His engines could’nae take it any longer.
James Doohan – Scotty from Star Trek – died yesterday of pneumonia. He was 85.
Doohan starred as Scotty in 79 Star Trek (DVDs) episodes, and seven movies. He was offered the part after a director noticed his uncanny ability to mimic foreign accents. During the audition, Doohan tried out several voices – like French and German – before deciding to settle on a Scottish accent and then choosing the character’s name himself.
James Doohan was the only actor in Star Trek to have a stunt hand.
During D-Day he was shot eight times, and the middle finger of his
right hand was blown off. Whenever a close-up was needed of Scotty’s
hand, the stunt hand would be deployed.
As is almost traditional for Star Trek actors, James Doohan didn’t always see eye-to-eye with William Shatner. “I wanted to thump him on more than one occasion, he believes the world orbits him,” he once recalled.
All that, plus he invented the Klingon language.
Before pneumonia claimed him, Doohan survived a heart attack, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and Alzheimer’s. He married Janet Young in 1949. They had four
children before they were divorced in 1964. He is survived by his
second wife, Wende, whom he married in 1975, and by their two sons and
a daughter.
[story by Stuart Heritage]
James says
James Doohan – uncanny ability to mimic foreign accents?
Are you tripping?
Have you ever actually HEARD a Scottish accent?
Hahahahahaha!!!!!