Kelley, DeForest, 1920-1999
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Kelley, DeForest, 1920-1999
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Kelley
Forename :
DeForest
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1920-1999
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Kelley, Jackson DeForest, 1920-1999
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Surname :
Kelley
Forename :
Jackson DeForest
Date :
1920-1999
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Kelley, Jackson D. (Jackson DeForest), 1920-1999
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Surname :
Kelley
Forename :
Jackson D.
NameExpansion :
Jackson DeForest
Date :
1920-1999
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Dee, 1920-1999
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Forename :
Dee
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1920-1999
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Kelley, Jackson, 1920-1999
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Surname :
Kelley
Forename :
Jackson
Date :
1920-1999
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Biographical History
Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999), known to colleagues as "Dee", was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek (1966–1991).
During World War II, Kelley served as an enlisted man in the United States Army Air Forces from March 10, 1943 to 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 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. After this encoutner, Kelley's acting career began with the feature film Fear in the Night in 1947, eventually leading to his most well known roles in Westerns and the Star Trek franchise.
Kelley died of stomach cancer on June 11, 1999, aged 79, at the Motion Picture and Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
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https://viaf.org/viaf/76513673
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16349
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no89012154
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no89012154
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001420
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5788/deforest-kelley
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Subjects
Actors and actresses
Film actors and actresses
Star Trek films
Star trek (Television program)
Television acting
Nationalities
Americans
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Singers
Actors
Narrators
Poets
Screenwriters
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Woodland Hills
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Death
Georgia
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Birth
Born in Toccoa, GA
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