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

Solip (2022)
Cineficción Radio (2021)
The Twilight Zone (2019-2020)
#WTRAPSU: Will the Real Alien Please Stand Up? (2016)
The Hitch-Hiker (2015)
The Hitchhiker (2014)
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)
Planet of the Apes Test Reel (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 (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)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (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)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In Guest Performer (1968-1971)
The Twilight Zone Narrator (1959-1964)
Actor

Ichabod and Me Eugene Hollinfield (1962)
Producer

The Sad and Lonely Sundays (1976)
Producer

The Twilight Zone (1959-1960)
Archive footage

Behind the Attraction (2021)
Is It Really Worth It? (2020)
The Twilight Zone 60th: Remembering Rod Serling (2019)
CBS News Sunday Morning (2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
Ancient Aliens (2018)
Captainmidnight (2017)
Welcome to the Basement (2015)
The Sixties (2014)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2012)
Not Fade Away (2012)
Colorshopping Vol. 2 (2011)
Pioneers of Television (2011)
Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone's Magic Man (2010)
Horror Business (2007)
Medium (2005)
E! True Hollywood Story (2000)
Rod Serling: Writer (1996)
American Masters (1995)
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror (1994)
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (1994)
Show Biz Bloopers (1991)
The Exiles (1989)
Bloopermania (1987)
Horrible Horror (1986)
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Archive footage

UFOs: It Has Begun (1979)
The Bob Braun Show (1972)
Script and Continuity Department

The Loner (1965-1966)

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Awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmys.

Another 11 wins & 9 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Towards the end of his career, he narrated several documentaries about sharks and other underwater life that were shown a great deal, at the time, in schools.

Quotes

Fame is short-lived. One year after this show [The Twilight Zone (1959)] goes off the air, they'll never remember who I am. And I don't care a bit. Anonymity is fine with me. My place is as a writer.