Name
Ray Bradbury
Known For
Writing
Birthday
1920-08-22
Deathday
2012-06-05 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Waukegan, Illinois, U.S.
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
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In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question...
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In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature ...
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In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, ...
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The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur ...
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Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormo...
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There’s only one person who so accurately personifies movie magic in the history of film...
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A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with...
- 2006 C.S. Lewis: Dreamer of Narnia as Self
- 2001 Besuch bei Ray Bradbury as Self
- 2004 Hollywood Legenden as Self
- 2011 How to Live Forever as Self
- 1993 The Halloween Tree as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 The Sci-Fi Boys as Self
- 1999 The Stan Freberg Commercials as Himself (archive footage)
- 1979 Playboy's 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2007 Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman as Self
- 1989 The Ray Bradbury Theater: A Sound of Thunder as Self
- 1986 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal as Self
- 1998 In Search of Tarzan with Jonathan Ross as Self
- 1991 Hooray for Horrorwood as Self
- 1998 Universal Horror as Self - Interviewee
- 1997 The Harryhausen Chronicles as Self
- 2003 The Making of 'Fahrenheit 451' as Self
- 1983 Aliens, Dragons, Monsters & Me as Himself
- 2002 The Tramp and the Dictator as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 In Search of Oz as Self
- 2000 Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces as Self
- 1996 A Century of Science Fiction as Self
- 1985 The Whimsical World of Oz as Self
- 2003 Hugh Hefner: American Playboy as Self
- 1979 Infinite Horizons: Space Beyond Apollo as Himself
- 2012 Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2010 Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man as Self
- 2000 The Fly Papers: The Buzz on Hollywood's Scariest Insect as Self
- 1981 Rich and Famous as Literary Party Guest
- 1982 Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine as Ralph as a Man (voice)
- 1996 Corwin as Self
- 1988 The Ray Bradbury Theater: And So Died Riabouchinska as Self - Introduction(uncredited)
- 2009 Pulp Fiction: The Golden Age of Storytelling as Self - Novelist
- 1982 The Stan Freberg Federal Budget Review
- 2013 Out of Print as Self
- Soon The AckerMonster Chronicles!
- 2005 Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection as Self
- 1988 Mall Time as Himself
- 2025 Starman
- 1991 Amazing Worlds of Science Fiction and Fantasy as Self
- 1989 Prisoners of Gravity ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1985 The Ray Bradbury Theater ( 65 episodes ) as Self - Introduction
- 2004 Dennis Miller ( 1 episode )
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1975 Apostrophes ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon Assignment America ( 1 episode )
- Soon Science Fiction Film Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 American Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Ralph as Man (voice)
