Ray Bradbury

Biography

Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 - June 5, 2012) was an American fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury is one of the most celebrated among 20th and 21st century American writers of speculative fiction. Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.

Known For

Apostrophes

Le Grand Échiquier

The Ray Bradbury Theater

Prisoners of Gravity

Starman

Dennis Miller

Science Fiction Film Awards

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

All Movies (38)

• Starman2025
• Out of Print2013 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan2012 · as Self
• How to Live Forever2011 · as Self
• Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man2010 · as Self
• Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling2009 · as Self - Novelist
• Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman2007 · as Self
• C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia2006 · as Self
• The Sci-Fi Boys2006 · as Self
• Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection2005 · as Self
• Hollywood Legenden2004 · as Self
• Hugh Hefner: American Playboy2003 · as Self
• The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451'2003 · as Self
• The Tramp and the Dictator2002 · as Self (uncredited)
• Besuch bei Ray Bradbury2001 · as Self
• The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect2000 · as Self
• Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces2000 · as Self
• The Stan Freberg Commercials1999 · as Himself (archive footage)
• In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross1998 · as Self
• Universal Horror1998 · as Self - Interviewee
• The Harryhausen Chronicles1997 · as Self
• Corwin1996 · as Self
• A Century of Science Fiction1996 · as Self
• In Search of Oz1994 · as Self
• The Halloween Tree1993 · as Narrator (voice)
• Hooray for Horrorwood1991 · as Self
• The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder1989 · as Self
• The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska1988 · as Self - Introduction(uncredited)
• Mall Time1988 · as Himself
• The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal1986 · as Self
• The Whimsical World of Oz1985 · as Self
• Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me1983 · as Himself
• Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine1982 · as Ralph as a Man (voice)
• The Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review1982
• Rich and Famous1981 · as Literary Party Guest
• Infinite Horizons: Space Beyond Apollo1979 · as Himself
• Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration1979 · as Self
• The AckerMonster Chronicles!—

All TV Shows (7)

• Dennis Miller2004
• Prisoners of Gravity1989 · as Self
• The Ray Bradbury Theater1985 · as Self - Introduction
• Apostrophes1975 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Assignment America—
• Science Fiction Film Awards— · as Himself