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Biography

Jackson DeForest Kelly was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia. His father, Ernest D. Kelley was a Baptist minister and raised him with those…more

Born

1/20/1920, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Died

6/11/1999

Birth Name

Jackson DeForest Kelley

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
  Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Counter-Clock Incident
    10/12/74
  - S 2: Ep 5 How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth
    10/5/74
  - S 2: Ep 4 Albatross
    9/28/74
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Practical Joker
    9/21/74
  - S 2: Ep 1 The Pirates of Orion
    9/7/74
  - + 14 More Credits
- Star Trek
  Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy
  - S 3: Ep 24 Turnabout Intruder
    6/3/69
  - S 3: Ep 23 All Our Yesterdays
    3/14/69
  - S 3: Ep 22 The Savage Curtain
    3/7/69
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Cloud Minders
    2/28/69
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Way to Eden
    2/21/69
  - + 45 More Credits
Recurring Role (2)

Role
- Mayor of the Town
  Nash
  - S 1: Ep 39 The Poet
- Star Trek
  Dr. Leonard Horatio "Bones" McCoy
  - S 1: Ep 30 Operation -- Annihilate!
    4/13/67
  - S 1: Ep 29 The City on the Edge of Forever
    4/6/67
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Devil in the Dark
    3/9/67
  - S 1: Ep 25 This Side of Paradise
    3/2/67
  - S 1: Ep 24 A Taste of Armageddon
    2/23/67
  - + 19 More Credits
Guest Star (111)

