ROD SERLING. Born Edward Rodman Serling in Syracuse, New York, U.S.A., 25 December 1924. Educated at Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, B.A. 1950. Married: Carolyn Kramer, 1948; two daughters. Served as paratrooper in U.S. Army during World War II. Worked as writer for WLW-Radio, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1946-48, WKRC-TV, Cincinnati, 1948-53; freelance writer, from 1953; producer, television series The Twilight Zone, 1959-64, and Night Gallery, from 1969; taught at Antioch College, 1950s and Ithaca College, 1970s. Honorary degrees: D.H.L., Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1971, and Alfred University, New York, 1972; Litt. D. from Ithaca College, 1972. President, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 1965-66; member of the council, Writers Guild of America West, 1965-67. Recipient: six Emmy Awards; Sylvania Awards, 1955 and 1956; Christopher Awards, 1956 and 1971; Peabody Award, 1957; Hugo Awards, 1960, 1961, and 1962. Died 28 June 1975.
Rod Serling was perhaps the most prolific writer in American television. It is estimated that during his twenty-five year career, from the late 1940s to 1975, over 200 of his teleplays were produced.
TELEVISION PLAYS (selection, writer)
1953 "Nightmare at Ground Zero" Suspense1953 "Old MacDonald Had a Curve" Kraft Television Theater1954 "One for the Angels" Danger 1955 "Patterns" Kraft Television Theater 1955 "The Rack" U.S. Steel Hour1956 "Requiem for a Heavyweight" Playhouse 90 1956 "Forbidden Area" Playhouse 90 (from Pat Frank's novel)1957 "The Comedian" Playhouse 901959 "The Lonely" Twilight Zone1959 "Time Enough at Last" Twilight Zone1965-66 The Loner, 14 Episodes1966 The Doomsday Flight 1970 "A Storm in Summer" Hallmark Hall of Fame1971 "Make Me Laugh" Night Gallery
TELEVISION SERIES (producer)
1959-64 The Twilight Zone 1970-73 Night Gallery
FILMS (writer)
Patterns, 1956; Saddle the Wind (with Thomas Thompson), 1958; Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1962; The Yellow Canary, 1963; Seven Days in May, 1964; Assault on a Queen, 1966; Planet of the Apes (with Michael Wilson), 1968; A Time for Predators, 1971.
STAGE
The Killing Season, 1968.
PUBLICATIONS
Stories from the Twilight Zone. New York: Bantam, 1960.
More Stories from the Twilight Zone. New York: Bantam, 1961.
New Stories from the Twilight Zone. New York: Bantam, 1962.
Requiem for a Heavyweight (novel). New York: Bantam, and London: Corgi, 1962.
From the Twilight Zone (short stories). New York: Doubleday, 1962.
Night Gallery (short stories). New York: Bantam, 1971.
Night Gallery 2 (short stories). New York: Bantam, 1972.
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader. Greenberg, Martin H., Carol Serling, and Charles G. Waugh, editors. New York: Dembner Books, 1987.
"You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone! "
"You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone."
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