DeForest Kelley
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday20 January 1920
Died11 June 1999 (age 79)
Place of birthAtlanta, Georgia, USA
Known credits119
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…
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022 · Self - (archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007 · Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
40 Years of Star Trek
2006 · Self
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998 · Viking 1 (voice)
Trekkies
1997 · Self
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996 · Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996 · Self
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996 · Self
Virtuosity
1995 · Dr. Leonard McCoy (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994 · Self
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994 · Self
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993 · Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993 · Dr. McCoy
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991 · Self
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Admiral Leonard McCoy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979 · Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
The Star Trek Dream
1975 · Self
Star Trek
1973 · Leonard McCoy (voice)
Night of the Lepus
1972 · Elgin Clark
The Bull of the West
1972 · Ben Tully
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Frank Slater
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969 · Parrish
Room 222
1969 · Matt Silverton
Ironside
1967 · Mr. Fowler
Space Seed
1967 · Dr. McCoy
Star Trek
1966 · Dr. McCoy
Waco
1966 · Bill Rile
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966 · Tully
Apache Uprising
1965 · Toby Jack Saunders
Marriage on the Rocks
1965 · Mr. Turner
Laredo
1965 · Dr. David Ingram
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965 · Egan
Town Tamer
1965 · Guy Tavenner
Black Spurs
1965 · Sheriff Dal Nemo
Where Love Has Gone
1964 · Sam Corwin
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963 · Amos Troop
The Fugitive
1963 · Charlie
The Dakotas
1963 · Martin Volet
The Gallant Men
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Virginian
1962 · Ben Tully
The Virginian
1962 · Lt. Beldon
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