Spelling sold his first script to Jane Wyman Presents in 1954. Spelling appeared in episode 112 of I Love Lucy ("Tennessee Bound," season 4, 1955) and Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Breakdown", 1955)., as Weed Pindle in Gunsmoke 's season one, episode 35, "The Guitar" (1956) He continued to appear in films and TV (often uncredited) over 25 times by 1957, appearing briefly as an actor in 1963, 1995, and 1998 (all uncredited.) That same year, he appeared in the TV series I Led Three Lives and Dragnet (six episodes, 1953–55). Spelling made his first appearance as an actor in a film as Harry Williams in Vicki, directed by Harry Horner, in 1953. Spelling later graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1949, where he was a cheerleader. Īfter attending Forest Avenue High School in Dallas, he served in the United States Army Air Corps as a pilot during World War II. Īt the age of eight, Spelling psychosomatically lost the use of his legs due to trauma caused by constant anti-semitic bullying from his schoolmates, and was confined to bed for a year.
He had three older brothers: Maxwell “Max” Seltzer (circa 1909–?), Sam Spelling (1916–2001) and Daniel Spelling (1921–2009) and an older half-sister, Becky Seltzer Giller (1910–1978). Spelling was the youngest of five children. His father worked as a tailor and changed his surname from Spurling to Spelling after emigrating to the United States. He was the son of Pearl (née Wald) and David Spelling, Russian Jewish immigrants. Forbes ranked him the 11th top-earning deceased celebrity in 2009. Through his production company Spelling Television, Spelling holds the record as the most prolific television producer in US television history, with 218 producer and executive producer credits. Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923 – June 23, 2006) was an American film and television producer and occasional actor.
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