Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersEmmysSTARmeter AwardsSan Diego Comic-ConNew York Comic-ConSundance Film FestivalToronto Int'l Film FestivalAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Gene Roddenberry(1921-1991)

  • Writer
  • Producer
  • Additional Crew
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
Gene Roddenberry
Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Play trailer0:56
Let That Be Your Last Battlefield (1969)
5 Videos
10 Photos
While in junior high school he became interested in science fiction and years later while reading a copy of 'Astounding Stories' when he was working as an airline pilot he decided to give it up and become a writer. He moved West and joined the Los Angeles police force to gain experience that would help him toward a writing career in Hollywood. He began selling scripts for television shows such as 'Dragnet' and 'Naked City'. He was head writer on 'Have Gun Will Travel' for two years winning the 'Writer's Guild Award' for 'Best Script. He created and produced 'The Lieutenant' followed by 3 years of the 'Star Trek' television series and produced the films 'Pretty Maids All in a Row', the first 'Star Trek' film and was executive consultant on the following two.
BornAugust 19, 1921
DiedOctober 24, 1991(70)
BornAugust 19, 1921
DiedOctober 24, 1991(70)
IMDbProStarmeter
See rank
  • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys

Photos10

Gene Roddenberry
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Gene Roddenberry, and Robert Wise in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Doug Grindstaff and Gene Roddenberry
Photo Courtesy of Majel Barrett Roddenberry
Photo Courtesy of Majel Barrett Roddenberry
William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, and Gene Roddenberry
Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, DeForest Kelley, Gene Roddenberry, and Robert Wise at an event for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Gene Roddenberry, and Carl Sagan
Lindy Benson, Penny Irving, Vicki Michelle, and Gene Roddenberry in Spectre (1977)

Known for

Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
Star Trek
8.4
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
8.7
TV Series
  • Writer(creator)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.4
  • Writer
  • 1979
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
5.5
  • Writer(creator)
  • 1989

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Writer

  • To the Journey: Looking Back at Star Trek: Voyager
    • (creator)
    • In Production
  • Star Trek: USS PAN
    • In Development
  • Untitled Star Trek Sequel
    • Pre-production
  • Noël Wells, Jack Quaid, and Tawny Newsome in Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
    Star Trek: Lower Decks
  • Rebecca Romijn, Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding, and Babs Olusanmokun in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022)
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
    • (creator)
  • Sonequa Martin-Green in Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
    Star Trek: Discovery
  • Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: Picard (2020)
    Star Trek: Picard
  • Kate Mulgrew, Dee Bradley Baker, Jason Mantzoukas, Angus Imrie, Ella Purnell, Brett Gray, and Rylee Alazraqui in Star Trek: Prodigy (2021)
    Star Trek: Prodigy
  • Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova (2022)
    Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova
  • The Federation Files (2016)
    The Federation Files
  • Kirk Squad (2016)
    Kirk Squad
  • Star Trek: Short Treks (2018)
    Star Trek: Short Treks
  • Starship Antyllus (2013)
    Starship Antyllus
  • Avalon Lost (2019)
    Avalon Lost
  • Inglorious Treksperts (2018)
    Inglorious Treksperts
  • Star Trek: Enterprise E
  • Star Trek: Eagle (2009)
    Star Trek: Eagle
  • Star Trek: The Mirror Frontier (2017)
    Star Trek: The Mirror Frontier

Producer

  • Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart, and Tom Hardy in Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
    Star Trek: Nemesis
    • (posthumously credited on other mediums, uncredited)
  • Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, and Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
    Star Trek: The Next Generation
  • Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991)
    Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special
  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next (1988)
    The Star Trek Saga: From One Generation to the Next
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
  • Spectre (1977)
    Spectre
  • Planet Earth (1974)
    Planet Earth
  • Mike Farrell and Robert Foxworth in The Questor Tapes (1974)
    The Questor Tapes
  • Genesis II (1973)
    Genesis II
  • Rock Hudson and Margaret Markov in Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)
    Pretty Maids All in a Row
  • Walter Koenig, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, and Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek (1966)
    Star Trek
  • Police Story
  • The Long Hunt of April Savage
  • Gary Lockwood in The Lieutenant (1963)
    The Lieutenant

Additional Crew

  • Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
    Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
  • Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
    Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Merritt Butrick, and Robin Curtis in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
    Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
  • Kirstie Alley, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, and Ricardo Montalban in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
    Star Trek: The Motion Picture
    • (uncredited)
  • Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, James Doohan, and DeForest Kelley in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973)
    Star Trek: The Animated Series
  • Mike Farrell and Robert Foxworth in The Questor Tapes (1974)
    The Questor Tapes
  • Mr. District Attorney (1954)
    Mr. District Attorney
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos5

Where 'Star Trek 4' Should Boldly Go
Clip 4:16
Where 'Star Trek 4' Should Boldly Go
The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series
Clip 1:21
The Best of Star Trek: The Original Series
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Trailer 1:34
The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal
Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Trailer 0:56
Star Trek: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Super Bowl Spot
Promo 0:34
Super Bowl Spot

Personal details

Edit
    • Roddenberry family homepage
    • August 19, 1921
    • El Paso, Texas, USA
    • October 24, 1991
    • Santa Monica, California, USA(cardiac arrest)
    • Majel BarrettDecember 29, 1969 - October 24, 1991 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Began writing TV shows such as _"Have Gun Will Travel" (1957)_, Highway Patrol (1955), 0055710, Alias Smith and Jones (1971), Naked City (1958), Two Flags West (1950), The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959), The Detectives (1959), and West Point (1956). Many of these were written using the pen-name of Robert Wesley.
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Print Biographies
    • 8 Interviews
    • 10 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    During World War II, he had a friend named Kim Noonien Singh; after the war Kim disappeared, and Gene used his name for some characters in the Star Trek series (Khan Noonien Singh from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) and Noonien Soong from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)) in hopes that Kim might recognize his name and contact him.
  • Quotes
    A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.
    • His stories often reflect his social views

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.