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Tom Reed

Writer · Died August 17, 1961, aged 59 · Shelton, Washington, USA

Tom Reed was an American screenwriter and actor from Washington state. He died on August 17, 1961 in Long Beach, California, USA from cancer.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 24, 1901
Died
August 17, 1961 (aged 59)
From
Shelton, Washington, USA
Works as
Writer
Titles
18 on MovieCove · 61 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 6% in 30 days

What are Tom Reed's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 77th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 46th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Bonds
27%
Self
12%
Survival
7%
Society
5%
Power
4%
Ideas
4%
Justice5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this themeObsession2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 12 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 9 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 5 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Thrilling
5
Melancholic
6
Warm
5
Dread
4
Other
11

How their films linger

Bittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Tom Reed's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 18 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Tom Reed's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

61 credits, 18 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie(1956)

    Show 4 episodes · Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Crossroads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer

  • Night People(1954)

    Story

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Back to God's Country(1953)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Light Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Story

  • Soldiers Three(1951)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • David Harding, Counterspy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Screenplay

  • Red Stallion In The Rockies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Writer

  • The Untamed Breed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Screenplay

  • The Spirit of West Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Writer

  • Moss Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Screenplay

  • Two Tickets to London (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Screenplay

  • Pittsburgh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Screenplay

  • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Writer

  • The Spoilers(1942)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Hello, Annapolis(1942)

    Original Story

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Buck Privates(1941)

    as Lieutenant (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Calling Philo Vance(1939)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • On Dress Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Screenplay

  • Marry the Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Screenplay

  • The Great O'Malley(1937)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Captain's Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Love Begins at Twenty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • The Case of the Velvet Claws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Screenplay

  • Mary Jane's Pa(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Bride of Frankenstein(1935)

    Additional Writing · Writer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Case of the Curious Bride(1935)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Florentine Dagger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Screenplay

  • Babbitt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Adaptation

  • The Man with Two Faces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Screenplay

  • Love Birds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Additional Dialogue

  • Bombay Mail(1934)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • S.O.S. Iceberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Screenplay

  • Laughter in Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Writer

  • Afraid to Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Writer

  • Radio Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Screenplay

  • Law and Order(1932)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Murders in the Rue Morgue(1932)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Lasca of the Rio Grande (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Writer

  • Waterloo Bridge(1931)

    Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Don Juan diplomático (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Screenplay

  • The Boudoir Diplomat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue · Screenplay

  • East is West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Writer

  • East Is West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue · Screenplay

  • The Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Dialogue

  • Hell's Heroes(1929)

    Adaptation

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Writer

  • Scandal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Dialogue

  • Show Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Dialogue Editor

  • The Girl on the Barge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Dialogue

  • Synthetic Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Title Graphics

  • The Last Warning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Red Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • The First Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Title Designer

  • The Grip of the Yukon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Title Designer

  • Lonesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Thanks for the Buggy Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Writer

  • Finders Keepers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Screenplay

  • Wild Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • Out All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Writer

  • The Phantom of the Opera(1925)

    Title Designer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 61 titles from 1925 to 1956.

Biggest box office

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

$15K worldwide

Highest rated

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Midcredits 95th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 61: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleWriting53 of 61: 53 only writing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62ndOther crew7 of 61: 7 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1920s16 · crew1930s27 · crew1940s11 · 1 acting · 10 crew1950s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Tom Reed's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 66th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 18 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th6

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 18 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser11
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · writer

Hello, Annapolis (1942)

55th percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · writer

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Midcredits 95th · 82% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 58/100 and the plot and story 56/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Tom Reed work with?

People who share at least 2 of Tom Reed's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Carl Laemmle Jr. shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers