DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson DeForest Kelley was an American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer known for his iconic roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek. Kelley was delivered by his uncle at his parents' home in Atlanta, the son of Clora (née Casey) and Ernest David Kelley, who was a Baptist minister of Irish and Southern ancestry. DeForest was named after the pioneering electronics engineer Lee De Forest, and later named his Star Trek character's father "David" after his own. Kelley had an older brother, Ernest Casey Kelley. As a child, he often played outside for hours at a time. Kelley was immersed in his father's mission in Conyers and promised his father failure would mean "wreck and ruin". Before the end of his first year at Conyers, Kelley was introduced into the congregation to his musical talents and often sang solo in morning church services. Eventually, this led to an appearance on the radio station WSB AM in Atlanta, Georgia. As a result of his radio work, he won an engagement with Lew Forbes and his orchestra at the Paramount Theater. In 1934, the family left Conyers for the community of Decatur. He attended the Decatur Boys High School where he played on the Decatur Bantams baseball team. Kelley also played football and other sports. Before his graduation, Kelley got a job as a drugstore car hop. He spent his weekends working in the local theatres. Kelley graduated in 1938. During World War II, Kelley served as an enlisted man in the United States Army Air Forces between March 10, 1943, and January 28, 1946, assigned to the First Motion Picture Unit. After an extended stay in Long Beach, California, Kelley decided to pursue an acting career and relocate to southern California permanently, living for a time with his uncle Casey. He worked as an usher in a local theater in order to earn enough money for the move. Kelley's mother encouraged her son in his new career goal, but his father disliked the idea. While in California, Kelley was spotted by a Paramount Pictures scout while doing a United States Navy training film.

Known For: Acting

Born: Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1920-01-20

Died: 1999-06-11

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1945	Time to Kill	Peter	0
2	1947	Fear in the Night	Vince Grayson	54
3	1947	Variety Girl	Bob Kirby	61
4	1947	Beyond Our Own	Bob Rogers	0
5	1948	Canon City	Smalley	60
6	1949	Ambassador for Christ	Aram	0
7	1949	Duke of Chicago	'Ace' Martin	0
8	1949	Malaya	Lt. Glenson (uncredited)	65
9	1950	Speak No Evil	Ted	0
10	1950	The Men	Dr. Sherman (uncredited)	70
11	1953	Taxi	Fred (uncredited)	64
12	1954	Duffy of San Quentin	Eddie Lee	60
13	1955	House of Bamboo	Charlie (uncredited)	61
14	1955	Illegal	Edward Clary (as DeForest Kelly)	64
15	1955	The View from Pompey's Head	Jim - Hotel Clerk	35
16	1956	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit	Medic (uncredited)	68
17	1956	Tension at Table Rock	Jim Breck	58
18	1957	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	Morgan Earp	70
19	1957	The Edge of Innocence	Lambert	0
20	1957	Raintree County	Southern Officer	64
21	1958	The Law and Jake Wade	Wexler	66
22	1959	Warlock	Curley Burne	67
23	1963	Gunfight at Comanche Creek	Amos Troop	58
24	1964	Where Love Has Gone	Sam Corwin	62
25	1965	Black Spurs	Sheriff Dal Nemo	61
26	1965	Town Tamer	Guy Tavenner	64
27	1965	Marriage on the Rocks	Mr. Turner	56
28	1965	Apache Uprising	Toby Jack Saunders	63
29	1966	Bonanza: Ride the Wind	Tully	67
30	1966	Waco	Bill Rile	64
31	1966	Star Trek: The Menagerie	Dr. McCoy	0
32	1972	The Bull of the West	Ben Tully	54
33	1972	Night of the Lepus	Elgin Clark	44
34	1975	The Star Trek Dream	Self	10
35	1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy	65
36	1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy	75
37	1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy	66
38	1986	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home	McCoy	72
39	1989	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy	57
40	1991	Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special	Self	57
41	1991	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country	Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy	70
42	1993	A Conversation with DeForest Kelley	Self	0
43	1994	William Shatner: Captain's Log	Self	0
44	1994	Star Trek: A Captain's Log	Himself	55
45	1995	William Shatner's Star Trek Memories	Self	43
46	1996	The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations	Self	0
47	1997	Trekkies	Self	64
48	1998	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars	Viking 1 (voice)	57
49	2006	40 Years of Star Trek	Self	43
50	2007	The Pixar Story	Leonard McCoy (archive footage)	76
51	2016	Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault	(archive footage)	57

