DeForest Kelley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) 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.
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk...
Movie pageThe Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Viking 1 (voice)Based on the book by Thomas M. Disch and intended as the third film in the series, this sequel...
Movie pageStar Trek V: The Final Frontier
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoyA renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a...
Movie pageThe starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a...
Movie pageWhen a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize earths oceans, Kirk and his...
Movie pageWarlock
as Curley BurneA band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the...
Movie pageGunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Morgan EarpLawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their...
Movie pageAfter years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a...
Movie pageThe Pixar Story
as Leonard McCoy (archive footage)A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and...
Movie pageA surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's...
Movie pageThe Law and Jake Wade
as WexlerJake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is...
Movie pageNight of the Lepus
as Elgin ClarkRancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an...
Movie pageThe Men
as Dr. Sherman (uncredited)Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of...
Movie pageRaintree County
as Southern OfficerIn 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is...
Movie pageIllegal
as Edward Clary (as DeForest Kelly)A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to...
Movie pageTension at Table Rock
as Jim BreckWhen the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
Movie pageMalaya
as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just...
Movie pageTrekkies
as SelfDenise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the...
Movie pageHouse of Bamboo
as Charlie (uncredited)Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson,...
Movie pageApache Uprising
as Toby Jack SaundersVarious stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join...
Movie pageStar Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as SelfThis documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the...
Movie page40 Years of Star Trek
as SelfThe Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark...
Movie pageBlack Spurs
as Sheriff Dal NemoA dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to...
Movie pageVariety Girl
as Bob KirbyDozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
Movie pageWaco
as Bill RilePreacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly,...
Movie pageTown Tamer
as Guy TavennerA gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to...
Movie pageFear in the Night
as Vince GraysonThe dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a...
Movie pageWhere Love Has Gone
as Sam CorwinA divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
Movie pageStar Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as (archive footage)Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about...
Movie pageGunfight at Comanche Creek
as Amos TroopComanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of...
Movie pageThe View from Pompey's Head
as Jim - Hotel ClerkAnson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His...
Movie pageBonanza: Ride the Wind
as TullyThe Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to...
Movie pageCanon City
as SmalleyPrisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
Movie pageDuffy of San Quentin
as Eddie LeeSan Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
Movie pageStar Trek: A Captain's Log
as HimselfStar Trek: A Captain's Log was a CBS television documentary which aired on 30 November 1994...
Movie pageWilliam Shatner's Star Trek Memories
as SelfCast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the...
Movie pageTaxi
as Fred (uncredited)A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Movie pageThe Bull of the West
as Ben TullyTwo episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963)...
Movie pageBeyond Our Own
as Bob RogersThis latter-day parable focuses on two brothers. Peter Rogers is an ambitious, hard-driving...
Movie pageDuke of Chicago
as 'Ace' MartinTo save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
Movie pageThe Edge of Innocence
as LambertAn unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her...
Movie pageThe Star Trek Dream
as SelfA documentary about Star Trek: The Original Series and its fanbase narrated by Bob Wilkins,...
Movie pageStar Trek: The Next Generation
as Admiral Leonard McCoyFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
TV Show pageStar Trek
as Dr. McCoySpace. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the...
TV Show pagePerry Mason
as Peter ThorpeThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
TV Show pageBonanza
as TullyThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
TV Show pageBonanza
as Dr. Michael JonsThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
TV Show pageBonanza
as Captain Moss JohnsonThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch...
TV Show pageThe Fugitive
as CharlieRichard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...
TV Show pageIronside
as uncreditedWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
TV Show pageThe Virginian
as Ben TullyThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...
TV Show pageThe Virginian
as Lt. BeldonThe Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...
TV Show pageMatinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
TV Show pageHave Gun, Will Travel
as DeakinHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...
TV Show pageBat Masterson
as Brock MartinBat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Les PorterDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sherm PickardDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Logan WheelerDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as SwainDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageWanted: Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Steve PaxWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...
TV Show pageWanted: Dead or Alive
as Ollie TateWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the...
TV Show pageThe Silent Service
as Lt. Comm. EnrightThe Silent Service was a 1957–1958 syndicated anthology television series based on actual events...
TV Show pageLawman
as Sam WhiteLawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...
TV Show pageRawhide
as Slate PrellThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
TV Show pageThe Donna Reed Show
as uncreditedRevolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...
TV Show pageRiverboat
as Alex JeffordsRiverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds...
TV Show pageThe Lone Ranger
as Bob KittredgeThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
TV Show pageStudio One
as Bob PhiloAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
TV Show pageRoute 66
as uncreditedRoute 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet...
TV Show pageThe Adventures of Jim Bowie
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956...
TV Show pageRichard Diamond, Private Detective
as SheriffRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...
TV Show pageRichard Diamond, Private Detective
as Kenneth PorterRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...
TV Show page77 Sunset Strip
as Phil WingateStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
TV Show pageM Squad
as Police Sgt. MillerLt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The...
TV Show pageM Squad
as DetectiveLt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The...
TV Show pageThe Millionaire
as Dr. Michael WellsAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...
TV Show pageLaredo
as uncreditedLaredo is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 16, 1965, to...
TV Show pageOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Frank SlaterOwen Marshall, Counselor at Law is an American legal drama, jointly created by David Victor and...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as Will BaileyGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageStar Trek
as Leonard McCoy (voice)The animated adventures of Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the crew of the Starship Enterprise.
TV Show pageCain's Hundred
as Bob TullyA former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...
TV Show pageCavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
TV Show pageTales of Wells Fargo
as Captain Cole ScofieldJim Hardie helps Wells Fargo agents battle the bad guys.
TV Show pageBlack Saddle
as Sam KingBlack Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...
TV Show pageTrackdown
as uncreditedTrackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...
TV Show pageTrackdown
as Perry GrimesTrackdown is an American Western television series starring Robert Culp that aired on CBS...
TV Show pagePublic Defender
as Ralph SandersThe Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...
TV Show pageCoronado 9
as uncreditedDan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.
TV Show pageCity Detective
as uncreditedCrime drama starring Rod Cameron as 43-year-old Bart Grant, a tough 1950s New York City police...
TV Show pageStudio 57
as Ted LanceStudio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont...
TV Show pageMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Philip ConroyMickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that...
TV Show pageThe Dakotas
as uncreditedThe Dakotas is an ABC/Warner Brothers western television series starring Larry Ward and...
TV Show pageJohnny Midnight
as uncreditedJohnny Midnight is an American crime drama that aired for one season in syndicated from January...
TV Show page26 Men
as uncredited26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite...
TV Show pageYou Are There
as uncreditedYou Are There is an American historical educational television and radio series broadcast over...
TV Show pageThe Gallant Men
as uncreditedThe Gallant Men is a 1962–1963 ABC television series which depicted an infantry company of...
TV Show pageDeath Valley Days
as Elliott WebsterDeath Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of...
TV Show pageDeath Valley Days
as Shad CullenDeath Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of...
TV Show pageDeath Valley Days
as Clint RogersDeath Valley Days is an American radio and television anthology series featuring true stories of...
TV Show pageThe Wonderful World of Disney
as Silas Morgan (uncredited)Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...
TV Show pageStagecoach West
as Lt. ClarkeStagecoach West is an American Western drama television series which ran for thirty-eight...
TV Show page