Rod Serling

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Rod Serling
Birth name Rodman Edward Serling
Born December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, New York
Died June 28, 1975 in Rochester, New York from complications arising from a coronary bypass operation
Notable Shows The Twilight Zone
Night Gallery
Awards 6 Emmys
1 Golden Globe
1 Peabody

Rod Serling was a writer, producer and actor best known for his work on the television shows The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery as well as for writing the film script Planet of the Apes. He also wrote for such popular television series as Fireside Theatre and Hallmark Hall of Fame before breaking out and getting his own show. Serling is considered one of the greatest science fiction and horror writers the small screen has ever produced. He was known for his ironic twist endings whereby the protagonist of the story was the cause of his or her own downfall. Most of Serling's stories also had a moral to them—some type of a critique of the human condition tending towards a cynicism of man's ability to coexist with himself/his environment/his society. Many of his stories also had a pivotal moment in which the protagonist might see the error of his or her ways and wind up with a happy ending, but most of the time the protagonist would choose the dishonorable path and be punished for it.

Contents

[edit] Biography

[edit] Roles

[edit] Starring Roles

[edit] Guest Starring Roles

[edit] Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

[edit] Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

[edit] Writer

[edit] Staff Writer

Series Year(s)
Kraft Television Theatre 1947
Studio One 1948
Campbell Playhouse 1952
The Twilight Zone 1959
The Loner 1965
Night Gallery 1969

[edit] Episode Writer

Series Episode Airdate
Armstrong Circle Theatre 2x33 - The Sergeant April 29, 1952
The Doctor 1x04 - No Gods to Serve October 5, 1952
The Doctor 1x08 - Those Who Wait October 19, 1952
Kraft Television Theatre (1947) 6x44 - Old MacDonald Had a Curve August 5, 1953
Medallion Theatre 1x07 - The Quiet Village August 22, 1953
Medallion Theatre 2x15 - Twenty-Four Men in a Plane December 19, 1953
Medallion Theatre 2x16 - They Call Them the Meek December 26, 1953
Danger 5x03 - One for the Angels September 14, 1954
The Ford Television Theatre 3x07 - The Summer Memory November 18, 1954
Danger 5x15 - Knife in the Dark December 7, 1954
Armstrong Circle Theatre 5x18 - Save Me from Treason January 4, 1955
Kraft Television Theatre (1947) 8x16 - Patterns January 12, 1955
The Ford Television Theatre 3x25 - Garrity's Sons March 24, 1955
Climax! 1x20 - The Champion March 31, 1955
The United States Steel Hour 2x16 - The Rack April 12, 1955
Climax! 1x29 - To Wake at Midnight June 23, 1955
Fireside Theatre 8x03 - The Director September 13, 1955
The United States Steel Hour 3x11 - Incident in an Alley November 23, 1955
Climax! 2x11 - Portrait in Celluloid November 24, 1955
Matinee Theatre 1x30 - O'Toole from Moscow December 12, 1955
The Catholic Hour - Beloved Outcasts April 15, 1956
The United States Steel Hour 3x22 - Noon on Doomsday April 25, 1956
General Electric Theater 4x39 - A Man with a Vengeance July 1, 1956
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour 1x06 - Mr. Finchley Versus the Bomb September 25, 1956
Playhouse 90 1x01 - Forbidden Area October 4, 1956
Playhouse 90 1x02 - Requiem for a Heavyweight October 11, 1956
Playhouse 90 1x20 - The Comedian February 14, 1957
Playhouse 90 2x02 - The Dark Side of the Earth September 19, 1957
Playhouse 90 2x12 - Panic Button November 28, 1957
Matinee Theatre 3x? - The Cause May 12, 1958
Playhouse 90 2x34 - Nightmare at Ground Zero May 15, 1958
Playhouse 90 2x35 - Bomber's Moon May 22, 1958
Playhouse 90 2x39 - A Town Has Turned to Dust June 19, 1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse 1x06 - The Time Element November 10, 1958
Pursuit (1958) 1x09 - The Last Night in August December 17, 1958
Playhouse 90 3x16 - The Velvet Alley January 22, 1959
Playhouse 90 3x34 - The Rank and File May 28, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x01 - Where Is Everybody? October 2, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x02 - One for the Angels October 9, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x03 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday October 16, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x04 - The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine October 23, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x05 - Walking Distance October 30, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x06 - Escape Clause November 6, 1959.
The Twilight Zone 1x07 - The Lonely November 13, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x08 - Time Enough at Last November 20, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x10 - Judgment Night December 4, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x11 - And When the Sky Was Opened December 11, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x12 - What You Need December 25, 1959
The Twilight Zone 1x13 - The Four of Us Are Dying January 1, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x14 - Third from the Sun January 8, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x15 - I Shot an Arrow into the Air January 15, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x16 - The Hitch-Hiker January 22, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x17 - The Fever January 29, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x19 - The Purple Testament February 12, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x21 - Mirror Image February 26, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x22 - The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street March 4, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x25 - People Are Alike All Over March 25, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x26 - Execution April 1, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x27 - The Big Tall Wish April 8, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x29 - Nightmare as a Child April 29, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x30 - A Stop at Willoughby May 6, 1960
Playhouse 90 4x17 - In the Presence of Mine Enemies May 18, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x32 - A Passage for Trumpet May 20, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x33 - Mr. Bevis June 3, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x34 - The After Hours June 10, 1960
The Twilight Zone 1x35 - The Mighty Casey June 17, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x01 - King Nine Will Not Return September 30, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x02 - The Man in the Bottle October 7, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x03 - Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room October 14, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x04 - A Thing About Machines October 28, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x06 - The Eye of the Beholder November 11, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x08 - The Lateness of the Hour December 2, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x10 - A Most Unusual Camera December 16, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x11 - Night of the Meek December 23, 1960
The Twilight Zone 2x12 - Dust January 6, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x13 - Back There January 13, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x14 - The Whole Truth January 20, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x17 - Twenty-Two February 10, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x18 - The Odyssey of Flight 33 February 24, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x19 - Mr. Dingle, the Strong March 3, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x23 - A Hundred Yards over the Rim April 7, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x24 - The Rip Van Winkle Caper April 21, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x25 - The Silence April 28, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x27 - The Mind and the Matter May 12, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x28 - Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up May 26, 1961
The Twilight Zone 2x29 - The Obsolete Man June 2, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x02 - The Arrival September 22, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x03 - The Shelter September 29, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x04 - The Passersby October 6, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x06 - The Mirror October 20, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x08 - It's a Good Life November 3, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x09 - Deaths-Head Revisited November 10, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x10 - The Midnight Sun November 17, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x11 - Still Valley November 24, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x14 - Five Characters in Search of an Exit December 22, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x15 - A Quality of Mercy December 29, 1961
Armchair Theatre 4x49 - The Rank and File December 31, 1961
The Twilight Zone 3x17 - One More Pallbearer January 12, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x20 - Showdown with Rance McGrew February 2, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x24 - To Serve Man March 2, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x28 - The Little People March 30, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x29 - Four O'Clock April 6, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x30 - Hocus-Pocus and Frisby April 13, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x31 - The Trade-Ins April 20, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x32 - The Gift April 27, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x33 - The Dummy May 4, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x36 - Cavender Is Coming May 25, 1962
The Twilight Zone 3x37 - The Changing of the Guard June 1, 1962
The Twilight Zone 4x02 - The Thirty-Fathom Grave January 10, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x04 - He's Alive January 24, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x10 - No Time Like the Past March 7, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x11 - The Parallel March 14, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x14 - Of Late I Think of Cliffordville April 11, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x16 - On Thursday We Leave for Home May 2, 1963
The Twilight Zone 4x18 - The Bard May 23, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x01 - In Praise of Pip September 27, 1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre 1x01 - A Killing at Sundial October 4, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x04 - A Kind of a Stopwatch October 18, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x05 - The Last Night of a Jockey October 25, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x07 - The Old Man in the Cave November 8, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x08 - Uncle Simon November 15, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x09 - Probe 7 - Over and Out November 29, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x10 - The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms December 6, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x11 - A Short Drink from a Certain Fountain December 13, 1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre 1x10 - It's Mental Work December 20, 1963
The Twilight Zone 5x15 - The Long Morrow January 10, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x25 - The Masks March 20, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x26 - I Am the Night - Color Me Black March 27, 1964
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre 1x22 - A Slow Fade to Black March 27, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x27 - Sounds and Silences April 3, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x29 - The Jeopardy Room April 17, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x32 - Mr. Garrity and the Graves May 8, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x33 - The Brain Center at Whipple's May 15, 1964
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre 1x27 - The Command May 22, 1964
The Twilight Zone 5x35 - The Fear May 29, 1964
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre 2x13 - Exit from a Plane Flight January 22, 1965
The New People 1x01 - Pilot September 22, 1969