Role
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  Dr. Leanord McCoy
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 197 June 15, 1989
    6/15/89
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Admiral Leonard McCoy
  - S 1: Ep 1 Encounter At Farpoint (1)
    9/28/87
- The Littlest Hobo
  Guest Star
- The Cowboys
  Jack Porter
  - S 1: Ep 13 David Done It
    5/15/74
- The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
  Dr. Goldstone
  - S 2: Ep 3 I Never Said Goodbye
    12/3/73
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Frank Slater
  - S 1: Ep 5 Make No Mistake
    10/14/71
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
  Parrish
  - S 2: Ep 3 Giants Never Kneel
    10/25/70
- Ironside
  Fowler
  - S 3: Ep 22 Warrior's Return
    3/5/70
- The Lone Wolf
  Ted Hopkins
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Murder Story
- Mayor of the Town
  Nash
  - S 1: Ep 38 Minnie's Job
- Death Valley Days
  Martin
  - S 14: Ep 12 Devil's Gate
    6/6/66
- Death Valley Days
  Elliot Webster
  - S 14: Ep 26 Lady of the Plains
    5/5/66
- Laredo
  Dr. David Ingram
  - S 1: Ep 28 Sound of Terror
    4/7/66
- A Man Called Shenandoah
  Egan
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Riley Brand
    2/21/66
- Bonanza
  Tully
  - S 7: Ep 18 Ride the Wind, Part Two
    1/23/66
  - S 7: Ep 17 Ride the Wind, Part One
    1/16/66
- The Donna Reed Show
  Mr. Williams
  - S 8: Ep 14 Uncle Jeff Needs You
    12/16/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Charlie
  - S 3: Ep 6 Three Cheers for Little Boy Blue
    10/19/65
- Slattery's People
  Gregg Wilson
  - S 1: Ep 12 Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
    12/7/64
- The Virginian
  Lt. Belden
  - S 2: Ep 14 Man of Violence
    12/25/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Phil Wingate
  - S 6: Ep 7 88 Bars
    11/1/63
- Death Valley Days
  Clint Rodgers
  - S 11: Ep 24 Coffin for a Coward
    4/21/63
- The Dakotas
  Martin Volet
  - S 1: Ep 13 Reformation At Big Nose Butte
    4/1/63
- The Gallant Men
  Col. Davenport
  - S 1: Ep 23 A Taste of Peace
    3/16/63
- Laramie
  Jack
  - S 4: Ep 23 The Unvanquished
    3/12/63
- The Virginian
  Ben Tully
  - S 1: Ep 15 Duel at Shiloh
    1/2/63
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Deakin
  - S 6: Ep 16 The Treasure
    12/29/62
- Laramie
  Bart Collins
  - S 4: Ep 12 Gun Duel
    12/25/62
- Bonanza
  Dr. Michael Johns
  - S 4: Ep 12 The Decision
    12/16/62
- The Untouchables
  Detective, Missing Persons
  - S 4: Ep 8 Elegy
    11/20/62
- Death Valley Days
  Guest Star
  - S 10: Ep 21 The Breaking Point
    3/1/62
- Shannon (1961)
  Carlyle
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Pickup
    2/9/62
- Route 66
  Bob Harcourt
  - S 2: Ep 16 1800 Days to Justice
    1/26/62
- Perry Mason
  Peter Thorpe
  - S 5: Ep 14 The Case of the Unwelcome Bride
    12/16/61
- Cain's Hundred
  Deputy Tully
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Fixer
    12/12/61
- Bonanza
  Capt. Moss Johnson
  - S 3: Ep 3 The Honor of Cochise
    10/8/61
- Stagecoach West
  Lieutenant Clarke
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Big Gun
    4/25/61
- Bat Masterson
  Brock Martin
  - S 3: Ep 25 No Amnesty for Death
    3/30/61
- The Deputy
  Farley Styles
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Means And The End
    3/18/61
- Stagecoach West
  Clay
  - S 1: Ep 17 Image of a Man
    1/31/61
- Lawman (1958)
  Bent Carr
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Squatters
    1/29/61
- Coronado 9
  Shep Harlow
  - S 1: Ep 20 Run, Shep, Run
    1/17/61
- Assignment Underwater
  Barney Carson
  - S 1: Ep 19 Affair in Tokyo
    1/13/61
- Riverboat
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 13 Listen to the Nightingale
    1/2/61
- Coronado 9
  Frank Briggs
  - S 1: Ep 16 Loser's Circle
    12/20/60
- Two Faces West
  Verne Cleary
  - S 1: Ep 6 Fallen Gun
    11/21/60
- Zane Grey Theater
  Swain
  - S 4: Ep 26 Calico Bait
    3/31/60
- Lawman (1958)
  Sam White
  - S 2: Ep 21 The Thimblerigger
    2/28/60
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Ken Porter
  - S 4: Ep 10 The Adjustor
    12/7/59
- Alcoa Theatre
  Jake Brittin
  - S 3: Ep 13 333 Montgomery Street
    12/7/59
- Black Saddle
  Sam King
  - S 2: Ep 8 Apache Trail
    11/20/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Ollie Tate
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Empty Cell
    10/17/59
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Philip Conroy
  - S 2: Ep 35 Bride and Doom
    10/3/59
- Trackdown
  Tom Dooley
  - S 2: Ep 38 Quiet Night In Porter
    9/23/59
- Frontier Justice
  Logan Wheeler
  - S 2: Ep 9 Shadow Of A Deadman
    8/31/59
- 21 Beacon Street
  George Manning
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Hostage
    8/27/59
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective
  Sheriff
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Limping Man
    5/24/59
- The Lineup (1954)
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 34 The Chloroform Murder Case
    5/22/59
- State Trooper
  Graham Jones
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Patient Skeleton
    4/30/59
- Trackdown
  Ed Crow
  - S 2: Ep 25 Hard Lines
    3/11/59
- Rawhide
  Slate Prell
  - S 1: Ep 7 Incident at Barker Springs
    2/20/59
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
  Steve Pax
  - S 1: Ep 24 Secret Ballot
    2/14/59
- Mike Hammer (1958)
  Eddie Robbins
  - S 2: Ep 3 I Ain't Talkin'
