaver
Roles Mayor of Hamelout (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8545252.8545252.8545252.8545252.854525
The Pied Piper (Van Johnson) is first spotted working magic in Hamelin by a disabled boy, Paul, and playing his signature tune In the Hall of the Mountain King. Paul tells his best friend, the schoolteacher Truson (=true son), also played by Johnson, but Truson is skeptical.
Time Limit
Time Limit (1957)
, 1h36
Directed by Karl Malden
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Prison films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Richard Widmark, Richard Basehart, Dolores Michaels, June Lockhart, Martin Balsam, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Lt. Gen. J. Connors
Rating72% 3.6403653.6403653.6403653.6403653.640365
Army Colonel William Edwards (Richard Widmark) is investigating the case of Major Harry Cargill (Richard Basehart), accused of collaborating with the enemy while he and his unit were held captive in a North Korean prisoner of war camp. Cargill willingly admits his guilt and brings forth evidence that proves that he signed a germ-warfare confession and broadcast anti-American speeches over the radio, seemingly an act of treason.
The First Texan, 1h22
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford, Jody McCrea, Abraham Sofaer
Roles President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.049623.049623.049623.049623.04962
Sam Houston, a lawyer and former Governor of Tennessee, travels to San Antonio, Texas to begin a new life. He encounters Jim Bowie, who is determined to free the territory from Mexico's rule.
Strange Intruder, 1h22
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Edmund Purdom, Ida Lupino, Eric Chase Anderson, Mimi Gibson, Carl Benton Reid, Ann Harding
Roles James Carmichael
Rating56% 2.8180552.8180552.8180552.8180552.818055
Dying in a Korea prisoner-of-war camp, Adrian Carmichael learns his wife Alice has been unfaithful back home. He makes friend Paul Quentin promise not to let the Carmichaels' children be raised by another man, no matter what.