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Rodman Edward Serling. December 25, 1924—June 28, 1975. 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.
Mini Bio. 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. Long before The Twilight Zone (1959) , he was known for writing such high-quality scripts as "Patterns" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight," both later turned into films ( Patterns ...
Rod Serling (born December 25, 1924, Syracuse, New York, U.S.—died June 28, 1975, Rochester, New York) was an American writer and producer of television dramas and screenplays who was perhaps best known for his work on the series The Twilight Zone (1959–64).
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 ).
Rod Serling, now a freelance writer, wrote approximately 90 scripts that were sold and produced on numerous TV anthology series from 1950 through 1960. These years are commonly referred to as the Golden Age of Television.
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.
Dec 29, 2003 · Premiere: 11/29/1995. 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...
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