Jackson DeForest Kelley
| Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Jan 20, 1920 Atlanta, GA |
| Died | Jun 11, 1999 Woodland Hills, CA |
| Age | Died at 79 |
DeForest Kelley | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1947-98 |
| Top Roles | Southern Officer, Wexler, Medic, Charlie, Dr. Sherman |
| Top Genres | Drama, Western, Romance, Crime, Film Noir, Action |
| Top Topics | Civil War, Brothers, World War II |
| Top Collaborators | Edward Dmytryk (Director), Ann Doran, Whit Bissell, Frank Faylen |
| Shares birthday with | Patricia Neal, George Burns, Bretaigne Windust see more.. |
DeForest Kelley Overview:
Character actor, DeForest Kelley, was born Jackson DeForest Kelley on Jan 20, 1920 in Atlanta, GA. Kelley died at the age of 79 on Jun 11, 1999 in Woodland Hills, CA .
MINI BIO:
Dark-haired, open-eyed, wry-mouthed American actor whose precise features could almost in their younger days have belonged to the hero of a puppet series. The son of a Baptist minister from Atlanta, Georgia, Kelley went to California as a teenager, obtaining minor theatre and radio work as an actor and singer (he can supposedly be spotted as one of the chorus of "stout-hearted men" in MGM's New Moon) and working as a lift-man to make ends meet. Roles in naval training films led to work in films in post-war years; he was briefly in leading roles, but his career was going nowhere as impassive gunmen in westerns when he signed on as TV's Doc "Bones" McCoy in Star Trek, a role which kept him busy on and off for almost 30 years.
(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
BEYOND STAR TREK BLOGATHON: on Zane Grey Theatre
on Jan 10, 2020 From Caftan WomanThe Beyond Star Trek blogathon is the brainchild of our hosts Quiggy of The Midnite Drive-In and Hamlette's Soliloquy. The blogathon explores the careers of Star Trek actors beyond and before their involvement with the influential and enduring series. Your exploration begins HERE and HERE. DeF... Read full article
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