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Biography of Rod Serling Biography of Rod Serling • Name: Rodman Edward "Rod" Serling. • Born: 25 December 1924, Syracuse, New York, US. . • Father: Samuel Lawrence Serling. • Mother: Esther Serling. • Wife / Husband: Caroline Kramer. Early life of Rod Serling:         Serling was born on December 25, 1924 in Syracuse, New York, to a Jewish family. He was the second of two sons born to Esther (nee Cooper) and Samuel Lawrence Serling. Serling's father worked as a secretary and amateur inventor before having a child, but adopted his father-in-law's profession as a grocery to earn a steady income. Sam Dippling later became a butcher, when the Great Depression forced the store to close. Rod had an older brother, Robert J. Serling. His mother was a homemaker.         After his family moved there in 1926, Serling spent most of his youth 70 miles south of Syracuse in the city of Binghamton. His parents encouraged his talent ...