DeForest Kelley

About

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 brother, Ernest Casey Kelley. As a child, he often played outside for hours at a time. Kelley was immersed in his father's mission in Conyers and promised his father failure would mean "wreck and ruin". Before the end of his first year at Conyers, Kelley was introduced into the congregation to...

Known for

Star Trek: The Next GenerationSeries • 1987Perry MasonSeries • 1957BonanzaSeries • 1959Star TrekSeries • 1966Star Trek: Deep Space NineSeries • 1993IronsideSeries • 1967The FugitiveSeries • 1963Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955The VirginianSeries • 1962Have Gun, Will TravelSeries • 1957Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956Studio OneSeries • 1948The Donna Reed ShowSeries • 1958RawhideSeries • 1959Route 66Series • 1960Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958LawmanSeries • 1958The Lone RangerSeries • 1949GunsmokeSeries • 195577 Sunset StripSeries • 1958Bat MastersonSeries • 1958LaramieSeries • 1959State TrooperSeries • 1956Room 222Series • 1969