Gene Roddenberry

August 19

Star Trek created Gene Roddenberry

Gene Roddenberry may be best known for creating StarTrek, but the late writer/producer also wrote many popular series including Have Gun will Travel, The Virginian, and Dr. Kildare, often under pseudonym Robert Wesley. Following the cancellation of his most noted series in 1969, Roddenberry continued to interact with StarTrek fans as they spurred on a revival through a well documented letter writing campain. Roddenberry continued to produce and consult on the subsequent Animated Series, Films, and Sequal Shows until his death in 1991. Shortly before he passed, a new office building on the Paramont lot was dedicated as the Gene Rodenberry Building in honor of the man who created the studio's most enduring franchise.