From Sawdust to Stardust
The Biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy
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Publisher Description
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.
Customer Reviews
A Humble Man
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. What a great story about a very humble man. I cried at the end!
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I like the book!
Sweet story of a kind man
As a traditional Trekkie, over the decades, I've read bios of Nimoy, Shatner, and Takei.
While I would have loved to read De's story in his own voice; This book captures Kelley's life with such sweetness and dignity, as I always hoped it would be.
This bio ties together with all the stories I've gleaned from other Star Trek bios and presents new threads that pleased and widened my admiration for this actor who always seemed very comfortable in his craft.
I knew Kelley was an established actor long before Trek too and enjoyed those reminiscences immensely.
This greatest generation member had a wonderful life, discover it.