[edit] Specials and Made-for-TV Movies Written

Title Airdate Series/Banner
The Hate Syndrome January 21, 1968 Insight

[edit] Producer

Series Year(s) Title Season(s)
The Twilight Zone 1959-1964 Executive Producer 1 2 3 4 5
Night Gallery 1970-1973 Executive Producer 1 2 3

[edit] Memorable Moments

[edit] Awards and Accolades

[edit] Emmy Awards

(9 Nominations, 6 Wins)

  • Nominated: Best Television Adaptation (1955)
Climax! - 1x20 - The Champion
  • Won: Best Original Teleplay Writing (1955)
Kraft Television Theatre - 8x16 - Patterns
  • Won: Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More (1956)
Playhouse 90 - 1x02 - Requiem for a Heavyweight
  • Won: Best Teleplay Writing - One Hour or More (1957)
Playhouse 90 - 1x20 - The Comedian
  • Nominated: Best Writing of a Single Dramatic Program - One Hour or Longer (1958-59)
Playhouse 90 - 2x39 - A Town Has Turned To Dust
  • Won: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama (1959-60)
The Twilight Zone
  • Won: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama (1960-61)
The Twilight Zone
  • Nominated: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama (1961-62)
The Twilight Zone
  • Won: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama - Adaptation (1963-64)
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre - 1x10 - It's Mental Work

[edit] Daytime Emmy Awards

(1 Nomination)

  • Nominated: Outstanding Writing in a Children's Special (2000-01)
A Storm in Summer

[edit] Golden Globes

(1 Nomination, 1 Win)

  • Won: Best TV Star - Male (1962)

[edit] Peabody Awards

(1 Win)

  • Won: Writing (1956)
Playhouse 90 - 1x02 - Requiem for a Heavyweight

[edit] Trivia

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