Star Trek DeForest Kelley Remembered Poster Highlights of Bones McCoy Actor

Jackson DeForest Kelley (Jan 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer. He was known for his roles in Westerns and achieved international fame as Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek (1966–1991).

Kelley played Dr. Leonard Bones McCoy from 1966 to 1969 in Star Trek (Gene Roddenberry had offered Kelley the role of Spock in 1964, but he refused it). He reprised the character in a voice-over role in the animated Star Trek series (1973–74), and the first six Star Trek motion pictures (1979 to 1991). In 1987, he also had a cameo in Encounter at Farpoint , the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, as Admiral Leonard McCoy, Starfleet Surgeon General Emeritus. Several aspects of Kelley's background became part of McCoy's characterization, including his pronunciation of nuclear as nucular .

Kelley became a good friend of Star Trek castmates William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, from the

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