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Gene Roddenberry
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Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Conception, Screen Story, Show Creator, Teleplay By Born: August 19, 1921 in El Paso, TX Death: October 24, 1991 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:Though he did other things in the film and television industry, producer/filmmaker/actor "Gene Roddenberry" will always be best remembered as the father of "Star Trek", a relatively short-lived science fiction television series that became a cultural phenomenon of the '70s, '80s, '90s, and on, spawned three sequel series, a string of novels and novellas, a cartoon show, and a highly successful series of feature films. Born in El Paso, TX, Roddenberry originally studied law, then aeronautical engineering in college. He then became a pilot and volunteered for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. Piloting a B-17, he earned medals for his bombing in the Pacific Theater. After the war ended, he became a commercial pilot for Pan Am airlines. The newly developed medium of television intrigued Roddenberry and he wanted to become a writer. When that didn't work out, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department where... Full Biography
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