Carl Held

Carl Held (born September 19, 1931),[1] sometimes credited as Karl Held and Christopher Held, is an American actor who has worked extensively in both American and British television.

Carl Held
Born (1931-09-19) September 19, 1931
Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1960–present
Spouse(s)Sarah Marshall
(m. 1964–2014; her death)

Career

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.[2]

During the fourth season (1960–1961) 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 (1961–1962) in a "legal eagle" aspiring law student role, assisting Perry in uncovering evidence to aid Mason's clients accused of murder.[3]

Five months after the final space launch of Project Mercury in 1963, Held played a solo astronaut in "The Man Who Was Never Born", the sixth episode of The Outer Limits.

Other TV credits include: 77 Sunset Strip, 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, Thriller (1975), The Incredible Hulk, Charlie's Angels, Taxi, St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Riptide, The Rebel and L.A. Law.

Filmography

References
  1. "Karl Held". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
  2. Pucher, Thomas (April 15, 1998). ""Would You Like to Play Garth Again?": Eight Years after the End of Falcon Crest, Carl Held Talks about the Vintage Soap..." (PDF). Retrieved June 17, 2015.
  3. MeTV Staff (March 23, 2018). "Perry Mason never explained the case of his disappearing legal aide David Gideon". MeTV. Retrieved April 16, 2022.


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