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Gene L. Coon
American screenwriter, TV producer and novelist, best known for his work on Star Trek (1924-1973) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 49
Eugene Lee Coon was an American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist. He is best remembered for his work on the original Star Trek as a screenwriter, story editor, and showrunner from the middle of the series' first season to the middle of the second.
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William Shatner Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Leonard Nimoy Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
George Takei Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Nichelle Nichols Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
DeForest Kelley Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
James Doohan Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Walter Koenig Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Jack Arnold Directed Man in the Shadow (1957)- Albert Zugsmith Produced Man in the Shadow (1957)
Whit Bissell Gene produced The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)
Joan Collins Gene produced The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)
Don Siegel Directed The Killers (1964)
Majel Barrett Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Grace Lee Whitney Gene produced Star Trek: The Original Series
Malachi Throne Gene produced The Menagerie (1966)
Claude Akins Gene wrote The Killers and First to Fight
Stanley Adams Gene produced The Trouble with Tribbles (1967)
Marc Daniels Directed Space Seed (1967)
Carey Loftin Gene produced The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)- Herschel Daugherty Directed The Raiders (1963)
Christian Nyby Directed First to Fight (1967)
John Harmon Gene produced The City on the Edge of Forever (1967)
Michael Burns Also in The Raiders and Journey to Shiloh
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Along with series creator Gene Roddenberry, Coon is given credit for the show's idealistic tone and for creating several key story and world-building elements that would become important parts of the ongoing franchise.
