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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1920-01-20
- event Death Date 1999-06-11
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 9.3
- info Birth Place Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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7.5
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982-06-04
6.5
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979-12-07
6.6
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01
7.2
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986-11-26
5.7
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989-06-09
7
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991-12-06
6.1
House of Bamboo
1955-07-01
7
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
5.4
Fear in the Night
1947-04-10
6.7
Warlock
1959-05-15
6
Canon City
1948-06-30
6.5
Malaya
1949-12-27
6.6
The Law and Jake Wade
1958-06-06
6.3
Trekkies
1997-10-18
4.4
Night of the Lepus
1972-10-04
6.3
Raintree County
1957-12-20
6.5
Illegal
1955-10-09
6.1
Where Love Has Gone
1964-11-02
5.8
Tension at Table Rock
1956-10-03
5.4
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963-11-06
5.3
The Bull of the West
1972-05-04
6.1
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
0
Duke of Chicago
1949-03-15
7.5
The Pixar Story
2007-08-28
6.4
Town Tamer
1965-07-07
3.5
The View from Pompey's Head
1955-11-04
6.4
Taxi
1953-01-21
6
Black Spurs
1965-05-28
0
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996-11-04
6.6
Apache Uprising
1965-12-29
4.3
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995-01-01
0
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993-01-30
1
The Star Trek Dream
1975-09-24
0
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994-11-30
0
Speak No Evil
1950-08-13
5.7
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991-09-28
5.5
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994-11-30
6.4
Waco
1966-09-01
6.7
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966-01-01
0
The Edge of Innocence
1957-10-31
6
Duffy of San Quentin
1954-03-16
4.3
40 Years of Star Trek
2006-01-01
0
Time to Kill
1945-12-13
5.6
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998-05-19
5.7
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016-12-05
0
Beyond Our Own
1947-11-16
7
The Men
1950-08-25
6
The Gallant Men
1962-10-05
8.1
Star Trek
1966-09-08
6.4
Trackdown
1957-10-04
4.7
Cain's Hundred
1961-09-19
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987-09-28
6.4
Route 66
1960-10-07
6.8
Star Trek
1973-09-08
6.8
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957-03-18
6.8
The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15
6.5
Gunsmoke
1955-09-10
7.6
Perry Mason
1957-09-21
4.4
Studio One
1948-11-07
6.9
Ironside
1967-03-28
6.4
Laredo
1965-09-16
5.7
Black Saddle
1959-01-10
7
Rawhide
1959-01-09
7.2
The Fugitive
1963-09-17
5
The Millionaire
1955-01-19
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01
5.2
M Squad
1957-09-20
6.1
The Donna Reed Show
1958-09-24
3.3
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
5.7
You Are There
1953-02-01
3.7
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956-09-07
4.5
Navy Log
1955-09-20
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06
5.7
The Dakotas
1963-01-07
6.3
Bat Masterson
1958-10-08
6.2
Riverboat
1959-09-13
3.5
Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
0
City Detective
1953-09-07
6
Coronado 9
1960-09-06
4.2
26 Men
1957-11-01
6.6
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958-01-07
0
Johnny Midnight
1960-01-03
7.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27
6
Stagecoach West
1960-10-04
6.4
Trackdown
1957-10-04
5.2
M Squad
1957-09-20
5.4
Lawman
1958-10-05
6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957-07-01
6.4
The Virginian
1962-09-19
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
5.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05
6.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958-09-06
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
7.5
Bonanza
1959-09-12
5
Public Defender
1954-03-11
7.4
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14
0
The Silent Service
1957-04-05
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10
0
Studio 57
1954-09-21
6.4
Death Valley Days
1952-10-01
6.4
Death Valley Days
1952-10-01
6.4
Death Valley Days
1952-10-01
6.3
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971-09-16
7
The Lone Wolf
1954-04-09
7
The Lone Wolf
1954-04-09