Gene Roddenberry filmography

Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 – October 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer of several television series, best known for his work in creating the Star Trek franchise.

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.

[1] During that time, he wrote four episodes of the police procedural Highway Patrol under the pseudonym "Robert Wesley",[2] as the LAPD required employees to seek formal permission to work a second job.

While involved in that series, he began working on a science fiction premise that became Star Trek.

[9] Of these, Questor was approved to go to a full season, but following disagreements between Roddenberry and the studio over suggested changes, it was canceled.