[1] He sold his first play, The Minotaur, to the Circle in the Square Theatre producers, José Quintero, Ted Mann, Emilie Stevens and Jason Wingreen, in 1954.
[1] A week after the broadcast of the DuPont Show, Thom won an Emmy for Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama for a two-part episode of the TV series The Defenders called The Madman, starring Sylvia Sidney and Don Gordon.
[1] His play Bicycle Ride to Nevada, starring Franchot Tone, opened on Broadway on September 24, 1963 but closed after one day.
[2][3] Wild in the Streets, based on a short story written by Thom and originally published in Esquire under the title, "The Day It All Happened, Baby!
[2] Thom, then a resident of New York City, passed away from a heart attack while staying in a hotel in Malibu, California, at age 49.