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Biography

Many know this man as the person who gave birth to the renowned Star Trek tv series, but it didnt originally start there. During…more

Born

8/19/1921, El Paso, Texas, USA

Died

10/24/1991

Birth Name

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry

Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (2)

Role
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 13: Ep 182 May 27, 1975
    5/27/75
- Star Trek
  voice of Galley Chef (uncredited)
  - S 1: Ep 3 Charlie X
    9/15/66
Writer (27)

Role
- Earth: Final Conflict
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Decision
    10/6/97
- Star Trek: Remastered
  Writer
  - — The Cage
    10/15/88
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Datalore
    1/18/88
  - S 1: Ep 10 Hide And Q
    11/23/87
  - S 1: Ep 2 Encounter At Farpoint (2)
    9/28/87
  - S 1: Ep 1 Encounter At Farpoint (1)
    9/28/87
- Shannon
  Writer
- Genesis II
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
    3/23/73
- Star Trek
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Cage
  - S 2: Ep 25 Bread and Circuses
    3/15/68
  - S 2: Ep 23 The Omega Glory
    3/1/68
  - S 2: Ep 20 Return to Tomorrow
    2/9/68
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Menagerie - Part II
    11/24/66
  - + 1 More Credits
- Mr. District Attorney
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 5 Police Brutality
  - S 1: Ep 4 Patrol Boat
  - S 1: Ep 6 Court Escape
  - S 1: Ep 3 Police Academy
  - S 1: Ep 2 Wife Killer
  - + 1 More Credits
- Dr. Christian
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Bullet Wound
- Chevron Hall of Stars
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Secret Wepon of 117
- The Lieutenant
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 29 To Kill a Man
    4/18/64
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Alien
    12/28/63
  - S 1: Ep 5 A Very Private Affair
    10/12/63
  - S 1: Ep 0 Pilot
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Writer
  - S 6: Ep 27 The Savages
    3/16/63
  - S 6: Ep 23 Cage at McNaab
    2/16/63
  - S 6: Ep 14 Trial at Tablerock
    12/15/62
  - S 6: Ep 11 Marshal of Sweetwater
    11/24/62
  - S 6: Ep 2 Taylor's Woman
    9/22/62
  - + 19 More Credits
- General Electric True
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 2 V-Victor 5
    10/7/62
- Naked City
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 31 The Rydecker Case
    6/6/62
- Target: The Corruptors
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 10 To Wear A Badge
    12/1/61
- Whiplash
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 11 Sarong
    5/6/61
  - S 1: Ep 8 Actress
    4/15/61
  - S 1: Ep 7 Dutchman's Reef
    4/8/61
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode In Bathurst
    3/25/61
- Two Faces West
  Writer
- Hotel de Paree
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 23 Sundance And The Black Widow
    4/1/60
- The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Karate
    1/8/60
- Harbor Command
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 37 The Psychiatrist
    6/20/58
- Jefferson Drum
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 7 Madame Faro
    6/6/58
  - S 1: Ep 3 Law And Order
    5/9/58
- Boots and Saddles
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Marquis of Donnybrook
    12/26/57
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Prussian Farmer
    10/17/57
- The Jane Wyman Show
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Perfect Alibi
    12/12/57
- West Point Story
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 40 Dragoon Patrol
    7/5/57
  - S 1: Ep 39 Pressure
    6/28/57
  - S 1: Ep 35 Drowning of the Gun
    5/31/57
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Command
    2/22/57
  - S 1: Ep 19 Jet Flight
    2/8/57
  - + 4 More Credits
- True Story
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 2 Dream No More
    4/20/57
- Kaiser Aluminum Hour
  Writer
  - S 1: Ep 16 So Short a Season
    2/12/57
- Highway Patrol
  Writer
  - S 2: Ep 9 Oil Lease
    10/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 28 Mental Patient
    4/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 9 Reformed Criminal
    11/28/55
- I Led Three Lives
  Writer
  - S 3: Ep 34 Discredit Police
    1/1/56
Story (3)

Role
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Girl in Boxcar #3
    2/11/71
- Star Trek
  Story
  - S 3: Ep 24 Turnabout Intruder
    6/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Savage Curtain
    3/7/69
  - S 2: Ep 26 Assignment: Earth
    3/29/68
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Return of the Archons
    2/9/67
  - S 1: Ep 7 Mudd's Women
    10/13/66
  - + 1 More Credits
- The Virginian
  Story
  - S 1: Ep 29 Run Away Home
    4/24/63
Producer (3)

Role
- Star Trek: Remastered
  Producer
  - — The Cage
    10/15/88
- Star Trek
  Producer
  - S 3: Ep 13 Elaan of Troyius
    12/20/68
  - S 1: Ep 0 The Cage
  - S 2: Ep 26 Assignment: Earth
    3/29/68
  - S 2: Ep 16 The Gamesters of Triskelion
    1/5/68
  - S 1: Ep 30 Operation -- Annihilate!
    4/13/67
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Lieutenant
  Producer
Creator (6)

Role
- Andromeda
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 3 A Heart for Falsehood Framed
    10/15/01
  - S 2: Ep 2 Exit Strategies
    10/8/01
- Star Trek: Voyager
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 1 The 37's
    8/28/95
- Star Trek: Remastered
  Creator
  - — The Cage
    10/15/88
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Creator
  - S 1: Ep 6 Where No One Has Gone Before
    10/26/87
  - S 1: Ep 2 Encounter At Farpoint (2)
    9/28/87
  - S 1: Ep 1 Encounter At Farpoint (1)
    9/28/87
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Creator
  - S 2: Ep 5 How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    10/5/74
  - S 2: Ep 4 Albatross
    9/28/74
  - S 2: Ep 2 Bem
    9/14/74
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Pirates of Orion
    9/7/74
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Jihad
    1/12/74
  - + 9 More Credits
- Star Trek
  Creator
  - S 3: Ep 24 Turnabout Intruder
    6/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 23 All Our Yesterdays
    3/14/69
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Savage Curtain
    3/7/69
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Cloud Minders
    2/28/69
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Way to Eden
    2/21/69
  - + 68 More Credits
Teleplay (3)

Role
- I Led Three Lives
  Teleplay
  - S 3: Ep 28 Radioactive
    1/1/06
- Star Trek
  Teleplay
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Savage Curtain
    3/7/69
  - S 2: Ep 19 A Private Little War
    2/2/68
- Highway Patrol
  Teleplay
  - S 1: Ep 38 Prospector
    6/1/56
  - S 1: Ep 22 Human Bomb
    2/27/56
Executive Consultant (1)

Role
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Executive Consultant
  - S 2: Ep 5 How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    10/5/74
  - S 2: Ep 4 Albatross
    9/28/74
  - S 2: Ep 2 Bem
    9/14/74
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Pirates of Orion
    9/7/74
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Jihad
    1/12/74
  - + 9 More Credits
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 6 Where No One Has Gone Before
    10/26/87
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Last Outpost
    10/19/87
  - S 1: Ep 4 Code Of Honor
    10/12/87
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Naked Now
    10/5/87
  - S 1: Ep 2 Encounter At Farpoint (2)
    9/28/87
  - + 1 More Credits
- Star Trek
  Executive Producer
  - S 3: Ep 24 Turnabout Intruder
    6/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 23 All Our Yesterdays
    3/14/69
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Savage Curtain
    3/7/69
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Cloud Minders
    2/28/69
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Way to Eden
    2/21/69
  - + 52 More Credits

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Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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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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- 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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