Roddenberry, Gene

Gene Roddenberry,
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Name	Roddenberry, Gene Gender: M
Birthname	Wesley Eugene Roddenberry
born on	19 August 1921 at 01:35 (= 01:35 AM )
Place	El Paso, Texas, 31n46, 106w29
Timezone	MST h7w (is standard time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Rodden
Astrology data	25°48' 03°36 Asc. 04°32'

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Gene Roddenberry
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Biography

American television screenwriter, producer, and creator of Star Trek: The Original Series (1966-1969), its sequel spin-off series Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974), and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994).

His family moved to Los Angeles in 1923. While growing up, one of three kids of Caroline, a housewife, and Eugene, a police officer, Roddenberry loved listening to radio serials. He attended several colleges, including UCLA without graduating.

Roddenberry flew 89 B-17 combat missions in the Pacific during World War II and received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. After the war he was a commercial pilot for Pan-Am for four years. In 1949, he served as a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department.

His writing career began in the early '50s when he began contributing scripts to TV series including Dragnet, Naked City and Have Gun, Will Travel The inspiration for Star Trek came when the western series Wagon Train premiered in 1966. Like Wagon Train, Star Trek was about a warm and diverse band of roving comrades. Through the far-out concept of the series Roddenberry felt he could deal with important issues such as sex, religion, and union-management without upsetting the network. He had wanted his wife, Majel Barrett, to play Captain Kirk's second-in-command. When NBC execs balked at a woman character with that much power, the post went to Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy). Barrett ended up with parts on both the original TV Star Trek and the sequel, Star Trek: The Next Generation. With a dismal original run, showing a lowly 52nd in the ratings, Roddenberry's TV series, Star Trek was saved by letter-writing campaigns from Hollywood writers and later by fans.

In 1985, he became the first TV writer with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he was later inducted into both the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Roddenberry was first married on 20 June 1942 to Eileen Rexroat with whom he had two daughters. Two days after their divorce became final he married Mejel Barrett on 29 December 1969 and had a son, Rod. From 1975 until his death, Roddenberry maintained an extramarital relationship with his executive assistant, Susan Sackett.

At 1.91 m (6' 3") and 98 kg (215 lb), Roddenberry was a gentle giant engulfing others with his bearlike embraces. During 1990 he had a series of strokes and died on 24 October 1991 of a massive blood clot, two days after the screening of the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. His wife Majel Barrett Roddenberry died of leukaemia on 18 December 2008. Years after his death, Gene Roddenberry was one of the first humans to have their ashes carried into earth orbit.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Ellison, Harlan (born 27 May 1934)

• associate relationship with Entertainment: Star Trek (born 8 September 1966). Notes: Creator, executive producer, showrunner

• friend relationship with Clarke, Arthur C. (born 16 December 1917)

• friend relationship with Gardner, Erle Stanley (born 17 July 1889)

• friend relationship with Ingalls, Don (born 29 July 1918)

• lover relationship with Nichols, Nichelle (born 28 December 1932). Notes: 1960s

• (has as) worker relationship with Khambatta, Persis (born 2 October 1948)

• (has as) worker relationship with McFadden, Gates (born 2 March 1949)

• (has as) worker relationship with Nimoy, Leonard (born 26 March 1931)

• (has as) worker relationship with Shatner, William (born 22 March 1931)

• (has as) worker relationship with Stewart, Patrick (born 13 July 1940)

• (has as) worker relationship with Takei, George (born 20 April 1937)

Events

• Relationship : Marriage 20 June 1942 (First wife, Eileen Rexroat)
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• Work : New Job 1949 (Police officer for LAPD)

• Work : Fired/Laid off/Quit 7 June 1956 (Resigned from LAPD)
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• Work : New Job 1966 (Wrote scripts for "Wagon Train")

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 8 September 1966 (Start of "Star Trek," three years)
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• Relationship : Divorce dates 27 December 1969 (First wife, Eileen Rexroat)
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• Relationship : Marriage 29 December 1969
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• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1979 (First "Star Trek" movie produced)

• Death by Disease 24 October 1991 (Stoke, subsequent blood clots, age 70)
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Source Notes

Jim Eshelman quoted B.C.

(Birth certificate in hand from both Viktor E. and Sy Scholfield, copies on file.)

Categories

• Traits : Body : Size (1.91 m/ 6 ft 3 in)

• Traits : Body : Weight (98 kg/ 215 lb)

• Diagnoses : Major Diseases : Stroke (Blood clots, terminal)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)

• Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two girls and one boy)

• Family : Parenting : Kids - Noted

• Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Financial success in field

• Personal : Misc. : Changed name (Pseudonym "Robert Wesley")

• Vocation : Entertain/Business : Entertain Producer

• Vocation : Law : Police (Officer for LAPD)

• Vocation : Military : Combat (Pilot during WWII)

• Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ commercial (Pro. airline pilot)

• Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script (TV/movie writer, most noted for "Star Trek" series)

• Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame

• Notable : Awards : Medals (Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal)