DeForest Kelley
Acting
Born January 20, 1920 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Perry Mason
Star Trek: The Next Generation
The Donna Reed Show
Star Trek
The Fugitive
Bonanza
The Merv Griffin Show
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Ironside
The Virginian
Matinee Theater
Rawhide
Lawman
Have Gun, Will Travel
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Studio One
Room 222
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Tales of Wells Fargo
Bat Masterson
Gunsmoke
The Lone Ranger
Route 66
Wanted: Dead or Alive
The Deputy
Laramie
The Millionaire
77 Sunset Strip
Navy Log
Trackdown
State Trooper
Alcoa Theatre
Studio 57
M Squad
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
City Detective
Laredo
The Adventures of Jim Bowie