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Studio One	Bob Philo	50
2	1949	The Lone Ranger	Bob Kittredge	67
3	1952	Cavalcade of America		35
4	1952	Death Valley Days	Elliott Webster	64
5	1952	Death Valley Days	Shad Cullen	64
6	1952	Death Valley Days	Clint Rogers	64
7	1953	You Are There		57
8	1953	City Detective		70
9	1954	Public Defender	Ralph Sanders	60
10	1954	The Lone Wolf	Ted Hopkins	70
11	1954	The Lone Wolf	Nick Kohler	70
12	1954	Studio 57	Ted Lance	0
13	1954	The Wonderful World of Disney	Silas Morgan (uncredited)	78
14	1955	The Millionaire	Dr. Michael Wells	50
15	1955	Gunsmoke	Will Bailey	66
16	1955	Navy Log		45
17	1955	Matinee Theater		50
18	1956	The Adventures of Jim Bowie		45
19	1956	State Trooper	Graham Jones	50
20	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Les Porter	55
21	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Sherm Pickard	55
22	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Logan Wheeler	55
23	1956	Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre	Swain	55
24	1957	Tales of Wells Fargo	Captain Cole Scofield	63
25	1957	The Silent Service	Lt. Comm. Enright	0
26	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Sheriff	62
27	1957	Richard Diamond, Private Detective	Kenneth Porter	62
28	1957	Have Gun, Will Travel	Deakin	74
29	1957	M Squad	Police Sgt. Miller	52
30	1957	M Squad	Detective	52
31	1957	Perry Mason	Peter Thorpe	77
32	1957	Alcoa Theatre	Marshal	65
33	1957	Trackdown	Perry Grimes	64
34	1957	Trackdown	Brock Childers	64
35	1957	Trackdown	Ed Crow	64
36	1957	Trackdown	Tom Dooley	64
37	1957	26 Men		42
38	1958	Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Philip Conroy	66
39	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Sheriff Steve Pax	69
40	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Ollie Tate	69
41	1958	The Donna Reed Show		62
42	1958	Lawman	Sam White	56
43	1958	Bat Masterson	Brock Martin	61
44	1958	77 Sunset Strip	Phil Wingate	67
45	1959	Rawhide	Slate Prell	72
46	1959	Black Saddle	Sam King	60
47	1959	Bonanza	Captain Moss Johnson	75
48	1959	Bonanza	Dr. Michael Jons	75
49	1959	Bonanza	Tully	75
50	1959	Riverboat	Alex Jeffords	62
51	1960	Johnny Midnight		0
52	1960	Coronado 9		60
53	1960	Coronado 9	Shep Harlow	60
54	1960	Stagecoach West	Lt. Clarke	60
55	1960	Route 66		63
56	1961	Cain's Hundred	Bob Tully	47
57	1962	The Virginian	Ben Tully	65
58	1962	The Virginian	Lt. Beldon	65
59	1962	The Gallant Men		60
60	1963	The Dakotas		57
61	1963	The Fugitive	Charlie	72
62	1965	Laredo		63
63	1966	Star Trek	Dr. McCoy	80
64	1967	Ironside	Mr. Fowler	68
65	1971	Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	Frank Slater	63
66	1973	Star Trek	Leonard McCoy (voice)	68
67	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Admiral Leonard McCoy	84

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