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Jun 29, 1975 · Rod Serling, the television writer, producer and narrator who became best known as host Of “The Twilight Zone” and “Night Gallery” series, and who won six Emmy awards, died yesterday at ...
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.
Apr 1, 2019 · Rod Serling, a 30-year-old rising star in a golden age of dramatic television, watched the events play out in the news. He believed firmly in the burgeoning medium’s power for social justice.
Dec 29, 2003 · Rod Serling’s early life Born in Syracuse, New York in 1924, Rod Serling grew up in the small upstate city of Binghamton. The son of a butcher, he joined the army after graduating from high ...
Feb 29, 2024 · Rod Serling was born December 25, 1924, in Syracuse, New York but grew up an hour south in Binghamton in a Jewish family. He was athletic in his youth, briefly took up boxing, and had considered a career in athletics before he decided to pursue writing. He was tough, having survived the brutal Philippines campaign during World War II.
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. The restaurant was a favorite hangout of Serling’s, a place where he could observe a wide range of human types who might conceivably become models for characters in his scripts—and where ...
Rod Serling’s previously unpublished short story “First Squad, First Platoon” appears in the latest issue of mystery magazine The Strand. Found by Board member Amy Boyle Johnston, the 11,000 word story is “faction,” fiction closely based on Serling’s real-life experiences fighting the Japanese in the WWII Pacific Theater.
