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Rod Serling (1924–1975)

Writer | Actor | Producer

A former boxer, paratrooper and general all-around angry young man, Rod Serling was one of the radical new voices that made the "Golden Age" of television. Long before Twilight Zone, he was known for writing such high-quality scripts as "Patterns" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight," both later turned into films ( Patterns and Requiem for a Heavyweight)... See full bio »

Born:

Rodman Edward Serling
in Syracuse, New York, USA

Died:

(age 50) in Rochester, New York, USA
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2002-2003 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Burned (2003) (creator)
– Sunrise (2003) (creator)
– Homecoming (2003) (creator)
– The Executions of Grady Finch (2003) (creator)
– Developing (2003) (creator)
See all 44 episodes »
 
2000 For All Time (TV movie) (Twilight Zone episode "A Stop at Willoughby")
 
2000 A Storm in Summer (TV movie) (1970 teleplay / written by)
 
1998 A Town Has Turned to Dust (TV movie)
 
1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies (TV movie)
 
1997 End of the Road (short) (teleplay)
 
1994 Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV movie) (story / written by)
 
1994 The Enemy Within (TV movie) (screenplay "Seven Days in May")
 
1985-1989 The Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Father & Son Game (1989) (creator)
– Special Service (1989) (creator)
– Crazy as a Soup Sandwich (1989) (creator)
– Love Is Blind (1989) (creator)
– Many, Many Monkeys (1989) (creator)
See all 65 episodes »
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie (television series The Twilight Zone)
 
1981 The Salamander (adaptation)
 
1976 The Sad and Lonely Sundays (TV movie)
 
1976 Time Travelers (TV movie) (story)
 
1974 Rekvijem za teskasa (TV movie)
 
1969-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
– Something in the Woodwork (1973) (teleplay)
– Finnegan's Flight (1972) (written by)
– You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please (1972) (teleplay / segment "You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan")
– Rare Objects (1972) (written by)
– The Caterpillar/Little Girl Lost (1972) (teleplay / segment "The Caterpillar")
See all 26 episodes »
 
1972 The Man (screenplay)
 
1970 Waar is iedereen? (TV short)
 
1970 A Storm in Summer (TV movie)
 
1969-1970 The New People (TV series)
– On the Horizon (1970) (developer)
– The Siege of Fern's Castle (1970) (developer)
– The Prisoner of Bomano (1969) (developer)
– The Guns of Bomano (1969) (developer)
– Speed Kills (1969) (developer)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1968 Certain Honorable Men (TV movie)
 
1968 Planet of the Apes (screenplay)
 
1966 The Doomsday Flight (TV movie)
 
1966 Assault on a Queen (screenplay)
 
1966 Insight (TV series)
– The Hate Syndrome (1966) (writer)
 
1965-1966 The Loner (TV series)
– To Hang a Dead Man (1966) (creator)
– The Burden of the Badge (1966) (creator)
– Pick Me Another Time to Die (1966) (creator)
– Incident in the Middle of Nowhere (1966) (creator)
– The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2 (1966) (creator / writer)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1965 Der neue Mann (TV movie) (play)
 
1963-1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– Exit from a Plane in Flight (1965) (writer)
– The Command (1964) (adaptation / previous teleplay The Strike)
– A Slow Fade to Black (1964) (writer)
– It's Mental Work (1963) (adaptation)
– A Killing at Sundial (1963) (writer)
 
1964 A Carol for Another Christmas (TV movie)
 
1959-1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– The Bewitchin' Pool (1964) (creator)
– The Fear (1964) (creator)
– Come Wander with Me (1964) (creator)
– The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964) (creator / writer)
– Mr. Garrity and the Graves (1964) (creator / teleplay)
See all 156 episodes »
 
1964 The Movie Maker (TV movie) (written by)
 
1964 Seven Days in May (screenplay)
 
1963 The Yellow Canary (writer)
 
1963 Im Schatten des Krieges (TV movie) (play)
 
1963 Let Us Continue (documentary short) (writer)
 
1962 Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay)
 
1962 Incident in an Alley (story)
 
1958-1961 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The Rank and File (1961) (writer)
– Come in Razor Red (1960) (writer)
– Noon on Doomsday (1958) (writer)
 
1961 Der entscheidende Augenblick (TV movie)
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
– Playhouse 90: A Town Has Turned to Dust (1960)
 
1956-1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960) (writer)
– The Rank and File (1959) (writer)
– The Velvet Alley (1959) (writer)
– A Town Has Turned to Dust (1958) (writer)
– Bomber's Moon (1958) (writer)
See all 11 episodes »
 
1959 Teledrama (TV series)
– O Vice-Presidente (1959) (teleplay)
 
1959 Television Playwright (TV series)
– The Dark Side of the Earth (1959) (writer)
 
1959 Requiem voor een zwaargewicht (TV movie)
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
– The Last Night in August (1958) (writer)
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
– The Time Element (1958) (writer)
 
1955-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Cause (1958) (writer)
– O'Toole from Moscow (1955) (writer)
 
