Maybe. But he was also an insecure, misogynistic hack. Born in El Paso in 1921, Gene Roddenberry moved to Los Angeles to become a police officer. He married and had two children. Then World War II ...

So that was my first experience with Roddenberry. I did another pilot for him called 'Police Story.' For the benefit of those of you who don't know, Gene was a cop for about eight years.

Leonard Nimoy, who played Spock in “Star Trek,” shakes hands with Gene Roddenberry in Los Angeles in January 1985. — AP photo That man turned his life around, got married and had two children.

It shouldn’t be a surprise that OG Star Trek star William Shatner thinks OG Star Trek is the truest version, not just because of his involvement but because of creator Gene Roddenberry’s ...