Gene L. Coon (7 January 1924 - 8 July 1973) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek: The Original Series.
Gene Coon served in the United States Marine Corps for four years during and after World War II, seeing combat in the Pacific theater and serving in China and in occupied Japan.
Gene Coon wrote mainly for television. His writing credits included Dragnet, Bonanza, Zorro and The Wild Wild...
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Gene L. Coon (7 January 1924 - 8 July 1973) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for his work on Star Trek: The Original Series.
Gene Coon served in the United States Marine Corps for four years during and after World War II, seeing combat in the Pacific theater and serving in China and in occupied Japan.
Gene Coon wrote mainly for television. His writing credits included Dragnet, Bonanza, Zorro and The Wild Wild West, as well as the premiere episode of McHale's Navy. He also became a producer for The Wild Wild West and later became a producer and writer for Star Trek. He joined Star Trek in the middle of the first season, and left in the middle of the second season. He continued to contribute scripts for the third season, under the pseudonym "Lee Cronin", as he was under contract to Universal Studios at the time and was not, technically, supposed to be working for Paramount as well.
His credited creations for Star Trek include the Klingons (in ...
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