Gilbert Alexander Ralston (1912, Newcastle, Northern Ireland – 1999, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina) was an American screenwriter, journalist and author. He was a television producer in the 1950s and a screenwriter in the 1960s. He created the television series The Wild Wild West and wrote scripts for Star Trek, Gunsmoke, Ben Casey, I Spy, Hawaii Five-O, and The Naked City. He wrote the screenplay for the 1971 movie Willard, which was based on the 1968 novel Ratman's Notebooks written by Stephen Gilbert.
There are numerous articles erroneously identifying Gilbert Ralston and Stephen Gilbert as one person. Coincidentally, both men were born in 1912 just six months apart. Willard (1971) and Ben (1972) screenwriter Gilbert Ralston died in 1999. Northern Ireland-based novelist Stephen Gilbert (Ratman's Notebooks) died in 2010.
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Suspense
1964
TV Series producer - 1 episode
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion
TV Series executive producer - 21 episodes, 1955 - 1957 producer - 16 episodes, 1955
Cavalcade of America
1952-1954
TV Series producer - 14 episodes
General Electric Theater
1953
TV Series producer - 12 episodes
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952-1953
TV Series producer - 28 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Willard
2003
1971 screenplay
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
TV Series
Special Delivery
1976
uncredited
Ben
1972
written by - as Gilbert A. Ralston
Nichols
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1972 teleplay - 1 episode, 1972
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
TV Series writer - 1 episode, 1971 story - 1 episode, 1971 teleplay - 1 episode, 1971
The Hunting Party
1971
screenplay - as Gilbert Alexander / story - as Gilbert Alexander
Willard
1971
screenplay - as Gilbert A. Ralston
Hawaii Five-O
1969
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
The Name of the Game
1969
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Land of the Giants
1968
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Kona Coast
1968
screenplay
Gentle Ben
TV Series written by - 3 episodes, 1967 - 1968 story - 2 episodes, 1967 - 1968 teleplay - 1 episode, 1967
Iron Horse
1967
TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Star Trek
1967
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Big Valley
1966-1967
TV Series written by - 3 episodes
Laredo
1966
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Combat!
1966
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Gunsmoke
1965
TV Series written by - 1 episode
I Spy
1965
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Burke's Law
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1965 teleplay - 1 episode, 1965
The Wild Wild West
1965
TV Series written by - 1 episode
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1965
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
12 O'Clock High
TV Series story - 1 episode, 1965 teleplay - 1 episode, 1965
Mr. Novak
1965
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Slattery's People
1965
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Insight
1965
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Ben Casey
TV Series writer - 13 episodes, 1961 - 1963 teleplay - 2 episodes, 1963 - 1964 story - 1 episode, 1964 adaptation - 1 episode, 1962
The Richard Boone Show
1964
TV Series written by - 1 episode
Wide Country
1963
TV Series story - 1 episode
The Untouchables
1962-1963
TV Series written by - 2 episodes
Alcoa Premiere
1963
TV Series teleplay - 1 episode
Naked City
TV Series writer - 5 episodes, 1961 - 1962 written by - 2 episodes, 1961