Jim Carlson (August 29, 1932 – August 25, 2007) was an American film and television writer. He has been involved in shows like Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Emergency!, CHiPs and Battlestar Galactica, Spiral Zone, Beetlejuice, X-Men, the movie Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw, and an ABC special based on The Mouse and the Motorcycle. He often collaborated with writer Terrence McDonnell.