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Alias Name(s): Robert Wesley
Gender: Male
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, USA
Birthday: 8-19-1921
Birth Name: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
Date of Death: 10-24-1991
Cause of Death: in Santa Monica, California, USA from cardiac arrest
Alias Name(s): Robert Wesley
Gender: Male
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, USA
Birthday: 8-19-1921
Birth Name: Eugene Wesley Roddenberry
Date of Death: 10-24-1991
Cause of Death: in Santa Monica, California, USA from cardiac arrest
Many know this man as the person who gave birth to the renowned Star Trek tv series, but it didnt originally start there. During his childhood he might have died in a house fire with Bob, Doris, and their mother, but a milkman came along and woke them in time.
During WWII he had a friend named Kim Noonien Singh; after the war Kim disappeared, and Gene used his name for some characters in...
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Gene Roddenberry became interested in science fiction after reading an issue of Astounding Stories while still in in junior high.
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Gene Roddenberry worked as a Pan-Am World Airways airline pilot for four years.
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There is an asteroid named in his honor, named "4659 Roddenberry".
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October 4th has been declared "Roddenberry Day" in El Paso, Texas.
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Gene Roddenberry originally conceived the Klingons to look more "alien" than they do in the original Star Trek series, but budget constraints prevented this.
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Gene Roddenberry: Science fiction writers are not necessarily good movie writers. It may be that Star Trek is a television-type vehicle.
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Gene Roddenberry: You can't take this speck of dust in this midst of all this incredible panorama of birth and complexifying and say... this is the only place that life happens. It's like turning your back on the whole idea of growth and evolution.
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Gene Roddenberry: You'd have to be a madman to sit down and say, "Well, what do I do today? I think I'll create a phenomenon!"
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Gene Roddenberry: My favorite (episode) was City on the Edge of Forever because I stole a little money from other episodes to do it.
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Gene Roddenberry: When they say on a show "Created by" anyone, like "Created by Gene Roddenberry", that is not true. I laid out a pathway, and then the only thing I will take credit for is, I surrounded myself by very bright people who came up with all those wonderful things. And then you can appear very smart.
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Charlie X voice of Galley Chef (uncredited) |
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Alias Smith and Jones
The Girl in Boxcar #3 Story |
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Patterns of Force Creator |
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Star Trek
Return to Tomorrow Creator |
Star Trek
For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky Creator |
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Star Trek
Day of the Dove Creator |
Star Trek
Spock's Brain Creator |
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"Original"Perfect This is the kind of person who can shape lives. Continue » Posted Sep 12, 2006 2:53 pm PST |
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