George Clayton Johnson, important writer of books, movies and TV shows, died on Christmas Day, 2015, at 86. He co-wrote the book Logan’s Run and wrote “The Man Trap” episode of Star Trek TOS and seven episodes of The Twilight Zone, among many other credits.
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His Star Trek episode, “The Man Trap,” was the first episode of the series to be seen on television. Among his Twilight Zone episodes is one of my favorites, "Nothing in the Dark," which featured an early performance by Robert Redford.
"Man Trap" was the one with the salt vampire, right?
Yes
Captain Comics said:
I love his Twilight Zone episodes: those alone would be enough to establish his reputation for me. I had no idea about Logan's Run and the Star Trek episode. Shame he didn't write more of them.