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Rod Serling

Age: 50 (passed away Jun. 28th, 1975)
Height: 5' 4"

Birth Place: Syracuse, New York, USA
Born: Dec. 25th, 1924

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Rod Serling's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
The Twilight Zone (1959)	Narrator
Night Gallery	Host
The Match Game	Rod Serling
Fractured Flickers	Rod Serling
Hollywood Talent Scouts	Rod Serling
Ichabod and Me	Eugene Hollin&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

A former boxer, paratrooper and general all-around angry young man, Rod Serling was one of the radical new voices that made the "Golden Age" of television. Long before "The Twilight Zone" (1959), he was known for writing such high-quality scripts as "Patterns" and "Requiem for a Heavyweight," both later turned into films (Patterns (1956) and Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)). Even "The Twilight Zone" (1959) featured forays into controversial grounds like racism, Cold War paranoia and the horrors of war. His maverick attitude eventually drove him from regular network television.

TRIVIA:

Born into a Reform Jewish family, he later became a Unitarian upon his marriage in 1948.
He owned a 1937 Cord automobile. During the making of _"Liar's Club" (1969)_ (qv) game show, he would go riding with friend and fellow actor and car enthusiast 'Tommy Bond (I)' (qv), who played Butch in the Little Rascals series from the 1940s.
He usually dictated his scripts into a tape recorder and had his secretary type them up.
On June 28, 1975, he was mowing his lawn, when all of a sudden, he began to experience some chest pains, and collapsed. His neighbor found him and called the ambulance. When he arrived in the operating room, the doctors saw that the artery leading to his heart was disintegrating and there was no hope for him. He died later that day in the hospital.
Brother of writer/novelist 'Robert J. Serling' (qv).
Military decorations from the Second World War include: World War II Victory Medal, American Campaign Service Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (with Arrowhead Device), Good Conduct Medal, Phillippine Liberation Medal (with 1 bronze service star), Purple Heart, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and Honorable Service Lapel Pin. Also retroactively authorized the Bronze Star Medal, based on receipt of the Combat Infantryman Badge during the Second World War.
Host of the syndicated radio show "The Zero Hour" (1973-1974).
Robert Marshall Hosfeldt authored a 1961 MA Thesis at San Jose State College called "Analysis of the techniques and content of characterization in the Academy Award winning plays of Rod Serling." 'Academy,' in this case, referred to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.