Rod Serling biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Rod Serling

Author Name:

Rod Serling

Born As:

Rodman Edward Serling

Other Names:

Born:

25 Dec 1924

Died:

28 Jun 1975




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Actor, writer and producer                          
Selected Works:

Patterns - 1955
Requiem for a Heavyweight - 1956
The Comedian - 1957
A Town Has Turned to Dust - 1958
The Velvet Alley - 1958
The Twilight Zone - 1959 - 1964 television series
Night Gallery - 1970 - 1973 television series
Planet of the Apes - 1968 co-written with Michael Wilson.                          
Mother Esther Serling
Father Samuel  Serling, two sons, Robert J. Serling and Rodman Edward.                          
                          
Tired of seeing his scripts butchered, such as removing any political statements, ethnic identities, even the Chrysler Building being removed from a script sponsored by Ford, Serling decided the only recourse for avoiding such artistic interference was to create his own show.