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Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor known for his starring role as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise on film and television. After Star Trek, Kelley found himself a victim of the very typecasting he had so feared. He did a few television appearances and a couple of movies, but essentially went into de facto retirement. In a TLC interview done in the late 1990s, he said one of his biggest fears was that the words etched on his gravestone would be "He`s dead, Jim," a catch phrase that Dr. McCoy spoke in many Star Trek episodes. On the other hand, he stated that he was very proud to hear from so many Star Trek fans that became doctors because of his portrayal as Dr. McCoy. Kelley took up poetry as a hobby, and he published the first two books in a series, The Big Bird`s Dream and The Dream Goes On, a series he would never finish.
Kelley died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1999, in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife, Carolyn, who died in October 2004. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeForest_Kelley |
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Quotes [on Star Trek fans] They`re the most devoted group of people and contrary to what people think, they don`t have antennae coming out of their heads. I wouldn`t have been anywhere near Leonard Nimoy. He`s marvelous. - on why he chose to play Dr. McCoy instead of Spock. [on his life] I`d wanted to become a doctor and couldn`t ~ yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy. I thoroughly enjoyed those years. I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot. (to William Shatner, on his deathbed) Let`s make just one more Star Trek movie! I sure miss making those movies! I`m very grateful for the career that I`ve had. And I`m very grateful for the experiences that "Star Trek" has afforded me along with my past background. When I look back and think how fortunate I`ve been to work with some wonderful people and had some marvelous experiences, then I can look at "Star Trek" and think it`s almost like the cream on the coffee. I don`t approach it as anything but a magnificent plus.Trivia Inspired many fans to take up medicine. One of which he and his wife visited after graduating from med school, after receiving such a letter. He told close friends that he always felt more comfortable in westerns then he did in science fiction. Of the four main "Star Trek" (1966) cast members (the others being William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan), he is the only one who never appeared in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) or "The Outer Limits" (1963). Played one of the Earp brothers in the film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and faced the Earps in an episode of Star Trek. Also played Ike Clanton in episode "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" on "You Are There" (1953). Shortly before his death he won the "Golden Cowboy Boot" award, honoring his earlier work in westerns. Had a great love of poetry, both reading and writing it. Later in life, he used to charm Star Trek convention audiences with three poems about Gene Roddenberry ("The Great Bird of the Galaxy") and the Star Trek franchise. They were called "The Big Bird's Dream," "The Dream Goes On," and "The Dream Forever.". The "Enterprise" (2001) character, Admiral Maxwell Forrest played by Vaughn Armstrong, is named after him. A veteran of television and film Westerns, Kelley has portrayed two different participants in the legendary 1881 OK Corral gunfight between the Earps and the Clantons. In 1955, he played Ike Clanton in an episode of the TV show "You Are There" (1953), and in 1957, he played Morgan Earp in the film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). On Star Trek (1966) the USS Enterprise away team beam onto a planet and DeForest Kelly again finds himself at the OK Corral playing Tom McClaury. Shortly after Mr. Kelley's passing, "He's dead, Jim" was forever memorialized by being added in tribute to Dr. McCoy for two 1999 video games: StarCraft Expansion Set: Brood War (1998) (VG) and Shatner-oids, a spoof of the classic Atari game "Asteroids". Before landing the role of Dr. McCoy, he was offered the choice to play Mr. Spock. Was the only original "Star Trek" (1966) cast member never to write an autobiography. Reportedly disliked doing the animated "Star Trek" (1966) series because he was never recording his lines at the same time as William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. Kelley did not like this because he never got to interact with them and develop any rapport, which made reading his lines all the more difficult. Made both his first (Episode "The Corbomite Manoeuvre") and last (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) Star Trek appearances with Nichelle Nichols. The tagline "I'm a doctor, not a..." has been quoted in almost every incarnation of Star Trek on film and television. Was the first primary cast member from "Star Trek" (1966) to pass away. Is one of only 32 actors or actresses to have starred in both the original Star Trek up to and including Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) and then in one of the spin offs. He was cremated and his ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. | ||
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