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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.45028092
EAN: 9780743457620
ISBN: 0743457625
Label: Pocket
Manufacturer: Pocket
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 362
Publication Date: February 01, 2005
Publisher: Pocket
Studio: Pocket
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In the forty-year history of Star Trek®, none of the television show's actors are more beloved than DeForest Kelley. His portrayal of Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the southern physician aboard the Starship Enterprise™, brought an unaffected humanity to the groundbreaking space frontier series.
Jackson DeForest Kelley came of age in Depression-era Georgia. He was raised on the sawdust trail, a preacher's kid steeped in his father's literal faith and judgment. But De's natural artistic gifts called him to a different way, and a visit to California at seventeen showed a bright new world.
Theater and radio defined his early career -- but it was a World War II training film he made while serving in the Army Air Corps that led to his first Paramount Studios contract.
After years of struggle, his lean, weathered look became well known in notable westerns and television programs such as You Are There and Bonanza. But his work on several pilots for writer-producer Gene Roddenberry changed his destiny and the course of cultural history.
This thoroughly researched actor's life is about hard work and luck, loyalty and love. It is a journey that takes us all...from sawdust to stardust.
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As a Star Trek fan, I enjoyed this book. It is a facinating look into the life of one of my most favorite Star Trek characters. Deforest Kelley (Dr. McCoy) was such an underrated actor. Those who truely knew him loved his work. Unfortunately, he was all too often taken by the movie studio's management. This book goes into his personal life and his professional life with an insight that brings his true character to life. A very good read for anyone interested in the man behind the Dr.
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This is a beautifully done portrait of an intensely private, talented, and humble man. It is also one of the best love stories you'll ever read. The devotion between De and his wife Carolyn is wonderfully captured and is very moving. I was drawn to this book because of my affection for Mr. Kelley's portrayal of Dr. Leonard McCoy and I was somewhat familiar with his pre Star Trek work, especially as the heavy in many westerns. This book gives equal time to both stages of his career. For Trek fans ... Read More
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"De" Kelly was a quiet man, he never achieved much success in his field, never made much money, never put himself forward and never had any great adventures. In the hands of another author, his life might have been treated as a failure and he as a joke. But author Terry Lee Rioux doesn't take the easy route.
Mr. Rioux shows us a man with many friends, a loving marriage and a modestly sucessful acting career. He shows us a man who loved animals and his roses. In other words he shows us ... Read More
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This book reads like a high school research paper. It is painfully obvious that what she knew came from researching the subject. I understand that he was very private, however, the book lacks any geniune insight into the subject. Several of the stories I read in other books about star Trek. Not recommended if you want to gain insight into the man behind Dr. McCoy. I cannot believe that someone who created that complex of charector so naturally could be a shallow and simple person.
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I loved this book. Maybe this wasn't an ultra-exciting book, but De Kelley was not that kind of star. De was someone who held deep convictions, valued his friends and fans, and loved his wife dearly 'til death do us part'. These are the wonderful traits of a true gentleman. Yes, he did drink and smoke. He was a human being, not a saint. I have been a fan of De Kelley's for many years. I only wish I had been one of the lucky ones to have known him in person, but this book brings me that much ... Read More
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