DeForest Kelley, who lived from 1920 to 1999, was an American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer. Born in Toccoa, Georgia, he sang on local radio as a young man, served in the United States Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit during the Second World War, and began his film career in 1947 with Fear in the Night. For years he worked in film and television Westerns, often as a villain, before achieving international fame as Dr. Leonard McCoy, the ship surgeon of the USS Enterprise, in the television and film series Star Trek between 1966 and 1991. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991 and a Golden Boot award in 1999 for his contribution to Western film and television.
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Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer.
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Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920, June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer.
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Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920, June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer.
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Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920, June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet, and singer.
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In 1999, shortly before he died, he was awarded a Golden Boot award for his contribution to the genre of Western television and movies.
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Kelley's acting career began with the feature film Fear in the Night in 1947.
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He found work on stage and on live television, but after three years in New York, the Kelleys returned to Hollywood.
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He began singing on local radio shows, including an appearance on WSB AM in Atlanta.
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