Nice little bio below.
'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Writer
James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the
original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the
command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28
years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve
Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease,
he said.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor
when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on
NBC in 1966.
A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven
different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years
later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told
them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make
him a Scotsman.'"
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and
Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic
following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and
children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three
seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as
Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973,
he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to
be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just
lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndicated TV both in the United States and
abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later
years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and
lectured at colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas's "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted
Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for TV, to plan a
movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired
a topflight director, Robert Wise. "Star Trek =97 The Motion Picture"
was successful enough to spawn five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke
frankly in 1998 about his employer, Paramount, and his TV commander:
"I started out in the series at basic minimum_ plus 10 percent for my
agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally
got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay!
That's how much they loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk,
but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about
is himself."
James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C.,
youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian
and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam
Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his
wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army,
becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces
that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled.
"We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't
heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was
machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right
finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in
his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped
by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He
showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed
Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen,
Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a
character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the U.S.
Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space
adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had
two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended
in divorce.
In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric,
Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing
the line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said
to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour
across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody.
It's been fun."
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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| User: "Doc" |
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21 Jul 2005 07:52:04 AM |
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God will, if you're on the Rapture list. Check with Lightwing to see if
you're included, departure and arrival dates, coach or economy. LOL...if
not, there's always a chance UFO aliens will beam you up, although the
medical exam sucks.
Doc
"Su Zanadu" <tugbertswife@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:12393-42DF2C0A-41@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net...
Nice little bio below.
'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Writer
James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the
original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the
command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28
years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve
Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease,
he said.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor
when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on
NBC in 1966.
A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven
different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years
later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told
them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make
him a Scotsman.'"
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and
Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic
following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and
children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three
seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as
Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973,
he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to
be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just
lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndicated TV both in the United States and
abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later
years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and
lectured at colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas's "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted
Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for TV, to plan a
movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired
a topflight director, Robert Wise. "Star Trek - The Motion Picture"
was successful enough to spawn five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke
frankly in 1998 about his employer, Paramount, and his TV commander:
"I started out in the series at basic minimum_ plus 10 percent for my
agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally
got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay!
That's how much they loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk,
but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about
is himself."
James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C.,
youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian
and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam
Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his
wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army,
becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces
that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled.
"We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't
heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was
machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right
finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in
his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped
by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He
showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed
Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen,
Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a
character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the U.S.
Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space
adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had
two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended
in divorce.
In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric,
Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing
the line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said
to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour
across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody.
It's been fun."
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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| User: "John Smith" |
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21 Jul 2005 12:44:18 AM |
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Looks like "Scotty" has finally been BEAMED to the "Great Beyond".
Only to appear in Re-Runs and the memories of his family. He will be greatly missed
for his 'on screen' "None-Optimistic" character that has become the 'Montra' of many
engineers today. ("Never tell them how long it will really take, ...") And his 'off
screen' generosity to his FANs and (I am assuming) more importantly his Family !!!.
God Bless - James Doohan.
;-)
"Su Zanadu" <tugbertswife@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:12393-42DF2C0A-41@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net...
Nice little bio below.
'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Writer
James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the
original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the
command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28
years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve
Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease,
he said.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor
when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on
NBC in 1966.
A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven
different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years
later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told
them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make
him a Scotsman.'"
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and
Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic
following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and
children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three
seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as
Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973,
he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to
be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just
lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndicated TV both in the United States and
abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later
years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and
lectured at colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas's "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted
Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for TV, to plan a
movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired
a topflight director, Robert Wise. "Star Trek - The Motion Picture"
was successful enough to spawn five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke
frankly in 1998 about his employer, Paramount, and his TV commander:
"I started out in the series at basic minimum_ plus 10 percent for my
agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally
got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay!
That's how much they loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk,
but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about
is himself."
James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C.,
youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian
and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam
Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his
wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army,
becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces
that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled.
"We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't
heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was
machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right
finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in
his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped
by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He
showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed
Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen,
Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a
character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the U.S.
Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space
adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had
two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended
in divorce.
In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric,
Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing
the line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said
to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour
across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody.
It's been fun."
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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| User: "Michael Cornelissen" |
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21 Jul 2005 11:48:26 AM |
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Now the phrase "Scott me up beamy" takes on a whole new meaning
/Michael Cornelissen
"Su Zanadu" <tugbertswife@webtv.net> wrote in message
news:12393-42DF2C0A-41@storefull-3213.bay.webtv.net...
Nice little bio below.
'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Writer
James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the
original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the
command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28
years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve
Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease,
he said.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor
when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on
NBC in 1966.
A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven
different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years
later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told
them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make
him a Scotsman.'"
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and
Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic
following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and
children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three
seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as
Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973,
he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to
be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just
lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndicated TV both in the United States and
abroad, and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later
years, Doohan attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and
lectured at colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas's "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted
Paramount Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for TV, to plan a
movie based on the series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired
a topflight director, Robert Wise. "Star Trek - The Motion Picture"
was successful enough to spawn five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke
frankly in 1998 about his employer, Paramount, and his TV commander:
"I started out in the series at basic minimum_ plus 10 percent for my
agent. That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally
got to our third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay!
That's how much they loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk,
but I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about
is himself."
James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C.,
youngest of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian
and dentist, and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam
Me Up, Scotty," his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his
wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army,
becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces
that landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled.
"We were more afraid of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't
heavy enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was
machine-gunned, taking six hits: one that took off his middle right
finger (he managed to hide the missing finger on the screen), four in
his leg and one in the chest. Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped
by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He
showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed
Neighborhood Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen,
Tony Randall and Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a
character actor in films and television, both in Canada and the U.S.
Oddly, his only other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space
adventure, "Space Command," in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had
two children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended
in divorce.
In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric,
Thomas and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing
the line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said
to me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour
across four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody.
It's been fun."
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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| User: "Marvin The Paranoid Android" |
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21 Jul 2005 07:58:58 AM |
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Su Zanadu wrote:
Nice little bio below.
'Star Trek' Star James Doohan Dies By BOB THOMAS, Associated Press
Writer
James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the
original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the
command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.
<snip>
Sorry to hear it.
If I was given a dollar everytime I heard the phrase 'Beam me up,
Scotty' during high school ( beer, a whee bit o' weed, and parties ) I'd
be independently wealthy now ....
That show had some other classic lines like:
Spock: 'Highly illogical, Captain'
Kirk: 'Phasors on Stun'
Scotty: 'Aaargh! She *cant* take her, Captain!!'
McCoy: 'Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor not a magician!'
The New Guy Who Always Died Each Episode: 'Aaarghh! Aaarghh! Aaarghh!'
And William Shatner's incredible over-acting ... all the attributes of a
great TV show.
Here's mud in your Scotty!!!
Cheers!
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