Tom Reed

Tom Reed was an American film screenwriter. He was born in Shelton, Washington on December 24th, 1901. He passed away in Long Beach, California on August 17th, 1961 at the age of 59.

In the horror genre, Tom is best known for his work on the original 1925 silent film classic, The Phantom of the Opera. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1932 adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue, and was a contributing writer on The Bride of Frankenstein in 1935.