1920-01-20 ( 105 years old ) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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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.
Movies
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
40 Years of Star Trek
2006-01-01
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998-05-19
Trekkies
1997-10-18
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995-01-01
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994-11-30
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994-11-30
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993-01-30
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991-09-28
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989-06-09
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982-06-04
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979-12-07
The Star Trek Dream
1975-09-24
Night of the Lepus
1972-10-04
The Bull of the West
1972-05-04
Waco
1966-09-01
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966-01-01
Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
Marriage on the Rocks
1965-09-24
Town Tamer
1965-07-07
Black Spurs
1965-05-28
Where Love Has Gone
1964-11-02
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963-11-06
Warlock
1959-05-15
The Law and Jake Wade
1958-06-06
Raintree County
1957-12-20
The Edge of Innocence
1957-10-31
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
Tension at Table Rock
1956-10-03
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12
The View from Pompey's Head
1955-11-04
Illegal
1955-10-09
House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
Duffy of San Quentin
1954-03-16
Taxi
1953-01-21
The Men
1950-08-25
Speak No Evil
1950-08-13
Malaya
1949-12-27
Duke of Chicago
1949-03-15
Ambassador for Christ
1949-01-01
Canon City
1948-06-30
Beyond Our Own
1947-11-16
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Fear in the Night
1947-04-10
Time to Kill
1945-12-13
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