Acting credits
31
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Karl Held
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 11Series: 21Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 166047
IMDb ID: nm0125998
Known for: Acting
Born: September 19, 1931
Age: 94
Place of birth: Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 1991
Years active: 35
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q5040302
Also known as
Carl Byrd • Carl Held • Christopher Held
Other jobs
Sound (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Karl Held.
Assassins: A Conversationpiece
Sound
1991 Movie
6.1
The Bunker
as Hans Baur
1981 Movie
7.0
A Family Upside Down
as Al
1978 Movie
4.8
Madame Claude
as Stanfield
1977 Movie
Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin
as Security Guard
1975 Movie
5.0
Embassy
as Rylands
1972 Movie
6.4
Diamonds Are Forever
as Agent (uncredited)
1971 Movie
6.6
That Darn Cat!
as Kelly
1965 Movie
7.0
36 Hours
as Cpl. Kenter
1964 Movie
6.1
Youngblood Hawke
as Nephew (uncredited)
1964 Movie
Ready for the People
as Dave Ryan
1964 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Karl Held.
7.7
MacGyver
as Buyer #2 • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.1
Crazy like a Fox
1 eps
1984 Series
5.7
Finder of Lost Loves
as Henry • 1 eps
1984 Series
5.6
St. Elsewhere
as Dr. Borovay • 1 eps
1982 Series
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Garth • 46 eps
1981 Series
7.0
The Aphrodite Inheritance
as Travis • 8 eps
1979 Series
7.0
Return of the Saint
as Shriber • 1 eps
1978 Series
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
as Jonathan • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
Space: 1999
as Jerry Travis • 1 eps
1975 Series
7.5
The Lotus Eaters
as Philip Mervish • 5 eps
1972 Series
6.1
Medical Center
as Arthur Campbell • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.5
Strange Report
as Drake • 1 eps
1969 Series
6.8
The Invaders
as Lieutenant • 1 eps
1967 Series
8.0
Star Trek
as Lindstrom • 1 eps
1966 Series
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Second Special Agent • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
as Buddy • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.8
The Outer Limits
as Capt. Joseph Reardon • 1 eps
1963 Series
6.2
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Det. Jones • 1 eps
1960 Series
5.2
Hawaiian Eye
as Mr. Stanford • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Gordon Vancott • 1 eps
1958 Series
7.7
Perry Mason
as David Gideon • 7 eps
1957 Series