CARL BENTON REID
Carl Benton Reid
- (Carl Benton Reid in the Broadway play Papa is All, 1942)
Biography
BIO
Carl Benton Reid was born in Lansing, Michigan, in 1893. He graduated from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with a drama degree.
A stage actor, he made his Broadway debut in 1929, at the age of 36. He appeared in 13 Broadway productions through 1949.
Reid achieved fame on the Broadway stage in 1939 in the play The Little Foxes and made his film debut reprising his role opposite Bette Davis in the 1941 movie version.
He appeared in more than 45 feature films. His last movie was released in 1966.
Reid died in Hollywood in 1973, aged 79.
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