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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 8
Top works
- Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 3, Episodes 6 & 7
- Independent Command
- The rising
- The privateer
- Beam me up, Scotty
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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…
Known for
- Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies — Self - (archive footage)2022
- Star Trek: Prodigy — Scotty (voice)2021
- Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault — (archive footage)2016
- Underground Entertainment: The Movie — James (archive footage)2011
- The Duke — Clive Chives1999
- Through Dead Eyes — Barney Fredericks1999
- Bug Buster — Sheriff Carlson1998
- Cold Fusion: Fire from Water — Himself1998
- Trekkies — Self1997
- UFOs Above and Beyond — Host1997
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1920
- Active to
- 2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 13
- Total plays
- 217
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
· 2021 · cited 77,621x
- Special points for Brillouin-zone integrations
· 1976 · cited 67,224x
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 65,142x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,742x
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,279x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Montgomery Doohan , ( 1920-03-03 ) March 3, 1920, Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
- Died
- July 20, 2005 (2005-07-20) (aged 85), Redmond, Washington , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre , Lorne Greene Academy of Radio Arts
- Occupations
- Actor author
- Years active
- 1952–2001
- Known for
- Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
- Television
- Star Trek
- Spouses
- Janet Young ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1964 ) Anita Yagel ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1972 ) Wende Braunberger ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1974 )
- Children
- 7, including Chris
- Allegiance
- Canada
- Branch
- Canadian Army
- Service years
- 1938–1945
- Rank
- Lieutenant
- Unit
- 2nd Canadian Infantry Division , 3rd Canadian Infantry Division , 666 (AOP) Squadron, RCAF
- Conflicts
- World War II Operation Overlord
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- James Doohan Scotty Star Trek.JPG
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- Commons category
- James Doohan
- date of birth
- 1920-03-03
- date of death
- 2005-07-20
- Commons gallery
- James Doohan
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- end of work period
- 2005-00-00
Sources (10)
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Article
James Montgomery Doohan (/ˈduːən/; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise has become one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, and inspired many fans to pursue careers in engineering and other technical fields. He also made contributions behind the scenes, such as the initial development of the Klingon and Vulcan languages.
Prior to his acting career, Doohan served in the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He also served as an Artillery Forward Observation Officer (FOO) and pilot. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. After the war, he had extensive experience performing in radio and television, which led to his role as Scotty. Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek series, Doohan was typecast and had limited success in finding other roles; he returned to play the character in the animated and film continuations of the series, and made frequent appearances at Star Trek conventions.