Gene Roddenberry

Born

August 19, 1921

Died

October 24, 1991 (aged 70)

Known as

screenwriter, television producer, film producer, aircraft pilot, science fiction writer, novelist

Eugene Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a police officer. Roddenberry flew 89 combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later, he joined the Los Angeles Police Department and began to write for television.

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