---
name: "Reid Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/reid-harrison"
fi1m_id: "reid-harrison"
imdb_id: "nm0365829"
tmdb_id: 1216655
wikidata_id: "Q6104560"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 November 1958"
died: "15 January 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:10:15.541225+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."
---

# Reid Harrison

## Identity

Reid Harrison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/reid-harrison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** reid-harrison
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365829
- **TMDB ID:** 1216655
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6104560
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216655

Writer. Born 6 November 1958 in Orange. Died 15 January 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 November 1958, Orange
- **Died:** 15 January 2024
- **Active:** 1989–1996
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Freiberger](https://film.one/person/bill-freiberger.md), [Brian K. Roberts](https://film.one/person/brian-k-roberts.md), [Don Payne](https://film.one/person/don-payne.md), [John Frink](https://film.one/person/john-frink.md), [Sam Simon](https://film.one/person/sam-simon.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6104560, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365829/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216655

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Reid Harrison was an American screenwriter and television producer. He graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1982. He began his television writing career after submitting a spec script for *The Simpsons*, which led to work on the animated series *The Critic* before he joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons*.

Harrison wrote the *Simpsons* episodes 'The Springfield Files' (1997) and 'Papa Don't Leech' (2008), and served as story editor on the show. He contributed to numerous other series including *Pinky and the Brain*, *Duckman*, *The PJs*, *George and Leo*, *Men Behaving Badly*, *Sonic Boom*, *Danger Mouse* and *Disenchantment*, on which he was supervising producer. He died on 15 January 2024.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wm.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *7 Bears* (2025), series, In Memory Of, Writer, Staff Writer
- *Bionic Max* (2021), series, Writer
- *The Smurfs* (2021), series, Writer
- *Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese* (2019), series, Writer
- *Disenchantment* (2018), series, Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Counterfeit Cat* (2016), series, Writer
- *Danger Mouse* (2015), series, Writer, Additional Writing
- *Get Blake!* (2015), series, Writer
- *Sonic Boom* (2014), series, Writer
- *Strange Hill High* (2013), series, Writer
- *Rekkit Rabbit* (2011), series, Writer
- *Prep & Landing* (2009), as Additional Writing
- *Tak and the Power of Juju* (2007), series, Writer
- *George of the Jungle* (2007), series, Writer
- *Catscratch* (2005), series, Writer
- *Rodney* (2004), series, Writer
- *Son of the Beach* (2000), series, Writer
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Writer
- *Brother's Keeper* (1998), series, Writer, Co-Producer
- *George & Leo* (1997), series, Writer
- *Men Behaving Badly* (1996), series, Writer
- *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Story
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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© 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/reid-harrison