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 I like Captain Kirk, but I can`t say that I`m very fond of Bill Shatner (William Shatner). I really didn`t have to work, shall we say, with "Star Trek." It was a natural. When I opened my mouth, there was Scotty. It`s like I tell people what you see in Scotty is 99% James Doohan and 1% accent.
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Jimmy absolutely adored playing the role of Scotty on Star Trek,
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Well, I was always... I used to get 100% in physics and chemistry and mathematics (well, maybe a couple of points off in mathematics), and that was in high school.
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It`s the greatest feeling in the world and I do it about 30 to 35 to 40 times a year.
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What shocked me, my manager called me up one day and told me that I was going to do a video on "Cold Fusion: Fire from Water" and I couldn`t believe it. I couldn`t wait to get there and start working on it.
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It was a fluke that between Christmas and New Year`s of 1945 and 1946, I put my books down, turned on the radio and heard the worst drama I had ever heard, ever. It got my dander up because I had done some speaking and a little bit of acting.
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That`s the responsibility of all actors: to keep your character as vibrant as possible. I just live my life and I like my characters to live that life, too. At least Scotty, anyway, because Scotty is the closest to Jimmy Doohan that I`ve ever done.
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space, the final frontier.
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Trivia
In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), the Dr. Nichols character wore an "I Quit Smoking" badge. This represents an engineer's surrender of a habit. Doohan had personal experiences with his father's alcoholism, while living in B.C., Canada.
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Before he gained his fame as "Scotty" on "Star Trek" (1966), he started in television being sent into outer space in "Space Command" (1953) and "Tales of Tomorrow" (1951).
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Although Marc Okrand is credited with creating the Klingon language of Star Trek, Doohan came up with an unrefined version for Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).
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Grew up in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.
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Was scouted for acting roles in Hollywood by fellow Canadian actor William Shatner. When asked by Gene Roddenberry what accent to give the engineer, he chose Scottish, for Scotland's numerous engineering accomplishments and his own ancestry.
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He used to live across the street from Ralph Thorson and his family, the main subjects and the writer of the movies The Hunter (1980) as well as the television series "The Huntress" (2000).
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Landed on Juno Beach on D-Day as a member of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Soon after, while walking across a mine field, he and his unit were attacked by enemy fire, as the Germans shot at them with machine guns. He was hit by four bullets to the leg, his middle finger of his right hand was shot off, and a bullet struck his chest. His life was saved when it hit a silver cigarette case which had been given to him by his brother.
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His parents, William and Sarah Doohan, were (at the time of his birth) recent Catholic refugees from mainly Protestant Belfast who left Ireland during the War of Independence (also called the Anglo-Irish War).
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Suffered a massive heart attack in 1989.
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He was the only then-living "Star Trek" (1966) cast member not to lend his voice to the "Futurama" (1999) episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", leading to his character Scotty being replaced by the farcical Welshie. According to the show's creators, his only response to their request that he appear on the show was a simple "No way.".
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Episodes of "Star Trek" (1966) in which one can see that his middle finger is missing: "The Trouble with Tribbles"; "Cats Paw"; "Day of the Dove" (when Doohan grabs a claymore) and "The Lights of Zetar" (towards the end, when Scotty grabs Lt. Mira Romaine). Also in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), when Scotty is handing McCoy the parts from the Trans-Warp Drive, as well as in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) when Scotty is holding a plastic bag dinner given to him by Uhura.
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Suffered from Alzheimer's disease and was ravaged by Parkinson's disease, diabetes, lung fibrosis and pneumonia.
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During his early stage work, he demonstrated a remarkable gift for foreign accents. He tried several during his audition for "Star Trek" (1966) and Gene Roddenberry was immediately taken by his Scottish brogue. Roddenberry cast him as the (previously-unnamed) ship's engineer character and they improvised the name Montgomery Scott ('Scott' for the accent and 'Montgomery' for Doohan's middle name).
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Attended S.C.I.T.S. high school in Sarnia.
