DeForest Kelley

Personal Info

Birthday

January 20, 1920

Day of Death

1999-06-11

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Also Known As

Jackson DeForest Kelley

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DeForest Kelley

Biography

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.

Known For

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek

Perry Mason

Bonanza

The Fugitive

Have Gun, Will Travel

Ironside

The Virginian

Filmography

2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
as (archive footage)
2007
The Pixar Story
as Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
2006
40 Years of Star Trek
as Self
1998
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
as Viking 1 (voice)
1997
Trekkies
as Self
1996
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
as Self
1995
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
as Self
1994
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
as Himself
William Shatner: Captain's Log
as Self
1993
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
as Self
1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
as Self
1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
as McCoy
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
1975
The Star Trek Dream
as Self
1972
Night of the Lepus
as Elgin Clark
The Bull of the West
as Ben Tully
1966
Star Trek: The Menagerie
as Dr. McCoy
Waco
as Bill Rile
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
as Tully
1965
Apache Uprising
as Toby Jack Saunders
Marriage on the Rocks
as Mr. Turner
Town Tamer
as Guy Tavenner
Black Spurs
as Sheriff Dal Nemo
1964
Where Love Has Gone
as Sam Corwin
1963
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Amos Troop
1959
Warlock
as Curley Burne
1958
The Law and Jake Wade
as Wexler
1957
Raintree County
as Southern Officer
The Edge of Innocence
as Lambert
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Morgan Earp
1956
Tension at Table Rock
as Jim Breck
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Medic (uncredited)
1955
The View from Pompey's Head
as Jim - Hotel Clerk
Illegal
as Edward Clary (as DeForest Kelly)
House of Bamboo
as Charlie (uncredited)
1954
Duffy of San Quentin
as Eddie Lee
1953
Taxi
as Fred (uncredited)
1950
The Men
as Dr. Sherman (uncredited)
Speak No Evil
as Ted
1949
Malaya
as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Duke of Chicago
as 'Ace' Martin
Ambassador for Christ
as Aram
1948
Canon City
as Smalley
1947
Beyond Our Own
as Bob Rogers
Variety Girl
as Bob Kirby
Fear in the Night
as Vince Grayson
1945
Time to Kill
as Peter