1958 Saddle the Wind (screenplay)
 
1957 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
– Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957) (teleplay)
 
1957 Blood Money (TV movie)
 
1956 The Rack (teleplay)
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
– Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb (1956) (writer)
 
1955-1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– A Man with a Vengeance (1956) (writer)
– A Man with a Vengeance (1955) (writer)
 
1955-1956 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
– Noon on Doomsday (1956) (writer)
– Incident in an Alley (1955) (writer)
– The Rack (1955) (writer)
 
1956 The Catholic Hour (TV series)
– Beloved Outcasts (1956) (writer)
 
1953-1956 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
– The Arena (1956) (written especially for Studio One by)
– The Man Who Caught the Ball at Coogan's Bluff (1955) (writer)
– U.F.O. (1954) (writer)
– The Strike (1954) (written especially for Studio One by)
– Herman, Come by Bomber (1954) (writer)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1956 Patterns (original story and screen play)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
– Portrait in Celluloid (1955) (writer)
– To Wake at Midnight (1955) (writer)
– The Champion (1955) (adaptation)
 
1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Director (1955) (writer)
 
1955 Star Tonight (TV series)
– Strength of Steel (1955) (writer)
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
– The Fateful Pilgrimage (1955) (writer)
 
1954-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
– Garrity's Sons (1955) (writer)
– The Summer Memory (1954) (writer)
 
1953-1955 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– Patterns (1955) (writer)
– Patterns (1955) (writer)
– A Long Time Till Dawn (1953) (writer)
– The Blues for Joey Menotti (1953) (writer)
– Old Macdonald Had a Curve (1953) (writer)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1952-1955 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Save Me from Treason (1955) (writer)
– The Sergeant (1952) (writer)
 
1954 Danger (TV series)
– Knife in the Dark (1954) (teleplay)
– One for the Angels (1954) (writer)
 
1954 Center Stage (TV series)
– The Worthy Opponent (1954) (writer)
 
1953-1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
– The Muldoon Matter (1954) (writer)
– At Ease (1953) (writer)
 
1954 The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV series)
– Walk in the Night (1954) (writer)
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– They Call Them the Meek (1953) (writer)
– Twenty-Four Men in a Plane (1953) (writer)
– The Quiet Village (1953) (writer)
 
1953 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
– The Happy Headline (1953) (story)
 
1952-1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
– The Return of Socko Renard (1953) (writer)
– A Time for Heroes (1953) (writer)
– The Inn of Eagles (1953) (writer)
– The Hill (1952) (writer)
– The Face of Autumn (1952) (writer)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1953 Suspense (TV series)
– Nightmare at Ground Zero (1953) (written for television by)
 
1953 Man Against Pain (TV movie) (writer)
 
1953 Ponds Theater (TV series)
 
1953 Horace Mann's Miracle (TV movie) (writer)
 
1952 The Doctor (TV series)
– Those Who Wait (1952) (writer)
– No Gods to Serve (1952) (writer)
 
1952 I Lift Up My Lamp (TV movie) (writer)
 
1952 The Carlson Legend (TV movie) (writer)
 
1952 Shadow of the Cloak (TV series)
– The Last Performance (1952)
 
1950 Stars Over Hollywood (TV series)
– Merry Christmas for Sweeney (1950)
– Grady Everett for the People (1950) (writer)
 
Show ShowActor (8 titles)
1976 The Art of Film (TV series)
Narrator (voice)
 
1975 The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1974 Phantom of the Paradise
Introductory Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1973 Encounter with the Unknown
Narrator (voice)
 
1972 Ironside (TV series)
Thyros, Witches Shop Keeper
– Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Murder (1972) … Thyros, Witches Shop Keeper
 
1971 Appointment with Destiny (TV series)
Narrator
– The Last Days of John Dillinger (1971) … Narrator
 
1959-1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Narrator / Himself - Host
– The Bewitchin' Pool (1964) … Narrator/Himself - Host (uncredited)
– The Fear (1964) … Narrator/Himself - Host (uncredited)
– Come Wander with Me (1964) … Narrator/Himself - Host (uncredited)
– The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964) … Narrator/Himself - Host (uncredited)
– Mr. Garrity and the Graves (1964) … Narrator/Himself - Host (uncredited)
See all 155 episodes »
 
1962 Ichabod and Me (TV series)
Eugene Hollinfield
– The Celebrity (1962) … Eugene Hollinfield
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2006 Sathya Sai Baba: Man of Miracles (documentary) (series producer)
 
1976 The Sad and Lonely Sundays (TV movie) (producer)
 
1959-1960 Twilight Zone (TV series) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions - 36 episodes)
– A World of His Own (1960) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions)
– The Mighty Casey (1960) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions)
– The After Hours (1960) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions)
– Mr. Bevis (1960) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions)
– A Passage for Trumpet (1960) (executive producer: Cayuga Productions)
See all 36 episodes »
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1965-1966 The Loner (TV series) (supervising script consultant - 26 episodes)
– To Hang a Dead Man (1966) (supervising script consultant)
– The Burden of the Badge (1966) (supervising script consultant)
– Pick Me Another Time to Die (1966) (supervising script consultant)
– Incident in the Middle of Nowhere (1966) (supervising script consultant)
– The Mourners for Johnny Sharp: Part 2 (1966) (supervising script consultant)
See all 26 episodes »
 
