Producers
Gene Roddenberry Net Worth
Gene Roddenberry's Net Worth as of 2024
$500 Million
Eugene Wesley “Gene” Roddenberry was born on the 19th August 1921, in El Paso, Texas USA, and was a film producer and screenwriter, best known to the world for creating the original “Star Trek” television series. His career was active from the 1950s until his death in 1991.
Have you ever wondered how rich Gene Roddenberry was, at the time of his death? According to sources, it has been estimated that Roddenberry`s net worth was as high as $500 million, an amount he acquired through his successful career in the entertainment industry.
Gene Roddenberry Net Worth $500 Million
Gene was the child of Eugene Edward Roddenberry and Caroline; when he was two years old, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, California, where his father accepted the job of police commissioner. In his youth, Gene was interested in magazines and books, reading science fiction stories about John Carter of Mars, Tarzan, and the Skylark, among others.
Gene enrolled at the Los Angeles City College, where he majored in police science, and while in college, became interested in aeronautical engineering, which resulted in him joining the USAAC, and obtaining a pilot`s license through their Civilian Pilot Training Program, receiving also the rank of the second lieutenant. He was in the US Army Air Force from 1941 until 1945, and received Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal for his operations over the Pacific, and later as an air crash investigator. He had a reasonable net worth at this point.
After he returned from the war, Gene worked as a pilot for several air companies, and later was the police officer in the Los Angeles Police Department, where he also started his career as a writer, partly because he was in the public information department. His first work was the TV series “The Secret Defense of 117” (1954-1955), which was followed by the TV series “Highway Patrol” (1954-1955). By the end of the 1950s, he had written several episodes for series such as “I Led Three Lives” (1956), “West Point Story” (1956-1957), and “Have Gun – Will Travel” (1957-1963), which only increased his net worth, and also helped him build a name for himself in the entertainment industry as a writer.
In 1963 he created the TV series “The Lieutenant”, and three years later, he wrote the first season of the highly popular TV series “Star Trek”, which then expanded to two more seasons, until it was cancelled in 1968. However, Star Trek was then made into an animated series, which aired through 1973 and 1974. In 1987 the series were rebooted, and aired for another seven seasons, on which Gene was a consultant and occasional writer.
Gene then wrote a number of Star Trek films, including “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” (1979), which was the first in the franchise, followed by “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982), “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” (1984), “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” (1986), “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier” (1989), and “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country” (1991), which success increased his net worth by a large margin.
Thanks to his skills, Gene received a number of prestigious nominations and awards, including the nomination for Primetime Emmy award in the category of Outstanding Dramatic Series for his work on “Star Trek”.
Furthermore, he won the Life Career Award given by the Academy of Science Fiction, and also Hugo award in category Best Dramatic Presentation also for the TV series “Star Trek”. Gene also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to television and movies.
Regarding his personal life, Gene was married twice; his first wife was Eileen-Anita Rexroat, the couple married in 1942 and divorced in 1969 following several years of his infidelities. The couple had two children together. Gene then married Majel Barrett the same year, with whom he had been in a romantic relationship while still married. They remained married until his death, and had a son together, Rod Roddenberry.
Gene died in 1991, after having several strokes, which denegrated his health; he was on his way to a doctor when he suffered heart failure; he was pronounced dead, passing away on the 24th October 1991 in Santa Monica, California.
Celebrities
Paul Heyman Net Worth
Paul Heyman was born on 11 September 1965, in Westchester County, New York City USA, and is an entertainment producer, performer, marketing guru, and a businessman. In particular, he is a vital member of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (a.k.a. the WWE). Heyman’s versatility has made a great impact on his net worth.
So just how rich is Paul Heyman? The latest information from authoritative sources as of mid-2016, estimates that Paul’s net worth is over $10 million, accumulated during his working life now spanning 30 years.
