Editing Forrest J Ackerman (section)

==Appearances in film, television, and music==
A lifelong fan of science fiction "[[B-movie]]s", Ackerman appeared in more than 210 films, including parts in many monster movies and [[science fiction film]]s (''[[Dracula vs. Frankenstein]]'', ''[[The Howling (film)|The Howling]]'', ''[[The Aftermath (1982 film)|The Aftermath]]'', ''[[Scalps (1983 film)|Scalps]]'', ''[[Return of the Living Dead Part II]]'', ''[[Innocent Blood (film)|Innocent Blood]]''), more traditional "imagi-movies" (''[[The Time Travelers (1964 film)|The Time Travelers]]'', ''[[Future War]]''), spoofs and comedies (''[[Amazon Women on the Moon]]'', ''[[The Wizard of Speed and Time]]'', ''[[Curse of the Queerwolf]]'', ''[[Transylvania Twist]]'', ''[[Hard to Die]]'', ''[[Nudist Colony of the Dead]]'', ''[[Attack of the 60 Foot Centerfold]]'') and at least one major music video (''[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Michael Jackson's Thriller]]''). His [[Bacon number]] is 2.

In 1961, Ackerman narrated the record ''Music for Robots'' created by Frank Allison Coe. The cover featured Ackerman's face superimposed on the robot from the film ''[[Tobor the Great]]''. The record was reissued on CD in 2005.

Ackerman appears as a character in ''The Vampire Affair'' by [[David McDaniel]] (a novel in the ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.|Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' series), and [[Philip José Farmer]]'s novel ''[[Image of the Beast (novel)|Image of the Beast]]'', first published as the short story "Blown" in ''[[Screw (magazine)|Screw]]'' magazine by [[Al Goldstein]].

A character based on Ackerman and an analog to the Ackermansion appears in the collaborative novel ''[[Fallen Angels (science fiction novel)|Fallen Angels]]'' written jointly by [[Larry Niven]], [[Jerry Pournelle]], and [[Michael F. Flynn]].

"Eccar the Man" is mentioned in ''[[The Flying Sorcerers]]'', a novel jointly written by Niven and [[David Gerrold]], which features a number of characters based on notables from the science fiction community.

[[File:Forrest J Ackerman at the Ackermansion.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Forrest J Ackerman at the Ackermansion]]

He appeared on the intro track of Ohio [[horror punk]] music group Manimals' 1999 album ''Horrorcore''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Featured Content on Myspace |url=https://www.myspace.com/manimals |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015230143/https://myspace.com/manimals |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2015 |website=Myspace}}</ref>

In 2001, Ackerman played the part of an old wax museum caretaker in the camp comedy film ''[[The Double-D Avenger]]'' directed by [[William Winckler]] and starring [[Russ Meyer]] luminaries [[Kitten Natividad]], [[Haji (actress)|Haji]], and [[Raven De La Croix]]. Ackerman played a crazy old man who was in love with Kitten Natividad's character, The Double-D Avenger, and his character also talked to the [[Frankenstein's monster|Frankenstein]] figure and other wax monsters in the museum's chamber of horrors.

Ackerman appeared extensively on-screen discussing his life and the history of [[science fiction fandom]] in the 2006 documentary film ''Finding the Future''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Finding the Future |url=http://www.findingthefuture.com/ |website=www.findingthefuture.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209112015/http://www.findingthefuture.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 9, 2006}}</ref>

In 2007, Roadhouse Films of Canada released a documentary, ''Famous Monster: Forrest J Ackerman''. The documentary, available on DVD only in the UK, airs regularly on the BRAVO channel.

In the 2012 action film ''[[Premium Rush]]'', the character of the corrupt policeman Bobby Monday (played by [[Michael Shannon]]) repeatedly uses the alias "Forrest J Ackerman".

In 2013, the science fiction author [[Jason V Brock]] released a feature-length documentary about Ackerman called ''The Ackermonster Chronicles!''.