Robert Goodwin Robert W . Goodwin ( born ca . ) , misidentified in the reference book " " as " Robert H . Goodwin " , was a producer on the aborted television project " " . As a thirty - year - old Paramount Television producer , Goodwin came aboard the " Phase II " project in , somewhat against his will , as he was already slated to head as supervisor ( " i . e . " full blown producer ) a series of thirty television movies for Paramount Pictures ' projected fourth network , to be called " Paramount Television Service " , and for which , coincidentally , " Phase II " was to serve as its flagship . Due to his reputation as line producer for bringing in productions on time and under budget , he was appointed by the studio to Gene Roddenberry , who had a reputation for production delays dating back to , and to serve as a check on eccentricities which the studio perceived Roddenberry as having . ( " Star Trek Movie Memories " , 1995 , pp . 59 - 60 ) Nevertheless , Goodwin ' s first meeting with Roddenberry , who was assigned to work on " Phase II " as executive producer , won him over to embark on the project . Goodwin recalled , " " Why do " I " want to meet " him " ? I ' m busy , " " but in light of having been ushered on by the studio , he continued , " " It was such a kick because I guess Gene had forgotten to tell his assistant , Susan " [ Sackett ] " , that he had this appointment . Then I show up , thirty years old , dressed in Levis , very casual , and I guess she thought I was an agent or whatever and she wouldn ' t let me see him . So I said , fine , because I really wasn ' t interested in working on the series , and I left . I remember I was all the way down this long street at Paramount , over on the west side of the lot , and I was just about to turn the corner , and there was Gene , stepping out the back door , way down at the end , yelling at me – ' You ! You ! C ' mere ! ' " [ . . . ] " It was so funny . He was such a great guy about it . And in any case , he " insisted " that I produce the series . So I had to give up the movies . I had no choice . " " ( " " , p . 25 ) An embarrassed Sackett was magnanimous enough to relate this incident herself , in her book " " , though she referred to herself as " Gene ' s secretary " . ( p . 35 ) Since Goodwin wasn ' t a " Star Trek " fan and actually had no knowledge of " Star Trek " lore whatsoever , he immersed himself into watching episodes of , to get a feel of the show , which ultimately enabled him to contribute to the internal guide written for " Phase II " , the so - called " Writer ' s Bible " , named after the one already composed for its " Original Series " predecessor , as well as contributing to the re - writes of scripts later on in the production . Yet , his primary responsibilities were his operational overseeing duties , coordinating the actual production of the pilot of the series , very much resembling the function his illustrious predecessor Robert Justman had on " The Original Series " . Actually , Justman was approached for the position by Roddenberry himself , but overruled by the studio , he was ultimately passed over in favor of Goodwin . ( " " , pp . 25 - 26 ; " " , p . 432 ) Between July and , Goodwin wrote numerous weekly progress reports , keeping the executive producers of " Phase II " and his studio executive superiors appraised on the production situation of " Phase II " . Some of these were reproduced partially or in full in Susan Sackett ' s " " Star Trek " Report " s for " " magazine , her derivative reference book , " The Making of Star Trek : The Motion Picture " , and in the reference book " Star Trek Phase II : The Lost Series " . While Goodwin ' s importance grew over the closing months of 1977 , being called in to give his input on scripts and story outlines , for which colleague Harold Livingston was primarily brought in as co - producer , things took a turn for the worst on as far as Goodwin was concerned , though that was not yet apparent at that time . On that date , Goodwin , being part of a small inner circle , was privy to the decision of turning the television project into a full - fledged motion picture project , ultimately known as . ( ) In , Robert Wise was hired as director for the motion picture , but he insisted on becoming its executive producer as well , refusing to share full producer credit with " that kid in jeans . " That meant Goodwin had to take a step back and be content with a co - producer credit , which Goodwin felt was too much of a change for him , having already given up a full producer credit , and he opted to leave the " Star Trek " franchise , never to return . ( " " , p . 76 ) Career outside " Star Trek " . Hailing from Australia , Goodwin was born to an American father and an Australian mother . Capitalizing on his dual citizenship , he moved to the United States at the age of two ; Goodwin lived for two years in Boston , and he then moved to Southern California , where he was raised . He graduated from UCLA before starting work in the mail room at CBS Studios . From there , he worked his way up to producing , writing , and directing . As a writer , he had already contributed to such television series as " The Manhunter " and " Kaz " before being accosted to contribute to " Phase II " . After " Phase II " , Goodwin continued to make a name for himself as writer and producer for numerous television productions , including several TV movies – which he was slated to do in the first place – such as " Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus " ( 1978 ) , " Mistress of Paradise " ( 1981 ) , " Women of San Quentin " and " The Winter of Our Discontent " ( both 1983 ) , " Secrets of a Married Man " ( 1984 ) , " California Girls " and " Copacabana " ( both 1985 ) , " Acceptable Risks " and " Hardesty House " ( both 1986 ) , " Downpayment on Murder " ( 1987 ) , " A Father ' s Homecoming " ( 1988 ) , " Those She Left Behind " ( 1989 ) , " Living a Lie " ( 1991 ) , " Condition : Critical " ( 1992 ) , and " Born Too Soon " ( 1993 ) . Additionally , in that period of time , he worked as such on television series including " Jessie " , " Disneyland " ( on which he was co - nominated for an Emmy Award for the episode " The Girl Who Spelled Freedom " ) , " Fresno " , " Aaron ' s Way " , " Hooperman " , " Life Goes On " , " Mancuso , FBI " , and " Eddie Dodd " . Goodwin ' s claim to renown , however , came when he became a writer and co - executive producer of the 1990s cult series " The X - Files " . In the series , his wife , actress Sheila Larken , appeared in the recurring role of Scully ' s mother , one of the show ' s two main characters . His work on the series earned him no less than four consecutive Emmy Award co - nominations , from 1995 to 1998 , in the category " Outstanding Drama Series " , without ever winning one . Goodwin did win , however , the French Gérardmer Film Festival " Grand Prize " in 1996 for an episode called " Suspended " . He has also been the recipient of three Golden Globe Awards . After " The X - Files " , Goodwin continued to work in the same capacities on the television movies " Rocky Times " ( 2000 ) , " Flashpoint " ( 2002 ) , and " Alien Trespass " ( 2009 ) , as well as the TV series " Birdland " , " The Fugitive " , " Pasadena " , " Tru Calling " , and " The Cody Rivers Show " . Since 1993 , " Alien Trespass " being his last recorded motion picture credit , the Goodwins have lived in northwest Washington state .