Paul Heyman’s Net Worth $10 Million
Paul was born into the Jewish family of personal injury attorney Richard, and Sulamita Heyman, actually a holocaust survivor. At 11 he started his first business attempt, selling celebrity and sports memorabilia. His educational background comes from Suny Purchase, New York, and Westchester Community College, where he was also employed as a radio station host and later a producer, and was famous/notorious even then for his bold, controversial and opinionated statements.While still a teenager, Heyman hustled his way as a photo journalist into a World Wide Wrestling Federation event at Madison Square Garden, and was paid by the company for several photos he had taken. This is considered as a first step into his later career, and which talent he expanded into the creation of a wrestling magazine “The Wrestling Times Magazine“, and wrote for wrestling publications such as “Pro Wrestling Illustrated”.
Paul then successively worked for Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, in various guises including promoter, producer, trainer, and manager, and then with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a commentator and broadcaster from the turn of the century. Additionally, he is also the manager of such famous wrestlers as Brock Lesnar and a group of wrestlers called Paul Heyman Guys. The training career income is considered to be one of the main flows into Heyman’s account as well.
Paul Heyman pursues a separate career as a businessman as well, as he has also co-founded and co-owns a branding and advertising marketing firm The Looking4Larry Agency, based in New York City. The company is mostly known for its activities in viral video production as well as social media marketing. Heyman employed award winning NYC ad executive Mitchell K. Stuart of HQ-Creative Services and their very first client was EA Sports. After successful viral campaigns with EA, The Looking4Larry Agency became the agency of record for THQ video games, where Heyman and Stuart wrote, directed, and produced viral videos for THQ games such as All Stars, WWE ’12, and WWE ’13.
Heyman also launched a multimedia project called The Heyman Hustle, featuring a video of him interacting with celebrities from several areas of entertainment on the streets of New York City, and articles about professional wrestling.
Additionally, Heyman was cast by producer Michael Tadross as “Gino” in the film adaptation of the off-Broadway show “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”, and Heyman also made a cameo appearance in the WWE Studios film, “Countdown”.
In his personal life, Paul Heyman married Maria, but is reputed to be raising their two children as a single father. There is little other private information available to the media.
Actors
Tony Dow Net Worth
Tony Lee Dow was born on 13 April 1945 in Hollywood, California USA. He is a well-known person in the Hollywood movie industry because of his long-lasting involvement as a film producer, director and an actor.
So how rich is Tony Dow? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $4 million. Most of it he has accumulated by working as a professional Hollywood actor for more than 50 years.
Tony Dow Net Worth $4 Million
Tony Dow’s interest in the film industry might have been related to the fact that his mother, Muriel Virginia Dow, was a stunt woman and a film double at the time Tony was a child and teenager. However, Tony undoubtedly had some acting talent which was proven when he managed to win the audition for a role in the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” in 1957, despite having no experience in acting at that time. This was the role that had perhaps the most influence in building a solid foundation to Tony Dow’s acting career, even though he received only one award – Young Artist Award in nomination of “Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1988, after working in the show for six years. It was also a solid start to his net worth.
In the next few years after “Leave It to Beaver”, Tony appeared in several episodes of other TV shows, such as the sitcom “My Three Sons” (in 1964), drama series “Mr. Novak” (between 1963 and 1965) and teen soap opera “Never Too Young” (in 1965). Tony continued working in television up until the late 90s and his net worth continued to grow, for example in 1975 he starred in the popular medical TV drama “General Hospital”.
While Tony Dow is mostly known as a television actor, he has appeared in a few films during his career, including the television horror film “Death Scream” in 1975, comedy film “The Kentucky Fried Movie” in 1977, television comedy film “High School USA” in 1983, comedy “Back to the Beach” and comedy film “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” in 2003.
Acting aside, Tony Dow is also known as a producer, director and visual effects specialist, especially in the science fiction genre, and these involvements have undoubtedly contributed to building up his net worth. Tony contributed to the visual effects of the 1996 season of the phenomenal British science fiction TV series “Doctor Who”, and a few episodes of the space opera TV series “Babylon 5”. He also directed an episode of the American science fiction TV series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” in 1998.
Interestingly though, some people might also recognize Tony Dow as a sculptor who is well known for his brilliant abstract pieces depicting surreal figures.
In his personal life, Tony Dow has never been married and has no children. He is known to have suffered from depression during some periods of his life, which on a positive note has encouraged him to participate in self-help videos, including the production “Beating the Blues” (1998). However, the negative effect is that Tony hasn’t participated as an actor in any film since 2003.
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