Harlan Jay Ellison (May 27, 1934 – June 28, 2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known works include the 1967 Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", considered by some to be the greatest episode of Star Trek ever(he subsequently wrote a book about the experience that includes his original screenplay), his A Boy and His Dog cycle (which was made into a film), and his short stories "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" and "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman". He was also editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars.

Filmography

• 2023Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania — Thanks
• Love, Death & Robots — Short Story
• Masters of Science Fiction — Writer
• The Hunger — Writer, Story
• Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
• The Outer Limits — Short Story
• Babylon 5 — Sparky the Computer (voice), Psi Cop, Zooty (voice), Writer
• Phantom 2040
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs — Story
• The Simpsons — Harlan Ellison (voice)
• The Twilight Zone — Writer, Creative Consultant, Story
• Tales from the Darkside — Writer
• 1984The Terminator — Thanks
• 1980The Starlost: The Beginning — Writer
• 1975A Boy and His Dog — Novel
• The Starlost — Writer, Creator
• Ghost Story — Story
• 1971The Godson — Guy with Barbara and Brunette (uncredited)
• Star Trek — Writer
• Tales to Keep You Awake — Writer
• 1966The Oscar — Screenplay
• The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Writer, Story
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea — Writer
• Burke's Law — Writer
• The Outer Limits — Writer
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Writer
• The Starlost: Deception — Writer

Appearances as themselves (18)

• The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek — Self (archive footage)
• 2018Clark Ashton Smith: The Emperor of Dreams — Self
• 2014Pencils Down! The 100 Days of the Writers Guild Strike — Self
• 2010Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man — Self
• Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated — Self (voice)
• 2008Dreams with Sharp Teeth — Self
• 2007To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore — Self
• 200640 Years of Star Trek — Self
• 2005Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman — Self
• 2005Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy — Self
• 2003Impressions of Dune — Self
• 1993The Overstreet World of Comic Books — Self
• Prisoners of Gravity — Self
• 1987The Masters of Comic Book Art — Self - Host
• 1984De droomproducenten — Self
• 1981Television: The Enchanted Mirror — Self
• 1979Since '45 — Self - In new expanded version
• Television: The Ultimate Drug — Self / Author