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Gerald Allan Sohl Sr. (December 2, 1913 – November 4, 2002) was an American television scriptwriter and science fiction author who wrote for The Twilight Zone (as a ghostwriter for Charles Beaumont), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: The Original Series (once using the pseudonym "Nathan Butler"), and other shows.
Jerry Sohl was born on 2 December 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jerry was a writer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Outer Limits (1963) and Die, Monster, Die! (1965). Jerry was married to Jean Gordon. Jerry died on 4 November 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
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- December 2, 1913
- Jerry Sohl
- November 4, 2002
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Jerry Sohl (2 December 1913 – 4 November 2002; age 88) was a science fiction prose writer, who wrote three episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series. For television, he first ghost-wrote episodes of The Twilight Zone for Charles Beaumont, who was suffering from Alzheimers. He used the pseudonym of Nathan Butler for his credit on "This Side of Paradise" because he was displeased with D.C. Fontana's rewrite of his original script.
•TOS:
•"The Corbomite Maneuver"
•"This Side of Paradise" (story; credited as Nathan Butler)
•"Whom Gods Destroy" (story)
Jerry Sohl was born on December 2, 1913 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jerry was a writer, known for Star Trek (1966), The Outer Limits (1963) and Die, Monster, Die! (1965). Jerry was married to Jean Gordon. Jerry died on November 4, 2002 in Thousand Oaks, California, USA.
- December 2, 1913
- November 4, 2002
JERRY SOHL was one of the most successful science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writers of his time. A prolific author of novels (Costigans Needle, Point Ultimate) and films (Die, Monster, Die! with Boris Karloff), he is perhaps best-known today for his teleplays for The Twilight Zone, Star Trek, The Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
Nov 10, 2002 · Jerry Sohl, 88, a novelist and scriptwriter, probably best known for his science fiction work, died Monday at a hospital in Thousand Oaks.
Once out West he wrote episodes for “The Twilight Zone,” “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” “The Outer Limits,” “Star Trek: The Original Series”,” and others.His more popular sci-fi novels included “The Haploids,” (1952), “Costigan’s Needle” (1953), and “The Time Dissolver” (1957).
