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 (1968) and "Lt. Comroe" in classic science fiction film The Andromeda Strain (1971). 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." 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. 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.

TV and filmography

• Naked City (TV series, 1961) - Shag
• The New Breed (TV series, 1962) - Gene Garrity
• Cheyenne (TV, 1962) - Terry 'Billy' Brown
• Rawhide (TV, 1962) - Ben Whitney
• The Virginian (TV, 1962) - Bruce McCallum
• Gunsmoke (TV series, 1962–1965) - Cale / Dave Carson / Emmett Calhoun
• Bonanza (TV series, 1962–1970) - Frank Wells / Andrew 'Andy' Buchanan / Billy Horn
• Dr. Kildare (TV series, 1963) - Joe Sartell
• Laramie (TV series, 1963) - Cass
• G.E. True (TV series, 1963) - Doug Tolliver
• 77 Sunset Strip (TV series, 1963) - Paul Atwell
• Wagon Train (TV series, 1963) - Adam Bancroft
• He Rides Tall (1964) - Gil McCloud
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV, 1964) - Evans
• Perry Mason (TV, 1964–1966) - Danny Bright / Barry Davis
• The Dick Van Dyke Show (TV series, 1965) - Gus
• Combat! (TV series, 1966) - Pvt. Murray
• 12 O'Clock High (TV series, 1966) - Lieutenant Dickey
• Gidget (TV series, 1966) - Scott
• Death Valley Days (TV, 1966) - Jack Desmond / Jim Bridger
• Follow Me, Boys! (1966) - Tank Captain (uncredited)
• Shane (TV series, 1966) - Jed Andrews
• The F.B.I. (TV series, 1966–1968) - Roy Carey / Bobby Hendricks / Gene Black
• The Fugitive (TV series, 1967) - Assistant
• The Mothers-In-Law (TV series, 1967) - Golf Starter
• Speedway (1968) - Mike
• Bullitt (1968) - Carl Stanton
• Ironside (TV series, 1968–1970) - Bobby Patterson / Richy Bolton
• The Thousand Plane Raid (1969) - Bombardier (uncredited)
• The Gypsy Moths (1969) - Pilot
• Adam-12 (TV series, 1969) - Mark Gurney
• The New People (TV series, 1969) - Dan Stoner
• Medical Center (TV series, 1969–1970) - Dr. Sam Hauser
• The Young Lawyers (TV series, 1970) - Ernie Blake
• The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) - Pete Dodge
• Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Lieutenant Kenneth M. Taylor
• The Most Deadly Game (TV series, 1971) - Jed
• The Psychiatrist (TV series, 1971) - Larry
• The Andromeda Strain (1971) - Lt. Comroe
• The Forgotten Man (TV, 1971) - Lieutenant Diamonte
• Gemini Man (TV mini-series, 1976) - 8nd Agent
• The Six Million Dollar Man (TV series, 1977) - Jensen
• Quincy M.E. (TV series, 1980) - Roger
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series, 1981) - Air Force Sergeant (final appearance)

Sources

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

External links

• Carl Reindel at the Internet Broadway Database