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carl -lrb- 1943 -rrb- benton reid in '' the north star '' forest lawn memorial park -lrb- hollywood hills -rrb- 16 march 1973 hollywood , california , u.s. 1929 & ndash ; 1966 -lrb- film -rrb- & ndash ; 1949 -lrb- stage -rrb- 1940 lansing , michigan , u.s. 14 august 1893 carl benton reid in the north star.jpg carl benton reid
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carl benton reid

carl benton reid -lrb- august 14 , 1893 -- march 16 , 1973 -rrb- was an american actor .
he achieved fame on the broadway stage in 1939 as oscar hubbard , one of regina giddens 's -lrb- tallulah bankhead -rrb- 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 -lrb- claude rains -rrb- , 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. '' .
