Gene Roddenberry
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Eugene "Gene" Wesley Roddenberry Sr. was an American television screenwriter and producer who created the science fiction series and fictional universe Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry g
Roddenberry at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong Flight Research Center), 1967
Roddenberry during his senior year of high school at Franklin High School (1939).
Leonard Nimoy first worked with Roddenberry on The Lieutenant.
Roddenberry appearing in an advertisement for MONY in 1961
Nichelle Nichols
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Grace Dell "Nichelle" Nichols was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on American televi
Gene Roddenberry
…worked with several cast and crew who would later join him on Star Trek, including Gene L. Coon, star Gary Lockwood, Joe D'Agosta, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, and Majel Barrett. The Lieutenant was produced with the co-operation of the Pentagon, which allowed them to film at an actual Marine base. During the…
Nichols in 1979
Nichols as Lieutenant Nyota Uhura on Star Trek, 1967
Nichols in 2012
Nichols (fourth from the left) with most of the cast of Star Trek visiting the Space Shuttle Enterprise at the Rockwell International plant at Palmdale, California, U.S., 1976