Deforest Kelley's biography
Deforest Kelley is 79 years old television actor born at Atlanta. He was born on Tuesday 20th of January 1920. He is often nicknamed as DeBones. According to year of birth 1920 he belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 20th of January means he is Capricorn. These people are stable in nature. As the sign lord is “Saturn”, the person will be judgemental in his approach.
He is native english speaker. He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor. He is recently known as actor.
Deforest Kelley's schools
We found 1 school He attended. Name of the school: Decatur High School.
Detailed informations about his schools
- Inspired many fans to take up medicine. He and his wife received an invitation to attend the graduation ceremony from medical school of one of them. They attended.
- Attended Decatur High School in Decatur, GA, graduating in 1936.
Deforest Kelley's career
His main focus is to be television actor.
How did Deforest Kelley die
He died on on Friday 11th of June 1999 when he was 79 years old at Woodland Hills. Deforest Kelleys death was caused by stomach cancer. It happend like natural causes.
Awards and competitions
Deforest Kelley's Awards
- Shortly before his death, he won the "Golden Cowboy Boot" award, honoring his earlier work in Westerns.
- Was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. on December 18, 1991.
Deforest Kelley's Nominations
- He was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor for work Star Trek V: The Final Frontier in 1990
What Deforest Kelley has done for a first time
- Made both his first (episode Star Trek: The Corbomite Maneuver (1966)) and last (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)) "Star Trek" appearances with Nichelle Nichols.
- Was the first primary cast member from the original Star Trek (1966) series to pass away. He was also the only one to pass away in the 20th century/second millennium.
- When Star Trek (1966) first aired, he had--unlike most of his co-stars--already been a professional actor for more than 20 years (although he did not look it at the time, he was more than a decade older than most of the cast).
Deforest Kelley's quotes
- [on why he chose to play Dr. McCoy instead of Mr. Spock on Star Trek (1966)] I wouldn't have been anywhere near Leonard Nimoy. He's marvelous.
- [on his life] I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't - yet became the best known doctor in the galaxy.
- [on the Star Trek (1966) fans] They're the most devoted group of people and contrary to what people think, they don't have antennae coming out of their heads.
- I thoroughly enjoyed those years. I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot.
- [to William Shatner, on his deathbed] Let's make just one more Star Trek movie! I sure miss making those movies!
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Deforest Kelley's body shape
Lets describe how Deforest Kelley looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.