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DeForest Kelley


 
General Information (DeForest Kelley)
 
Mostly Credited As: DeForest Kelley
Sometimes Credited As: De Forest Kelley
DeForrest Kelley
Birth Name: Jackson DeForest Kelley
Date Of Birth: January 20, 1920
Country Of Birth: USA
Birth Place: Atlanta, Georgia
Date Of Death: June 11, 1999
Cause Of Death: Stomach Cancer (Woodland Hills, California)

DeForest Jackson Kelley was born in Atlanta Georgia, January 20, 1920. Mr. Kelley always wanted to be a doctor, just like his uncle, who delivered him, but when the Depression hit, his family did not have the money for him to go to medical school. His participation in his church choir eventually led to singing engagements on the radio and at the Atlanta Paramount Theater with the Lew Forbes Orchestra. When Mr.Kelley turned 17, he went to Long Beach, California to stay with his uncle for two weeks. Finding it difficult to leave, two weeks became one year. Mr. Kelley then returned to Georgia, but found it impossible to remain and so he went back to California permanently. Mr. Kelley returned to Long Beach and joined a local theater group. Another member of the theater group at the time was Carolyn Dowling, who would become Mrs. Kelley in 1945 (53 years). A Paramount talent scout spotted Kelley in a Navy training film during World War II, which resulted in a screen test and a studio contract. Mr.Kelley stayed with Paramount for two-and-a-half years, and while there he starred in his first feature film "Fear In The Night". After a stint working in stock companies and television in New York, Mr. Kelley returned to the West Coast to continue his acting career. He was often cast as a "bad guy" in westerns such as The Gunfight at OK Corral, Raintree County and Warlock. He also appeared on TV programs such as Playhouse 90, Gunsmoke , Bonanza as well as numerous TV pilots.

And... well, the rest is Star Trek History.
 
 
DeForest Kelley TV Appearances
 
Main cast
Show: Star Trek: The Animated Series(1973)As: Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy -- [Voice]
Show: Star Trek(1966)As: Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy (S02-S03)
Episode Cast Credits
Show: Star Trek: The Next Generation 
  Encounter at Farpoint, Part I 01x01: (Sep/28/1987) As Admiral Leonard H. McCoy, [Co-Guest Stars]
 
Show: Ironside 
  Warrior's Return 03x22: (Mar/05/1970) As unknown 
 
Show: Star Trek 
• 25 episode credits -- (First Appearance: Thursday September 08th, 1966)
  Operation -- Annihilate! 01x30: (Apr/13/1967) As Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy, [Starring Roles]
  The City on the Edge of Forev ... 01x29: (Apr/06/1967) As Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy, [Starring Roles]
  The Alternative Factor 01x28: (Mar/30/1967) As Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy, [Starring Roles]
  The Devil in the Dark 01x26: (Mar/09/1967) As Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy, [Starring Roles]
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Show: Death Valley Days 
  Lady of the Plains 14x04: (May/05/1966) As Elliot Webster 
  Coffin for a Coward 11x23: (Apr/21/1963) As Clint Rogers 
  The Breaking Point 10x19: (Mar/01/1962) As Shad Cullen 
 
Show: Laredo 
  Sound of Terror 01x28: (Apr/07/1966) As Dr. David Ingram 
 
Show: A Man Called Shenandoah 
  The Riley Brand 01x23: (Feb/21/1966) As Egan 
 
Show: Bonanza 
  Ride the Wind, Part 2 07x18: (Jan/23/1966) As Tully 
  Ride the Wind, Part 1 07x17: (Jan/16/1966) As Tully 
  The Decision 04x12: (Dec/16/1962) As Dr. Michael Johns 
  The Honor of Cochise 03x03: (Oct/08/1961) As Capt. Moss Johnson 
 
Show: The Fugitive (1963) 
  Three Cheers for Little Boy B ... 03x06: (Oct/19/1965) As Charlie 
 
Show: The Virginian 
  Man of Violence 02x14: (Dec/25/1963) As Lt. Beldon 
  Duel at Shiloh 01x15: (Jan/02/1963) As Ben Tully 
 
Show: 77 Sunset Strip 
  88 Bars 06x07: (Nov/01/1963) As Phil Wingate 
 
Show: The Dakotas 
  Reformation At Big Nose Butte 01x13: (Apr/01/1963) As Martin Volet 
 
Show: The Gallant Men 
  A Taste of Peace 01x23: (Mar/16/1963) As Colonel Davenport 
 
Show: Have Gun, Will Travel 
  The Treasure 06x16: (Dec/29/1962) As Deakin 
 
Show: The Untouchables (1959) 
  Elegy 04x08: (Nov/20/1962) As Detective, [Uncredited]
 
Show: Perry Mason 
  The Case of the Unwelcome Bri ... 05x14: (Dec/16/1961) As Peter Thorpe 
 
Show: Cain's Hundred 
  The Fixer 01x12: (Dec/12/1961) As Tully 
 
Show: Tales of Wells Fargo 
  Captain Scoville 05x16: (Jan/09/1961) As Cole Scoville 
 
Show: Zane Grey Theater 
  Calico Bait 04x26: (Mar/31/1960) As Swain 
  Shadow of a Dead Man 02x25: (Apr/11/1958) As Logan Wheeler 
  Village of Fear 01x22: (Mar/01/1957) As Sherm Pickard 
  Stage to Tucson 01x07: (Nov/16/1956) As Les Porter 
 
Show: Lawman 
  The Thimblerigger 02x21: (Feb/28/1960) As Sam White 
 
Show: Rawhide 
  Incident at Barker Springs 01x07: (Feb/20/1959) As Slate Prell 
 
Show: 26 Men 
  Trail of Revenge 02x15: (Jan/13/1959) As Ed Lacey 
 
Show: Steve Canyon 
  Operation Jettison 01x05: (Oct/11/1958) As Radar Major 
 
Show: M Squad 
  Hideout 01x27: (Mar/28/1958) As Detective Miller 
  Pete Loves Mary 01x04: (Oct/11/1957) As Sgt. Miller 
 
Show: You Are There 
  The Fall of Fort Sumter 05x01: (Sep/02/1956) As Guest Star 
 
Show: Gunsmoke 
  Indian Scout 01x23: (Mar/31/1956) As Will Bailey 
 
Show: Studio 57 
  Storm Signal 01x11: (Nov/30/1954) As Ted Lance 
 
Show: City Detective 
  Crazy Like a Fox 01x23: (1954) As Hatfield 
  An Old Man's Gold 01x06: (1953) As Benjamin 
 
Show: Studio One 
  The Last Cruise 03x12: (Nov/13/1950) As Bob Philo 
 
Show: State Trooper 
  The Patient Skeleton 03x17: (Unknown) As Graham Jones 
 
 
DeForest Kelley Crew Credits
 
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DeForest Kelley Trivia
 
DeForest appeared on Gene Roddenberry's mid-1970s LP Inside Star Trek on which he is interviewed by Gene.
 
DeForest received a Star on the Walk of Fame, it's located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd.
 
In 1990, DeForest was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor for: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).
 
In 1999, Deforest received an In Memoriam Award.
 
DeForest 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).
 
The Enterprise (2001) character, Admiral Maxwell Forrest played by Vaughn Armstrong, is named after DeForest.
 
DeForest was the only original Star Trek (1966) cast member never to write an autobiography.
 
DeForest played one of the Earp brothers in the film Gunfight At OK Corral and faced the Earps in an episode of Star Trek.
 
Shortly before DeForest's death, he won the "Golden Cowboy Boot" award. In honor of his earlier work in westerns.
 
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