Show ShowThanks (6 titles)
2012 Rabid Love (short) (thanks)
 
2011 Blüm (short) (thanks)
 
2011 MyShadow (short) (special thanks)
 
2008 El embaucador (short) (special thanks)
 
2002 Cultivision (Collapsing Stars) (thanks)
 
2001 Planet of the Apes (acknowledgment: 1968 "Planet Of The Apes" theatrical motion picture adapted by)
 
Show ShowSelf (46 titles)
2011 Pioneers of Television (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Science Fiction (2011) … Himself
 
2006 Sathya Sai Baba: Man of Miracles (documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Exiles (documentary)
Himself
 
1979 UFOs: It Has Begun (documentary)
Presenter and Narrator
 
1975 They Made Movies in Ithaca (documentary)
Narrator
 
1975 The Outer Space Connection (documentary)
Narrator
 
1974 Monsters! Mysteries or Myths? (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1968-1974 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau (TV series documentary)
Narrator / Himself - Narrator
– Blizzard at Hope Bay (1974) … Himself - Narrator
– Beneath the Frozen World (1974) … Narrator
– The Flight of the Penguins (1974) … Narrator
– South to Fire and Ice (1973) … Narrator
– The Singing Whale (1973) … Narrator
See all 28 episodes »
 
1974 Big Mouth (documentary)
Narrator
 
1974 UFOs: Past, Present, and Future (documentary)
Narrator
 
1973 Stand Up and Cheer (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.9 (1973) … Himself
 
1973 Deadly Fathoms (documentary)
Narrator
 
1969-1973 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Hatred Unto Death/How to Cure the Common Vampire (1973) … Himself - Host
– The Doll of Death (1973) … Himself - Host
– Whisper (1973) … Himself - Host
– Death on a Barge (1973) … Himself - Host
– Something in the Woodwork (1973) … Himself - Host
See all 49 episodes »
 
1973 The Silent Drum (documentary)
Narrator
 
1972-1973 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 April 1973 (1973) … Himself
– The 4-Star Charity Weekday Tournament (1973) … Himself
See all 6 episodes »
 
1973 In Search of Ancient Astronauts (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1973 In Search of Ancient Mysteries (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1972 The Sixth Sense (TV series)
Himself - Host / Himself
– Five Widows Weeping (1972) … Himself - Host
– With Affection, Jack the Ripper (1972) … Himself - Host
– Face of Ice (1972) … Himself - Host
– Lady, Lady, Take My Life (1972) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 19 July 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 March 1972 (1972) … Himself - Guest
 
1971 The Pet Set (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 26 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1968-1970 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.13 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #4.7 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #2.8 (1968) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1970 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.166 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 The Unexplained (TV documentary)
Narrator
 
1969 The Andy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Liar's Club (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1969 (1969) … Himself
– Episode dated 3 February 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Donald O'Connor Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 November 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 September 1967 (1967) … Himself
 
1963-1967 You Don't Say (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 5 June 1967 (1967) … Himself
– Episode dated 27 February 1967 (1967) … Himself
– Episode dated 30 June 1965 (1965) … Himself
– Episode dated 1 October 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963-1966 The Match Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 22 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 September 1966 (1966) … Himself
See all 38 episodes »
 
1966 Hollywood Talent Scouts (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 April 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1965 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 The Danny Kaye Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.18 (1964) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Art Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 July 1963 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Twilight Zone Sketch (1963) … Himself
 
1961 PM East (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 December 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 July 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1961 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Himself - Host / Narrator
– The Silence (1961) … Himself - Host/Narrator (uncredited)
 
1961 CBS Fall Preview Special: Seven Wonderful Nights (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1960 The David Susskind Show (TV series)
Himself
– Television Tempest (1960) … Himself
 
1960 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Cameo / Himself
– Clem and the Beanstalk (1960) … Himself/Cameo (uncredited)
 
1960 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Himself
– The Man in the Funny Suit (1960) … Himself
 
1959 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Rod Serling (1959) … Himself - Guest
 
1958 Look Here (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #1.22 (1958) … Himself - Guest
 
1957 Night Beat (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 October 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2014 Serling
Himself
 
2005 Medium (TV series)
 
2005 Horror Business (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
 
1996 Rod Serling: Writer (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie
Narrator (end of Segment #4) (voice) (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1985, 2002) His image is visible in the opening credits of The Twilight Zone and The Twilight Zone. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Biographical Movies  | 2 Print Biographies  | 2 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

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Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Hollywood's a great place to live . . . if you're a grapefruit. See more »

Trivia:

In 1994, 19 years after his death, he returned to "host" the pre-show area of "The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror" attraction at The Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park in Orlando, Florida. Through clever use of carefully edited vintage Twilight Zone footage, new footage processed in black & white and special... See more »

Trademark:

Always wore a suit and tie when presenting his shows See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn