# Carl Held

Carl Held (born September 19, 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held and Christopher Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television.

## Career

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 (1960–1961) 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 (1961–1962) in a "legal eagle" aspiring law student role, assisting Perry in uncovering evidence to aid Mason's clients accused of murder.
Five months after the final space launch of Project Mercury in 1963, Held played a solo astronaut in "The Man Who Was Never Born", the sixth episode of The Outer Limits.
Other TV credits include 77 Sunset Strip, 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, Thriller (1975), The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels, Taxi, St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Riptide, The Rebel and L.A. Law.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1961 | The Outsider | U.S. Marine | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Youngblood Hawke | Nephew | Uncredited |
| 1964 | 36 Hours | Corporal Kenter | |
| 1965 | That Darn Cat! | Kelly | |
| 1967 | The Gnome-Mobile | Paul | Uncredited |
| 1971 | Diamonds Are Forever | Agent | Uncredited |
| 1972 | Embassy | Ryland | |
| 1977 | Madame Claude | Stanfield | |
| 1979 | The Bitch | American Newsreader | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Bad Blood | Capt. Willis | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones | Donald McGowan | Episode: "The Baby" |
| 1961 | Sea Hunt | USCG Radarman | Episode: "The Destroyers" |
| 1961 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show | Detective Jones | Episode: "Along the Barbary Coast" |
| 1961 | The Rebel | Danny Heathers | Episode: "The Found" |
| 1961–1962 | Perry Mason | David Gideon / Bruce Nesbitt | 10 episodes |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | Emil Brower | Episode: "The Manipulator: Raymond Cruz" |
| 1962, 1963 | GE True | Patrolman John Egan / Capt. Hertzmann | Episodes: "V-Victor 5" / "Commando" |
| 1963 | The Gallant Men | Maj. Woelfel | Episode: "To Hold Up a Mirror" |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Gordon Vancott | Episode: "Nine to Five" |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | Emil Lang | Episode: "Justice at Eagle's Nest" |
| 1963 | Hawaiian Eye | Mr. Stanford | Episode: "Passport" |
| 1963 | The Outer Limits | Capt. Joseph Reardon | Episode: "The Man Who Was Never Born" |
| 1964 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | German Captain | Episode: "Operation Greif" |
| 1964 | Ready for the People | Dave Ryan | Television film |
| 1965 | Flipper | Alan Bentley | Episode: "Junior Ranger" |
| 1965–1972 | The F.B.I. | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Matt Cooper | Episode: "The Murdered Party" |
| 1966 | The Fugitive | Buddy | Episode: "The Chinese Sunset" |
| 1966 | Daktari | Holland | Episode: "The Hostages" |
| 1966 | Jericho | German Lieutenant | Episode: "Dutch and Go" |
| 1967 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. | Prince Efram | Episode: "The Drublegratz Affair" |
| 1967 | Star Trek: The Original Series | Lindstrom | Episode: "The Return of the Archons" |
| 1967 | The Magical World of Disney | Mr. Oppenheim | Episode: "Atta Girl, Kelly!: Love Is Blind" |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | Cox Houston | Episode: "The Beast That Walks Like a Man" |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Lieutenant | Episode: "The Ransom" |
| 1968 | Garrison's Gorillas | Major Reinhardt | Episode: "The Frame-Up" |
| 1969 | The Ugliest Girl in Town | Percy | Episode: "The Ugliest Boy in Town" |
| 1969 | Armchair Theatre | Eddy | Episode: "On Vacation" |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Drake | Episode: "Racist – A Most Dangerous Proposal" |
| 1971 | Brett | Tony Powers | Episode: "The Hollow Men" |
| 1971 | The Case of the Midwife Toad | G.K. Noble | Television film |
| 1972 | The Lotus Eaters | Philip Mervish | 5 episodes |
| 1972 | Medical Center | Arthur Campbell | Episode: "Condemned" |
| 1972 | The Adventurer | Major | Episode: "Action!" |
| 1975 | You're on Your Own | Price | Episode: "Value for Money" |
| 1975 | Thriller | Security Guard | Episode: "Mirror of Deception" |
| 1977 | Space: 1999 | Jerry Travis | Episode: "The Immunity Syndrome" |
| 1978 | The Incredible Hulk | Jonathan | Episode: "Terror in Times Square" |
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Al | Television film |
| 1979 | The Aphrodite Inheritance | Travis | 8 episodes |
| 1979 | Robin's Nest | Fernando | Episode: "Lost Weekend" |
| 1979 | Return of the Saint | Shriber | Episode: "The Diplomat's Daughter" |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Paul Kohler | Episode: "The Prince and the Angel" |
| 1980 | Eight Is Enough | Jerry | Episode: "Roll Over Bradford" |
| 1981 | The Bunker | Hans Baur | Television film |
| 1982 | The Jeffersons | Fred | Episode: "Lesson in Love" |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Borovay | Episode: "Legionnaires: Part 2" |
| 1984 | Riptide | Brock Billings | Episode: "Beat the Box" |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Henry | Episode: "Old Friends" |
| 1985 | Santa Barbara | Dr. Renfro | Episode #1.155 |
| 1986 | MacGyver | Buyer #2 / Man #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1986, 1987 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Kleiner / Gunther Moss | 2 episodes |
| 1986–1989 | Falcon Crest | Garth | 46 episodes |
| 1991 | L.A. Law | West | Episode: "Good to the Last Drop" |
| 2017 | Me and My Grandma | Elderly Actor | Episode: "Elderboo" |
| 2017 | Spades | John | 2 episodes |