
DeForest Kelley
Biography
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…
Known For
Star Trek
Dr. McCoy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Morgan Earp
The Pixar Story
Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (119)
Movies (54)
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022as Self - (archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016as (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007as Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
40 Years of Star Trek
2006as Self
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998as Viking 1 (voice)
Trekkies
1997as Self
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996as Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996as Self
Virtuosity
1995as Dr. Leonard McCoy (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1995as Self
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994as Himself
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994as Self
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993as Self
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991as Self
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
The Star Trek Dream
1975as Self
Night of the Lepus
1972as Elgin Clark
The Bull of the West
1972as Ben Tully
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966as Tully
Waco
1966as Bill Rile
Star Trek: The Menagerie
1966as Dr. McCoy
Black Spurs
1965as Sheriff Dal Nemo
Town Tamer
1965as Guy Tavenner
Apache Uprising
1965as Toby Jack Saunders
Marriage on the Rocks
1965as Mr. Turner
Where Love Has Gone
1964as Sam Corwin
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963as Amos Troop
Warlock
1959as Curley Burne
The Law and Jake Wade
1958as Wexler
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957as Morgan Earp
Raintree County
1957as Southern Officer
The Edge of Innocence
1957as Lambert
Tension at Table Rock
1956as Jim Breck
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956as Medic (uncredited)
House of Bamboo
1955as Charlie (uncredited)
Illegal
1955as Edward Clary
The View from Pompey's Head
1955as Jim - Hotel Clerk
Duffy of San Quentin
1954as Eddie Lee
Taxi
1953as Fred (uncredited)
The Men
1950as Dr. Sherman (uncredited)
Speak No Evil
1950as Ted
Malaya
1949as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Ambassador for Christ
1949as Aram
Duke of Chicago
1949as 'Ace' Martin
Canon City
1948as Smalley
Variety Girl
1947as Bob Kirby
Fear in the Night
1947as Vince Grayson
Beyond Our Own
1947as Bob Rogers
Time to Kill
1945as Peter
Television (65)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993as Dr. McCoy
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987as Admiral Leonard McCoy
Star Trek
1973as Leonard McCoy (voice)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971as Frank Slater
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
Room 222
1969as Matt Silverton
Ironside
1967as Mr. Fowler
Star Trek
1966as Dr. McCoy
Laredo
1965as Dr. David Ingram
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965as Egan
The Fugitive
1963as Charlie
The Dakotas
1963as Martin Volet
The Merv Griffin Show
1962as Self
The Virginian
1962as Ben Tully
The Gallant Men
1962
Cain's Hundred
1961as Bob Tully
Route 66
1960
Stagecoach West
1960as Lt. Clarke
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960Assignment: Underwater
1960as Barney
Bonanza
1959as Captain Moss Johnson
Rawhide
1959as Slate Prell
Laramie
1959as Bart Collins
The Deputy
1959as Styles
Riverboat
1959as Alex Jeffords
Black Saddle
1959as Sam King
The Man from Blackhawk
1959as Johnson
Bat Masterson
1958as Brock Martin
77 Sunset Strip
1958as Phil Wingate
Lawman
1958as Sam White
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958as Sheriff Steve Pax
The Donna Reed Show
1958as Mr. Williams
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958as Philip Conroy
Perry Mason
1957as Peter Thorpe
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957as Deakin
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957as Captain Cole Scofield
Trackdown
1957as Perry Grimes
M Squad
1957as Police Sgt. Miller
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957as Sheriff
The Silent Service
1957as Lt. Comm. Enright
Alcoa Theatre
1957as Marshal
26 Men
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Les Porter
State Trooper
1956as Graham Jones
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
The Millionaire
1955as Dr. Michael Wells
Gunsmoke
1955as Will Bailey
Navy Log
1955
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Studio 57
1954as Ted Lance
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954as Silas Morgan (uncredited)
Public Defender
1954as Ralph Sanders
The Lone Wolf
1954as Ted Hopkins
Waterfront
1954as Bob Vogelin
You Are There
1953
City Detective
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952as Shad Cullen
The Lone Ranger
1949as Bob Kittredge
Studio One
1948as Bob Philo
Public Prosecutor
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