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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 19, 1931
Place of Birth
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Also Known As
- Carl Byrd
- Carl Held
- Christopher Held
Karl Held
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Carl Held (born 19 September 1931), sometimes credited as Karl Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television. 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 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 in a "legal eagle" aspiring law student role, assisting Perry in uncovering evidence to aid Mason's clients accused of murder. Other TV credits include: 77 Sunset Strip, The Outer Limits, 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, The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels, Taxi, St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Riptide, The Rebel and L.A. Law.
Known For
Credits
MacGyver
as Buyer #2
1985
7.7
MacGyver
as Man #2
1985
7.7
Crazy like a Fox
1984
7.1
Finder of Lost Loves
as Henry
1984
5.7
Falcon Crest
as Garth
1981
5.5
The Bunker
as Hans Baur
1981
6.2
The Aphrodite Inheritance
as Travis
1979
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Shriber
1978
7.0
A Family Upside Down
as Al
1978
7.0
The Incredible Hulk
as Jonathan
1977
7.2
Madame Claude
as Stanfield
1977
4.9
Space: 1999
as Jerry Travis
1975
7.1
Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
as Security Guard
1975
0.0
Embassy
as Rylands
1972
5.0
Diamonds Are Forever
as Agent (uncredited)
1971
6.4
Medical Center
as Arthur Campbell
1969
6.1
Strange Report
as Drake
1969
6.5
The Invaders
as Lieutenant
1967
6.8
Star Trek
as Lindstrom
1966
8.0
That Darn Cat!
as Kelly
1965
6.6
The F.B.I.
as Second Special Agent
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Davis Turner
1965
5.5
36 Hours
as Cpl. Kenter
1964
7.0
Youngblood Hawke
as Nephew (uncredited)
1964
6.1
Ready for the People
as Dave Ryan
1964
0.0
The Fugitive
as Buddy
1963
7.2
The Outer Limits
as Capt. Joseph Reardon
1963
7.8
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Det. Jones
1960
6.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Mr. Stanford
1959
5.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Gordon Vancott
1958
6.7
Perry Mason
as David Gideon
1957
7.7