Gene Roddenberry
August 19, 2012
On this date in 1921, writer/producer
Eugene Wesley Roddenberry,
creator of "Star Trek," was born in El Paso, Texas. He left for "Space,
the final frontier," at age 70 from a cardiopulmonary blood clot. In
college he studied pre-law and engineering and got his pilot's license.
He flew B-17s in World War II and was a commercial pilot for Pan Am. He
joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1949 and became speechwriter
for Chief William H. Parker. He began writing scripts for TV shows like
"The U.S. Steel Hour," "Goodyear Theater," "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour,"
"Four Star Theater," "Dragnet," "The Jane Wyman Theater" and "Naked
City." He won his first Emmy for "Have Gun, Will Travel." "Star Trek"
debuted on NBC in 1966 and ran until 1969 (79 episodes). A sequel
series, "Star Trek: The Next Generation," premiered in 1987 and ended in
1994 (176 episodes). Paramount Pictures produced 11 "Star Trek" feature
films through 2009.
D. 1991
“I have always been reasonably leery of religion because there are so
many edicts in religion, 'thou shalt not,' or 'thou shalt.' I wanted my
world of the future to be clear of that.”
Compiled by Bill Dunn (FFRF)
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