DeForest Kelley
Date of birth: 1920-01-20
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Jackson DeForest Kelley, دِفارست کلی
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979-12-07
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns t
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982-06-04
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's liv
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew m
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989-06-09
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace su
House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a fo
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their partic
Fear in the Night
1947-04-10
The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a siniste
Warlock
1959-05-15
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff h
Canon City
1948-06-30
Prisoners battle each other -- and the police -- when they escape the Colorado State Penitentiary.
Malaya
1949-12-27
After living abroad for several years, journalist John Royer returns to the United States just after
The Law and Jake Wade
1958-06-06
Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some
Trekkies
1997-10-18
Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the ser
Night of the Lepus
1972-10-04
Rancher Cole Hillman is fed up of rabbits plaguing his fields. Zoologist Roy Bennett conducts an exp
Raintree County
1957-12-20
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted fr
Illegal
1955-10-09
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find o
Where Love Has Gone
1964-11-02
A divorced couple's teen-age daughter stands trial for stabbing her mother's latest lover.
Tension at Table Rock
1956-10-03
When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place.
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963-11-06
Comanche Creek, Colorado, 1875: Prisoner Jack Mason is broken out of jail by a gang of strangers. Th
The Bull of the West
1972-05-04
Two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together: "Duel at Shiloh" (2 Jan. 1963) and "N
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char
Duke of Chicago
1949-03-15
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's p
Town Tamer
1965-07-07
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep
The View from Pompey's Head
1955-11-04
Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His ass
Taxi
1953-01-21
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Black Spurs
1965-05-28
A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996-11-04
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Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
Various stage coach passengers and outlaws travelling through Indian country are forced to join forc
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995-01-01
Cast members of the television and movie series "Star Trek" reminisce about the making of the series
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993-01-30
The Star Trek Dream
1975-09-24
A documentary about Star Trek: The Original Series and its fanbase narrated by Bob Wilkins, featurin
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994-11-30
William Shatner worked tirelessly to turn the Star Trek television franchise into movies, but the jo
Speak No Evil
1950-08-13
A video on the consequences of gossip.
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991-09-28
This documentary is hosted by William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy and they take us through the history
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994-11-30
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Waco
1966-09-01
Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who di
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966-01-01
The Pony Express opens up an office in Virginia City. Despite being an investor, Ben objects to Joe
The Edge of Innocence
1957-10-31
An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her bro
Duffy of San Quentin
1954-03-16
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
40 Years of Star Trek
2006-01-01
The Space Channel celebrates the 40th anniversary of the original STAR TREK. Produced by Mark Askwit
Time to Kill
1945-12-13
A group of sailors kid their shipmate Frank about his constant reading, when they would all rather p
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998-05-19
Based on the book by Thomas M. Disch and intended as the third film in the series, this sequel was f
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene R
Beyond Our Own
1947-11-16
This latter-day parable focuses on two brothers. Peter Rogers is an ambitious, hard-driving attorney
The Men
1950-08-25
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a ve
Ambassador for Christ
1949-01-01
From Cathedral Film’s “Life of St. Paul” series. Paul and Barnabas take the Gospel to Antioch, where
Marriage on the Rocks
1965-09-24
Ad-agency president Dan Edwards goes to Mexico to celebrate his nineteenth wedding anniversary and w
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956-04-12
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a warti
Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966-11-17
In 2267, the USS Enterprise arrives at Starbase 11 in response to a subspace call First Officer Spoc
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996-10-06
A star-studded tribute to Star Trek on its 30th anniversary, hosted by many of the stars and guest s
Virtuosity
1995-08-04
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic,
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022-06-14
Documentary on the History of Science Fiction Movies from The Day the Earth Stood Still onward.