James "Scotty" Doohan passes away...

Kup_1 · Post by **Kup_1** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 5:44 am

http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article ... ews=196936

Oneof my favorites....and a great man.

He'll be missed.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:04 am

Coincidentally a few days ago I was reading part of his bio. A teacher once told him that because of his voice he should have studied for the Opera. But later he heard a radio novel and thought to himself "I can do it better!" so he started working as a "voice" and starred in 3500 radio drama shows.

He served in the army and in the D day was shot like 6 times. He was a very talented guy who could adapt his voice to many different accents (whom he furtherly exercised in his army days because of the interaction with different soldiers, and who later used to make different characters in the later ST animated series).

In the beggining of ST he was only hired for 6 episodes but at the end he stayed for the whole show.

Yep he will be missed. I adored the way in he was kind of the guy who could repair the Enterprise no matter what the situation was.

Rest in peace Scotty

Kup_1 · Post by **Kup_1** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 6:13 am

The Last Autobot wrote: He served in the army and in the D day was shot like 6 times.

And lost part of a finger. You'll only see it in one episode:

"The Trouble with Tribbles"

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:20 am

Thats sad. I believe he'd been ill for some time tho (Alzheimer's). RIP.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:50 am

Isnt Scotty cool - did u know he got shot 8 times on the Juno beach landings on d-day?

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:51 am

He had a child only a few years back. It's a shame but he had a good innings.

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:44 pm

I'll miss the drinking engineer that was Scotty, and likewise with the man who played him well every time, Doohan.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:04 pm

I actually thought he was already dead.
He was cool though.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 7:58 pm

A man that led a rich, long and exciting life has passed away. He will be remembered for generations to come.

Rest in peace Mr. Doohan.

I remembered seeing that ep in Next Generation that he was in a few years back, and he seemed rather healthy then, and clear. Things can happen so quickly.

About the getting shot thing at D-day, according to that site, it was 6 bullets, but with a machine-gun!

Amazing.

Equally kinda amazing is that he fathered a child at 80, and if I count this correct, 4, 2, 3, from the different marriages, he had 9 children!

It's both sad and joyous when a man will be missed by so many close-ones.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 8:06 pm

Predabot wrote:I remembered seeing that ep in Next Generation that he was in a few years back, and he seemed rather healthy then, and clear. Things can happen so quickly.

That ep was over a decade ago.
Although my father became ill, got worse, then died within eight months - so things can go wrong so quickly.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:37 pm

Autobloke wrote:I actually thought he was already dead.

Yeah, so did I. I wasn't going to mention that.

*coughs*

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:39 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:
Autobloke wrote:I actually thought he was already dead.
Yeah, so did I. I wasn't going to mention that.

*coughs*

*coughs too*

What else did Doohan work on besides ST?

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 12:58 am

Before/during Star Trek:

The Twilight Zone (Valley of The Shadows, 1963)
The Outer Limits (Expanding Human, 1964)
Man form UNCLE (The Bridge of Lion Affairs, 1966).

And as I wrote above, 3500 radio drama shows, more or less.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 1:26 am

Bonanza was pretty huge too

also credited with starting the klingon language which was later refined by some other bloke. but its quite cool to make a new language.

didnt get on with Shatner supposedly.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:58 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:
didnt get on with Shatner supposedly.

I don't think any of 'em did.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 6:49 pm

It's funny to realize that they can't make any more original cast Star Trek stuff because they are now dying.

Doohan was good.

Autobloke · Post by **Autobloke** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 8:33 pm

sprunkner wrote:It's funny to realize that they can't make any more original cast Star Trek stuff because they are now dying.

CGI actors or a new animated series?