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Biography

Born in 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois, Ray Bradbury graduated high school in 1938, and then began writing. In order to make some money, he…more

Born

8/22/1920, Waukegan, Illinois, USA

Birth Name

Ray Douglas Bradbury

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Host
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Tombstone
    10/30/92
  - S 6: Ep 22 Some Live Like Lazarus
    10/24/92
  - S 6: Ep 21 Downwind from Gettysburg
    10/17/92
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
  - S 6: Ep 19 Sun and Shaddow
    10/3/92
  - + 60 More Credits
Guest Star (8)

Role
- Prisoners of Gravity
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 10 Amnesia/Total Recall
    12/15/93
  - S 4: Ep 6 Space Travel
    11/5/92
  - S 4: Ep 4 Ray Bradbury
    10/22/92
  - S 3: Ep 24 Mars
    3/19/92
- The Dennis Miller Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 85 May 21, 1992
    5/21/92
- The Academy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 3 Banshee
    2/22/86
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Screaming Woman
    2/22/86
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Town Where No One Got Off
    2/22/86
- American Playhouse
  voice of Ralph Spaulding
  - S 1: Ep 5 Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
    2/9/82
- Omnibus (UK)
  Presenter
  - S 14: Ep 1 Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man
    1/15/80
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 15: Ep 85 January 12, 1978
    1/12/78
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 34 It's Fantastic, It's Futuristic, It's Fatalistic, It's Science Fiction
    12/16/73
Writer (10)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Writer
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Tombstone
    10/30/92
  - S 6: Ep 22 Some Live Like Lazarus
    10/24/92
  - S 6: Ep 21 Downwind from Gettysburg
    10/17/92
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
  - S 6: Ep 19 Sun and Shaddow
    10/3/92
  - + 59 More Credits
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Elevator
    1/31/86
- Omnibus (UK)
  Writer
  - S 14: Ep 1 Ray Bradbury: The Illustrated Man
    1/15/80
- Curiosity Shop
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Groon
- The Twilight Zone
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 35 I Sing the Body Electric
    5/18/62
- Alcoa Premiere
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Jail
    2/6/62
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Writer
  - S 7: Ep 17 The Faith of Aaron Menefee
    1/30/62
  - S 5: Ep 10 Special Delivery
    11/29/59
  - S 4: Ep 6 Design for Loving
    11/9/58
  - S 1: Ep 18 Shopping for Death
    1/29/56
- The Troubleshooters
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 12 Tunnel to Yesterday
    12/4/59
- Steve Canyon
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Gift
    12/20/58
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Marked Bullet
    11/20/56
Story (13)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Story
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Tombstone
    10/30/92
  - S 6: Ep 22 Some Live Like Lazarus
    10/24/92
  - S 6: Ep 21 Downwind from Gettysburg
    10/17/92
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
  - S 6: Ep 19 Sun and Shaddow
    10/3/92
  - + 58 More Credits
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985)
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Jar
    4/6/86
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Burning Man
    11/15/85
- American Playhouse
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 5 Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine
    2/9/82
- The Martian Chronicles
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Martians
    1/29/80
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Settlers
    1/28/80
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Expeditions
    1/27/80
- Out of the Unknown
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Fox And The Forest
    11/22/65
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Life Work of Juan Diaz
    10/26/64
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Jar
    2/14/64
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 20 And So Died Riabouchinska
    2/12/56
- Star Tonight
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 13 Zero Hour
    4/28/55
- Fireside Theatre
  Story
  - S 6: Ep 30 The Relentless Weavers
    3/30/54
- Suspense
  Story
  - S 4: Ep 25 Summer Night
    2/19/52
- Out There (1951)
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Man
    12/23/51
- Lights Out (1949)
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 48 Zero Hour
    7/23/51
Creator (1)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Creator
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Tombstone
    10/30/92
  - S 6: Ep 22 Some Live Like Lazarus
    10/24/92
  - S 6: Ep 21 Downwind from Gettysburg
    10/17/92
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
  - S 6: Ep 19 Sun and Shaddow
    10/3/92
  - + 56 More Credits
Teleplay (2)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Teleplay
  - S 3: Ep 8 On the Orient, North
    4/30/88
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Teleplay
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Life Work of Juan Diaz
    10/26/64
Executive Producer (1)

Role
- The Ray Bradbury Theater
  Executive Producer
  - S 6: Ep 23 The Tombstone
    10/30/92
  - S 6: Ep 22 Some Live Like Lazarus
    10/24/92
  - S 6: Ep 21 Downwind from Gettysburg
    10/17/92
  - S 6: Ep 20 Silent Towns
    10/10/92
  - S 6: Ep 19 Sun and Shaddow
    10/3/92
  - + 60 More Credits

Ray Bradbury News

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6644 Hollywood Blvd..
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- In 1987, DelRay re-released Fahrenheit 451 and included an afterword by Ray Bradbury; in that he stated that the reason for the re-release was that he was upset to learn that his short stories and novels, including Fahrenheit 451, were being censored.
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- Bradbury's film, Icarus Montgolfier Wright (1962) was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of "Best Animated Short Subject".
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Quotes
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- Ray: You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.
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- Ray: We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.
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- Ray: There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
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