![]() ![]() ![]() He oversaw the production of the series for the first two seasons, but following budget cuts and the move to an unfavorable timeslot for the third season, he stepped back from working on Star Trek but remained credited as an executive producer. While involved in that series, he began working on a science fiction premise that became Star Trek. ![]() This ran for a single season on NBC on Saturday nights. ![]() He wrote pilots for a series of his own, but these were turned down by the studios until he began work on The Lieutenant. After leaving the force, he wrote for several series, such as Have Gun – Will Travel but wanted to become a producer. During that time, he wrote four episodes of the police procedural Highway Patrol under the pseudonym "Robert Wesley", as the LAPD required employees to seek formal permission to work a second job. He began a writing career while he was a Sergeant in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and his first work to be bought by a network was The Secret Defense of 117, although it took four years to be broadcast. Roddenberry's star on the Hollywood Walk of FameĮugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (Aug– October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer of several television series, best known for his work in creating the Star Trek franchise. ![]()
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