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Gilbert Alexander Ralston (January 5, 1912 – March 18, 1999) was a British-American screenwriter, journalist and author. He was a television producer in the 1950s and a screenwriter in the 1960s. He created the television series The Wild Wild West and wrote scripts for Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, I Spy, Hawaii Five-O and Naked City.
Gilbert Ralston. Writer: Star Trek. In the 1960s, Gilbert Ralston began work in television and film writing, including the screenplay for Willard (1971). This was based on the book 'Ratman's Notebooks' written by Stephen Gilbert. Gilbert Ralston spent his final years in a South Carolina nursing home, where he died in 1999.
- Producer, Writer
- January 5, 1912
- Gilbert Ralston
- March 18, 1999
The episode was scripted by Gilbert Ralston, who had written for numerous episodic TV series in the 1950s and 1960s. (Western novelist and screenwriter Clair Huffaker also worked on the concept.) In a later deposition, Ralston explained that he was approached by Michael Garrison, who "said he had an idea for a series, good commercial idea, and ...
Gilbert Ralston is known as an Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Story, and Original Film Writer. Some of his work includes Star Trek, Willard, Hawaii Five-O, Willard, Combat!, Ben, Gunsmoke, and The Hunting Party.
Gilbert Alexander Ralston (5 January 1912 – 18 March 1999; age 87) was a journalist, author, and television writer. He wrote the Star Trek: The Original Series second season episode "Who Mourns for Adonais?". Ralston was a prolific television writer, authoring episodes of many series such as The...
Ralston, Gilbert. Entry updated 9 January 2023. Tagged: Author. (1912-1999) Northern Ireland-born screenwriter and author, in America for many years, who may have sometimes written as by Stephen Gilbert (see Stephen Gilbert for discussion of the resulting confusion).
Jul 8, 1999 · Four months ago, Gilbert Ralston, a top television writer in the 1950's and 60's, lay dying of congestive heart failure at the Sandpiper Court Yard, a home for the elderly near Charleston, S.C....
