Born in El Paso in 1921, Gene Roddenberry moved to Los Angeles to become a police officer. He married and had two children. Then World War II happened. Roddenberry got a pilot’s license ...
In 1986, Kelley recalled his early Roddenberry gigs and credited their failure for the eventual rise of "Star Trek." Kelley said: "I had, in 1960, done a pilot ['333 Montgomery Street'] for Gene ...
Rod Roddenberry celebrated a birthday as a child with a “Star Wars” cake, ordered by his dad, Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek,” and his mother, Majel Barrett, an iconic “Star ...