Reed Farrell's long and colorful career has spanned decades and media. As a top-rated deejay, Farrell provided the inro at an Elvis concert and shook hands
with John F. Kennedy. But to horror hungry fans in Flint, MI, he will always be remembered as Christopher Coffin, the "Guardian of the Ghouls" on WJRT's
Theater of Thrills. The show ran between early 1963 and late 1966 on the local channel 12. At the height of the program's popularity, Christopher Coffin was
presenting two double bills a week; one horror, the other sci-fi themed.

 

As citizen of a world between the living and the dead, Coffin would fade into his namesake storage unit to share letters and art work from the viewers. At other times,
he would use a wheelchair (a device chosen to mask Farrell's stilted stage walk)  to tour his crypt and conduct various strange experiments - his deep, commanding voice
adding genuine weight and menace to the darkly humorous proceedings.

 

In later years, Farrell served as president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. He continues to do commercial voice work, while indulging
in his passion for golf.