    2/7/59
- Northwest Passage
  David Cooper
  - S 1: Ep 19 Death Rides The Wind
    1/23/59
- 26 Men
  Ed Lacey
  - S 2: Ep 15 Trail of Revenge
    1/13/59
- The Rough Riders
  Lance
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Nightbinders
    11/20/58
- Frontier Justice
  Les Porter
  - S 1: Ep 3 Stage To Tucson
    7/28/58
- Alcoa Theatre
  Marshal
  - S 1: Ep 37 Johnny Risk
    6/16/58
- Trackdown
  Brock Childers
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Jailbreak
    5/2/58
- Zane Grey Theater
  Logan Wheeler
  - S 2: Ep 25 Shadow Of A Dead Man
    4/11/58
- M Squad
  Detective
  - S 1: Ep 27 Hideout
    3/28/58
- Trackdown
  Deputy
  - S 1: Ep 9 End Of An Outlaw
    11/29/57
- M Squad
  Sgt. Miller
  - S 1: Ep 10 Diamond Hard
    11/29/57
- M Squad
  Sergeant Miller
  - S 1: Ep 4 Pete Loves Mary
    10/11/57
- The O. Henry Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 31 The Hiding of Black Bill
    8/31/57
  - S 1: Ep 6 Fog in Santone
    2/27/57
- Code 3
  unknown
  - S 1: Ep 12 Oil Well Incident
    6/18/57
- Zane Grey Theater
  Sherm Pickard
  - S 1: Ep 21 Village of Fear
    3/1/57
- Navy Log
  Corporal
  - S 2: Ep 20 Cigar-Box John
    2/27/57
- Zane Grey Theater
  Les Porter
  - S 1: Ep 7 Stage To Tucson
    11/16/56
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Dr. Milo Barton
  - S 2: Ep 24 Survival in Box Canyon
    11/3/56
- Playhouse 90
  Guest Star
- You Are There
  Guest Star
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Fall of Fort Sumter
    9/2/56
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Rescue of the American Prisoners from Santo Tomas
    10/9/55
  - S 2: Ep 34 The Surrender of Corregidor
    4/25/54
  - S 2: Ep 18 The Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown
    12/27/53
- Matinee Theatre
  Alan Brecker
  - S 1: Ep 111 From the Desk of Margaret Tydings
    4/4/56
- Gunsmoke
  Will Bailey
  - S 1: Ep 23 Indian Scout
    3/31/56
- You Are There
  Soldier
  - S 4: Ep 16 The Heroism Of Clara Barton
    1/8/56
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Matt Brander
  - S 1: Ep 34 The Long Day
    12/17/55
- You Are There
  Al Hammill
  - S 4: Ep 11 Spindletop: The First Great Texas Oil Strike
    12/4/55
- You Are There
  Major Bremen
  - S 4: Ep 10 Eli Whitney Invents the Cotton Gin
    11/13/55
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 7 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
    11/8/55
- You Are There
  Ike Clanton
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
    11/6/55
- Studio 57
  Alfred
  - S 2: Ep 9 Vacation With Pay
    11/1/55
- The Millionaire
  Dr. Mike Wells
  - S 2: Ep 4 Millionaire Iris Millar
    10/19/55
- The Lone Wolf
  Nick Kohler
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Las Vegas Story
    5/14/55
- Science Fiction Theatre
  Captian Hall
  - S 1: Ep 4 Y--O--R--D--
    4/30/55
- Mayor of the Town
  Tracey
  - S 1: Ep 13 Long May It Wag
    4/8/55
- Waterfront (1954)
  Bob
  - S 2: Ep 8 Skipper, Beware
    1/1/55
- Waterfront (1954)
  Allen
  - S 2: Ep 25 The Race
    1/1/55
- Cavalcade of America
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 9 A Medal For Miss Walker
    12/14/54
- Studio 57
  Ted Lance
  - S 1: Ep 11 Storm Signal
    11/30/54
- Your Favorite Story
  John Ainslee
  - S 2: Ep 32 Inside Out: The Story of Bunder-Runder the Jailbird
    8/2/54
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
  Jeff
  - S 1: Ep 9 Frozen Escape
    11/27/53
- Revlon Mirror Theater
  Bert Dexter
  - S 2: Ep 7 Dreams Never Lie
    10/31/53
- You Are There
  Lt. Col. Everton Conger
  - S 2: Ep 2 The Capture of John Wilkes Booth
    9/6/53
- The Lone Ranger
  Dr. Barnes
  - S 3: Ep 39 Death in the Forest
    6/4/53
- Your Favorite Story
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Man Who Sold His Shadow
    5/31/53
- City Detective
  Hatfield
  - S 1: Ep 21 Crazy Like a Fox
    1/1/53
- City Detective
  Benjamin
  - S 1: Ep 6 An Old Man's Gold
    1/1/53
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 37 Breakaway
    5/27/52
- Studio One
  Bob Philo
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Last Cruise
    11/13/50
- The Lone Ranger
  Sheriff Buck McCall
  - S 1: Ep 27 Gold Trains
    3/16/50
- The Lone Ranger
  Bob Kittredge
  - S 1: Ep 4 Legion of Old Timers
    10/6/49

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Trivia
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- DeFroest was 5'10" tall.
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- Kelley played a medic in the movie The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and unbeknownst to him coined his famous catch phrase "He's dead Captain".
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- DeForest is the only one of the original Star Trek cast members never to write an autobiography.
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- DeForest Kelley: (On his early career.) I liked Westerns for two reasons: First, it took the actor outside. They were all very physical at that time and not limited to a stage. Second, they paid my rent an awful lot.
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- DeForest Kelley: Star Trek fans are the most devoted group of people and contrary to what people think, they don't have antennae coming out of their heads.
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- DeForest Kelley: I'd wanted to become a doctor and couldn't and yet I became the best-known doctor in the galaxy.
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