Carl Reindel

Carl Warren Reindel (January 20, 1935   September 4, 2009) was an American actor, known for portraying Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor in the epic war film Tora! Tora! Tora!. Reindel also played "Stanton" in Steve McQueen's hit film Bullitt and "Lt. Comroe" in classic science fiction film The Andromeda Strain. Reindel also made several appearances on popular TV series. In 1964 he appeared on Perry Mason as defendant and title character Barry Davis in "The Case of the Drifting Dropout," and in 1966 he played golf caddy and murderer Danny Bright in "The Case of the Golfer's Gambit." He also appeared on Gunsmoke, The F.B.I., Bonanza, The Virginian (as Carl Reindell), and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and also played the son of a man bent on vengeance on the western series Wagon Train before leaving show business in the early 1980s. Reindel was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died of a heart attack at the age of 74, on September 4, 2009 in Valley Village, California. In 1966, Episode 25, on the series, Gidget, he played Scott Baker, a paid watchful eye, to make sure Gidget was safe on a weekend away at a surfboard competition.

Selected TV and filmography

• The Virginian (TV, 1961) - Bruce McCallum
• Cheyenne (TV, 1962) - Terry 'Billy' Brown
• Gunsmoke (TV, 1962–1965) - Cale / Dave Carson / Emmett Calhoun
• Bonanza (TV, 1962–1970) - Frank Wells / Andrew 'Andy' Buchanan / Billy Horn
• Rawhide (TV, 1962) - Ben Whitney
• He Rides Tall (1964) - Gil McCloud
• "Wagon Train" (year unknown)|
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV, 1964) - Evans
• Perry Mason (TV, 1964–1966) - Danny Bright / Barry Davis
• Gidget (TV series, 1965) - Scott
• Death Valley Days (TV, 1966) - Jack Desmond / Jim Bridger
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966) - Tank Captain (uncredited)
• Speedway(1968) - Mike
• Bullitt (1968) - Stanton
• The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) - Bombardier (uncredited)
• The Gypsy Moths (1969) - Pilot
• The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) - Pete Dodge
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor
• The Andromeda Strain (1971) - Lt. Comroe
• The Forgotten Man (TV, 1971) - Lieutenant Diamonte

Sources

• Carl Reindel at IMDb
• Obituary – Tributes.com
• Social Security Death Index