These are the outstanding talents responsible for the creation and production of Star Trek behind-the-scenes:
Gene Roddenberry (August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991) – the Creator of Star Trek; also a screenwriter and Executive Producer
Herbert F. Solow – Vice President of Production for Desilu Studios; he oversaw the development, sales and production of Star Trek
Robert H. Justman (July 13, 1926 - May 28, 2008) – Assistant Director then Associate Producer and Co-Producer of Star Trek
John M. Dwyer – Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award nominated Set Decorator of Star Trek
Walter “Matt” Jefferies (August 12, 1921 – July 21, 2003) – Art Director and Production Designer of Star Trek; best known as the creator of the U.S.S. Enterprise starship design, he also designed the bridge layout for the Enterprise (which influenced the design of the U.S. Navy master communications center at NAS San Diego), the Klingon battle cruiser, and the phaser
William “Bill” Ware Theiss (November 20, 1930 – December 15, 1992) – Costume Designer of Star Trek, creator of the Starfleet uniforms, formal dress tunics, Vina’s Orion slave girl costume, Lt. Palamas’ Greek robe and every other costume that appeared in the original 79 episodes of TOS. Remembered for his daring and revealing designs developed for female guest stars and his unconventional use of materials.
Wah Ming Chang (August 2, 1917 – December 22, 2003) – Artist, Sculptur and Master of Special Effect – designed and manufactured the TOS communicator and TOS tricorder hand props, the Cage laser pistol, the Balok puppet from “The Corbomite Maneuver”, the Romulan Bird-of-Prey starship, the Gorn costume from “Arena”, the Romulan helmets and ears from “Balance of Terror” and the M-113 creature or Salt Vampire from “The Man Trap”
Irving A. Feinberg (February 27, 1908 - August 20, 1991) – Property Master of Star Trek; the cast and crew of TOS informally referred to all of the props on the show as “Feinbergers”
Fred B. Phillips (April 26, 1908 – March 21, 1993) – award-winning Make-up Artist, created and applied the Spock ears to Leonard Nimoy on a daily basis during TOS production
James “Jim” Rugg (January 29, 1919 – February 13, 2004) – Supervisor of Special Effects; won an Emmy Award for mechanical special effects for first season of TOS
Alexander Courage (December 10, 1919 - May 15, 2008) – Music Composer, orchestrator & arranger– developed the “main theme” for Star Trek, and also composed full-length scores for at least four episodes (The Cage, Where No Man Has Gone Before, The Man Trap, The Naked Time). His cues were then tracked in countless other episodes.
Jerry Finnerman (born December 17, 1931)– Cinematographer, Director Photography
Douglas S. Cramer – Executive Producer
Gene L. Coon - Producer
John Meredyth Lucas - Producer
Bernard A. Widin – Producer
John D. F. Black – Associate Producer & Story Editor
Gregg Peters – Associate Producer
Margaret Makau – Wardrobe Mistress
First Assistant Directors: Elliot Schick, Rusty Meek, Gil Kissel, Michael S. Glick, GeneDe Ruelle, Claude Binyon, Jr., Phil Rawlins
Casting: Joseph D'Agosta, William J. Kenney
Music Supervisor: Wilbur Hatch
Music Coordinator: Julian Davidson
Music Editors: Robert H. Raff, Richard Lapham, Jim Henrikson, James Ballas
Music: Joseph Mullendore, Samuel Matlovsky, Sol Kaplan, George Duning, Gerald Fried, Jerry Fielding, Fred Steiner, Ivan Ditmars
Hair Stylists: Virginia Darcy, Pat Westmore
Make-up: John Chambers
Grip: George Rader
Set Decoration: Carl Biddiscombe, Marvin March, Joseph J. Stone
Property Masters: Adam John Backauskas
Gaffer: George H. Merhoff
Assistant to the Producer: Edward K. Milkis
Key Costumer: Ken Harvey
Executive Story Editor & Script Consultant: D. C. Fontana
Script Consultant: Steven W. Carabatsos
Story Consultant: Arthur H. Singer
Film Editors: Fabien D. Tordjmann, Bruce Schoengarth, Donald R. Rode, Frank P. Keller, John Hanley, Bill Brame, Robert L. Swanson
Art Director: Rolland M. Brooks
Art Department: Jim Danforth
Director of Photography: Al Francis
Sound Editors: Joseph G. Sorokin, Jim Bullock
Sound Mixers: Cam McCulloch, Jack F. Lilly, Doug Grindstaff, Gordon L. Day, Carl Daniels
Special Effects: Albert Whitlock, Roger Dorney, Joseph Westheimer, Linwood G. Dunn, Darrell Anderson
Graphics: Michael Minor
Sound Recordist: Elden Ruberg
Post Production: Bill Heath
Research: Kellam De Forest
Other: Thomas Kellogg
Stunts: Richard Antoni, Bobby Bass, Paul Baxley, Bob Bralver, Frank Da Vinci, Al Wyatt, Jerry Summers, Tom Steele, Paul Stader, Roy N. Sickner, Carl Saxe, Bill Catching, Bobby Clark, David Sharpe, Bob Orrison, Bob Miles, Troy Melton, Bob Lyon, Carey Loftin, Jim Jones, Dick Dial, Vince Deadrick, Sr., Chuck Clow, Jesse Wayne, William Blackburn, Jay Jones, Donna Garrett, Gary Combs, Frank Babich, Victor Toyota, Chuck O'Brien, Julie Ann Johnson, Bob Herron, Dick Geary, Bennie E. Dobbins, Denver Mattson, Hal Needham, Chuck Couch, Allen Pinson, David Perna, Regina Parton, Max Kleven, Loren Janes, Alan Gibbs, Ralph Garrett, Louie Elias, Gary Downey, Dick Crockett, Phil Adams
Many thanks to fellow TOS fan John Garrett for technical support in the formulation of the above lists, especially in the Research and various Music related categories.
The Production Credits as shown per season are displayed below:
