Gene Roddenberry

Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for creating the original Star Trek television series. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, where his father worked as a police officer. Roddenberry flew eightynine combat missions in the Army Air Forces during World War II, and worked as a commercial pilot after the war. Later he followed in his fathers footsteps and joined the Los Angeles Police Department where he also began to write scripts for television.

Roddenberry was born on August 19, 1921 in his parents rented home in El Paso, Texas, the first child of Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline Glen Roddenberry. The family moved to Los Angeles in 1923 after Genes father passed the Civil Service test and was given a police commission there. During his childhood, Roddenberry was interested in reading, especially pulp magazines, and was a fan of stories such as John Carter of Mars, Tarzan, and the Skylark series by E. E. Smith.

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