Robert H. Justman, a producer who was one of the creative forces behind the original “Star Trek" television series of the 1960s as well as the 1980s-era “Star Trek: The Next Generation," has died. He was 81.
Justman died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home of complications from Parkinson's disease, his son Jonathan said.
Justman's death came within days of those of his “Star Trek" friends and colleagues Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the original series' most popular episodes, and Alexander “Sandy" Courage, who composed the series theme.
“There seems to be a big 'Star Trek' convention and everyone is going," Jonathan Justman said. “Everyone is getting beamed up."
As associate producer, technical consultant and eventually co-producer, Bob Justman wielded considerable influence on “Star Trek" from its beginning in 1966 until 1969, when NBC canceled the series. He was involved in all facets of production and had a hand in casting, set design and props, as well as story lines and scripts.
The late Gene Roddenberry created the science fiction TV show featuring the starship Enterprise and its multiracial crew, which explored 23rd century galaxies with a “five-year mission, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
“It wasn't just a science fiction show; it was a morality play," Justman told the Christian Science Monitor in 2001. “It was, 'Do the right thing and do right by your fellow man, and all will be well, hopefully.' “
Justman died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home of complications from Parkinson's disease, his son Jonathan said.
Justman's death came within days of those of his “Star Trek" friends and colleagues Joseph Pevney, who directed some of the original series' most popular episodes, and Alexander “Sandy" Courage, who composed the series theme.
“There seems to be a big 'Star Trek' convention and everyone is going," Jonathan Justman said. “Everyone is getting beamed up."
As associate producer, technical consultant and eventually co-producer, Bob Justman wielded considerable influence on “Star Trek" from its beginning in 1966 until 1969, when NBC canceled the series. He was involved in all facets of production and had a hand in casting, set design and props, as well as story lines and scripts.
The late Gene Roddenberry created the science fiction TV show featuring the starship Enterprise and its multiracial crew, which explored 23rd century galaxies with a “five-year mission, to boldly go where no man has gone before."
“It wasn't just a science fiction show; it was a morality play," Justman told the Christian Science Monitor in 2001. “It was, 'Do the right thing and do right by your fellow man, and all will be well, hopefully.' “