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In real life, he had some engineering expertise. He often went boating with Gene Roddenberry after "Star Trek" (1966)'s cancellation, and recalled in an interview that his experience was needed to save Roddenberry from serious danger.
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Gained weight in the early 1980s as a consequence of quitting smoking.
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He and his wife Wende have two adult sons, Eric & Thomas.
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Children with Young are: Larkin (1954), Deirdre (1957), and twin boys, Montgomery Doohan (1959) and Christopher Doohan (1959). Larkin is a nurse, and Deirdre an aspiring singer/actor.
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Received the honour of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on August 31, 2004.
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In Gene DeWeese's 2005 Star Trek novel "The Engines of Destiny", a last farewell to Doohan is made. Scotty finally retires at age 200 from being a "Miracle Worker", at Starfleet's Corps of Engineers.
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On D-Day, his unit was assigned to land on Juno Beach (the Canadian beach - Gold and Sword were British, Omaha and Utah were American). When there, he and his fellow troopers passed right over a German minefield. Fortunately, the mines were calibrated for tanks and the soldiers were able to pass over them harmlessly. Later that night, Doohan was ambushed by a German machine gun position and received six wounds: one in his hand, severing his middle finger; four in his leg and one in his chest. The one in his chest would have proven fatal if not for a silver cigarette case he had in the breast pocket of his uniform.
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According to the Director's Edition DVD of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), the Klingon language first introduced in that movie and later featured in many later Trek movies and television episodes was initially devised by Doohan. His original sounds were later expanded upon and refined by others, ultimately resulting in William Shakespeare plays and The Bible being translated into Klingon years later. Ironically his character, Scotty, complains of difficulty reading Klingon at the start of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).
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Appeared in episodes of three different series with Leonard Nimoy: "Star Trek" (1966), "Star Trek" (1973) and "Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man" (1994).
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Made his first ("Where No Man Has Gone Before" episode of "Star Trek" (1966)) and last (Star Trek: Generations (1994) ) "Star Trek" appearances with William Shatner.
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A cocktail known as the "Beam me up Scotty" (Jim Beam, 7-Up and Glenlivit single malt scotch) is named in honor of Doohan's character.
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He and wife Wende became parents to 7 lb. 13 oz. Sarah. [11 April 2000]
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Now he has passed away, Grace Lee Whitney, born April 1930, is the oldest living Star Trek cast member.
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The date of his death, July 20, 2005, is the anniversary of what is arguably the greatest engineering achievement in human history, the landing of Apollo 11 on the Moon.
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Did many of the voice-over parts on the original "Star Trek" (1966), including the M-5 from "The Ultimate Computer" and Sargon from "Return to Tomorrow".
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He was given an honorary Degree in Engineering by the Milwaukee School of Engineering where apparently half of the students polled said they were inspired to study engineering by his role in "Star Trek" (1966).
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His grandson, Kyle, was born in 1987. He is the son of Doohan's second daughter, Deirdre.
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Diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. [July 2004]
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Won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood Playhouse, where his classmates included fellow Canadian Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
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Toured as Spokesman for Philips Electronics HDTV 1999.
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At 8:58 a.m. Mountain Time on 28 April 2007 (and after several delays), some of his ashes were sent about 70 miles above the earth on a private SpaceLoft XL rocket by Houston's Space Services, Inc., a company specializing in such memorials. The rocket was lost for three weeks after the flight but now has been found and all remains are still intact. Also among the participants of this flight were the ashes of US astronaut Gordon Cooper and "Star Trek" (1966)writer/director/producer John Meredyth Lucas, as well as 199 others. Space Services, Inc. had previously sent up the ashes of "Star Trek" creator Gene Roddenberry and LSD guru Timothy Leary in 1997.
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Received a special tribute as part of the Annual Memorial tribute at The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV), which was over 18months after his actual death.
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He was the youngest of four children of William Doohan (a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist) and Sarah Doohan. His early life was miserable due to his father being a drunk and abusive to the entire family.
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Was among many WWII veterans to publicly thank Steven Spielberg for not holding back on the intensity of the Normandy Invasion scene in Saving Private Ryan (1998).
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