James Doohan

Acting

James Doohan

Born March 3, 1920 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died July 20, 2005 · aged 85

James Montgomery "Jimmy" Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian character and voice actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. His characterization of the Scottish Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise was one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, for which he also made several contributions be…

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Star Trek: The Motion PictureStar Trek: The Motion Picture · 1979
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
6.51979
MovieScience FictionAdventure
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage HomeStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home · 1986
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
7.21986
MovieScience FictionAdventure
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Star Trek V: The Final FrontierStar Trek V: The Final Frontier · 1989
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
5.71989
MovieScience FictionAction
A renegade Vulcan with a startling secret hijacks the U.S.S. Enterprise in order to find a mythical planet.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of KhanStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan · 1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.41982
MovieActionAdventure
The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top secret device called Project Genesis.
Star Trek: GenerationsStar Trek: Generations · 1994
Star Trek: Generations
6.51994
MovieScience FictionAction
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 · 1993
National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1
6.11993
MovieComedyCrime
An LA detective is murdered because she has microfilm with the recipe to make cocaine cookies. Two cops partner to find and stop the fiends before they can dope the nation by distributing their wares via the 'Wilderness Girls' cookie drive.
Star Trek III: The Search for SpockStar Trek III: The Search for Spock · 1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
6.61984
MovieScience FictionAction
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered CountryStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country · 1991
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
7.01991
MovieScience FictionAction
After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an apparent attack from the Enterprise. Both worlds brace for what may be their deadliest encounter.

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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry VaultStar Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault · 2016
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
5.82016
MovieScience FictionDocumentary
Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and production personnel combined with newly-found deleted scenes, alternate angles, outtakes, behind the scenes moments, and original visual effects elements to tell the definitive story on the making and enduring legacy of Gene Roddenberry's creation.

(archive footage)

Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 1964
Daniel Boone
7.01964
SeriesAction & AdventureWestern
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

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