Before he invented Star Trek, he’d had three other lives: bomber pilot in the Second World War (89 combat missions), Pan Am pilot, and Los Angeles police officer (1949-1956).
American writer and producer (1921-1991). He sold Star Trek to NBC by leaning on its resemblance to the TV westerns of the time, and then used the spaceship to talk about racism, war and the Cold War without the censors noticing.