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Rodman Edward Serling (December 25, 1924 – June 28, 1975) was an American screenwriter and television producer best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen, and helped form television industry standards.
Jun 24, 2024 · Rod Serling, American writer and producer of television dramas and screenplays who first garnered attention for his realistic scripts but was perhaps best known for his later work on the science-fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone, which ran from 1959 to 1964.
Rod Serling. Writer: The Twilight Zone. 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.
An American screenwriter, playwright, television producer, and narrator known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his surreal anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. He won six Emmy awards, for for dramas and two for Twilight Zone—more than any other writer.
CBS purchased a teleplay in 1958 that writer Rod Serling hoped to produce as the pilot of a weekly anthology series. "The Time Element" marked Serling's first entry in the field of science fiction. Plot. Thirteen years after the end of World War II, a man named Peter Jenson ( William Bendix) visits a psychoanalyst, Dr. Gillespie ( Martin Balsam ).
Biography. Early Life ~ Rodman Edward Serling was born on December 25, 1924, in Syracuse New York. Rod often quipped, “I was a Christmas present that was delivered unwrapped.” Young Rod Serling with his father Samuel, his mother Esther, and the family dog.
Rod Serling’s last interview took place at Franco’s La Taverna on Sunset Strip on March 4, 1975—just a few months prior to his sudden death at fifty.
59 quotes from Rod Serling: 'Every writer is a frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.', 'Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.', and 'There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.'
Rod Serling. Writer: The Twilight Zone. 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.
Dec 29, 2003 · Known primarily for his role as the host of television’s THE TWILIGHT ZONE, Rod Serling had one of the most exceptional and varied careers in television. As a writer, a producer, and...
