Background
Reed was born in 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin and graduated from Columbia University.
Reed was born in 1888 in Berlin, Wisconsin and graduated from Columbia University.
He worked as a journalist and the music and theater critic for the New York Herald before his film career. Reed directed such films as Convention Girl, Dixiana and Hit the Deck. He also worked with Howard Hughes on the film Hell"s Angels.
Reed was married to actress Naomi Childers until their divorce in 1929.
They had one son together. Reed died in New York City in 1961.