Leslie Stevens

Leslie Clark Stevens III was the creator of the cult TV series The Outer Limits and director of the cult horror film Incubus , starring William Shatner. He wrote an early work of New Age philosophy, Est: The Steersman Handbook . Leslie Stevens was born in Washington, D.C. His interest in science was sparked when he studied for Annapolis at the behest of his father, Leslie Clark Stevens Jr., an admiral in the United States Navy. But the Broadway theater intrigued him more than a military career, and he headed for New York as a fledging writer. He wrote the Broadway comedy The... Marriage-Go-Round, which he adapted to the screen, and produced, as a starring vehicle for Susan Hayward in 1961. He wrote the screenplay for the film The Left Handed Gun directed by Arthur Penn and starring Paul Newman. Other films which Stevens produced, and directed and wrote included Hero's Island starring James Mason, and Private Property starring Warren Oates. In television, he created the series The Outer Limits, which he supervised as executive producer and wrote or directed a handful of episodes.
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