---
name: "Harlan Ellison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harlan-ellison"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 May 1934"
died: "28 June 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T18:09:01.989219+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harlan Ellison

Writer. Born 27 May 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Died 28 June 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 May 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 28 June 2018
- **Active:** 1966–1994
- **Also known as:** Cord Wainer Bird, Cordwainer Bird
- **Works often with:** David Gerrold, D. C. Fontana

## Biography

Harlan Ellison (27 May 1934 – 28 June 2018) was an American writer of speculative fiction, short stories, novels, essays, screenplays and teleplays. He contributed scripts to numerous television series, including the original *Star Trek* (1966), for which he wrote the episode 'The City on the Edge of Forever' (1967). He also wrote under the pseudonyms Cord Wainer Bird and Cordwainer Bird.

Ellison is known for his short stories such as 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman' (1965) and 'I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream' (1967), the novella cycle *A Boy and His Dog* (1969; film 1975), and as editor of the anthologies *Dangerous Visions* (1967) and *Again, Dangerous Visions* (1972). He received multiple Hugo, Nebula and Edgar awards.

*Sources: memory-alpha.fandom.com, nytimes.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Star Trek* (1966), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Babylon 5* (1994), Writer

## Also known for

- *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), Short Story
- *A Boy and His Dog* (1975), Novel
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), Writer, Story
- *The Outer Limits* (1995), Short Story
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Writer
- *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), Writer
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), Writer
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), Writer

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/harlan-ellison