Rod Serling (1924–1975)

Writer | Actor | Producer

John Phillips is the name used by longtime television and film writer Rod Serling when he asked ...

Born: December 25, 1924
Died: June 28, 1975 (age 50)

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Filmography

Known For

The Twilight Zone Writer (1959-1964)
Night Gallery Writer (1969-1973)
Planet of the Apes Writer (1968)
Known For

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Writer (1963-1965)
Writer

#WTRAPSU: Will the Real Alien Please Stand Up? (2016)
The Hitch-Hiker (2015)
The Twilight Zone (2002-2003)
For All Time (2000)
A Storm in Summer (2000)
A Town Has Turned to Dust (1998)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
End of the Road (1997)
The Enemy Within (1994)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
The Twilight Zone (1985-1989)
The Twilight Zone (1988)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Salamander (1981)
The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976)
Time Travelers (1976)
Rekvijem za teskasa (1974)
Night Gallery (1969-1973)
The Man (1972)
Waar is iedereen? (1970)
A Storm in Summer (1970)
The New People (1969-1970)
Certain Honorable Men (1968)
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1967)
The Doomsday Flight (1966)
Assault on a Queen (1966)
Insight (1966)
The Loner (1965-1966)
Der neue Mann (1965)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963-1965)
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
The Movie Maker (1964)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Let Us Continue (1963)
The Yellow Canary (1963)
Im Schatten des Krieges (1963)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Incident in an Alley (1962)
Armchair Theatre (1958-1961)
Der entscheidende Augenblick (1961)
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960)
Playhouse 90 (1956-1960)
Requiem voor een zwaargewicht (1959)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1957-1959)
Teledrama (1959)
Television Playwright (1959)
Pursuit (1958)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958)
Matinee Theatre (1955-1958)
Saddle the Wind (1958)
Blood Money (1957)
The Rack (1956)
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (1956)
General Electric Theater (1955-1956)
The United States Steel Hour (1955-1956)
The Catholic Hour (1956)
Studio One in Hollywood (1953-1956)
Patterns (1956)
The Challenge (1955)
Climax! (1955)
Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1955)
Star Tonight (1955)
Appointment with Adventure (1955)
The Ford Television Theatre (1954-1955)
Kraft Theatre (1953-1955)
Playbill (1955)
Armstrong Circle Theatre (1952-1955)
Danger (1954)
The Telltale Clue (1954)
Center Stage (1954)
The Motorola Television Hour (1953-1954)
The Philip Morris Playhouse (1954)
Medallion Theatre (1953)
Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953)
Lux Video Theatre (1952-1953)
Ponds Theater (1953)
Suspense (1953)
Man Against Pain (1953)
Horace Mann's Miracle (1953)
The Doctor (1952)
I Lift Up My Lamp (1952)
The Carlson Legend (1952)
Shadow of the Cloak (1952)
Hollywood Opening Night (1951)
Writer

Stars Over Hollywood (1950)
Actor

The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond Narrator (1975)
Phantom of the Paradise Introductory Narrator (1974)
Encounter with the Unknown Narrator (1972)
Ironside Thyros, Witches Shop Keeper (1972)
Appointment with Destiny Narrator (1971)
The Twilight Zone Narrator (1959-1964)
Actor

Ichabod and Me Eugene Hollinfield (1962)
Producer

Sathya Sai Baba: Man of Miracles (2006)
The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976)
Producer

The Twilight Zone (1959-1960)
Archive footage

Welcome to the Basement (2015)
The Sixties (2014)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012)
Not Fade Away (2012)
Pioneers of Television (2011)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010)
Horror Business (2005)
Medium (2005)
E! True Hollywood Story (2000)
Rod Serling: Writer (1996)
American Masters (1995)
Horrible Horror (1986)
Archive footage

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
The Bob Braun Show (1972)
Miscellaneous Crew

The Loner (1965-1966)

Awards

Did You Know

Trivia

His experiences during World War II made him extremely anti-war.

[on hosting The Twilight Zone (1959)] There I am. Five feet five of solid gristle. I really don't like to do hosting. I do it by default. I have to. If I had my druthers, I wouldn't do it. I just tense up terribly before going before the cameras. ...