James Montgomery Doohan (1920-2005) portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies. Doohan lost his battle with Alzheimer's Disease, complicated by pneumonia, at 5:30 AM on July 20, 2005. He died at his Redmond, Washington, home with his third wife Wende by his side. He's asked his family to have him cremated, and shot into space.
He was born on March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War II, he served as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He lost the middle finger of his right hand while in combat in Normandy on D-Day. After the war, he started work in radio, but quickly branched out into TV, movies, and plays. A skilled voice actor, Doohan contributed many voices to both the original series and the animated series, including (amongst others) Lt. Arex.
Since the end of the Star Trek TV series, he kept busy speaking at colleges and Star Trek conventions. Sadly, in July 2004, Doohan announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in addition to his existing Parkinson's disease and diabetes, and would be withdrawing from public life. His final public appearance took place on August 31, 2004 - at the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Doohan was also a linguist. He left behind a total of nine children from his three marriages; his most recent, Sarah, was born in 2000 when he was 80 years old.
Read more about James at StarTrek.comStarTrek.com].
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