Forrest J Ackerman

Actor, Author

1916 – 2008

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Who was Forrest J Ackerman?

Forrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan. He was, for over seven decades, one of science fiction's staunchest spokesmen and promoters.

Ackerman was a Los Angeles, California-based magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom, a leading expert on science fiction and fantasy films, and possibly the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia. He was the editor and principal writer of the American magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, as well as an actor and producer from the 1950s into the 1980s, and appears in two documentaries related to this period in popular culture: writer and filmmaker Jason V Brock's The Ackermonster Chronicles!, a 2012 documentary about Ackerman, and Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man, about the late author Charles Beaumont, a former client of The Ackerman Agency.

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Born
Nov 24, 1916
Los Angeles
Also known as
  • 4SJ
  • Forry
  • 4E Ackerman
  • Coil Kepac
  • Wilfred Owen Morley
  • F. Ackerman
  • Weaver Wright
  • Hubert George Wells
  • Forrest James Ackerman
  • Forry Ackerman
Parents
Spouses
Religion
  • Atheism
  • Judaism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Died
Dec 4, 2008
Los Angeles

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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