It's so amazing to hear that fans became physicians because of DeForest's character, Dr. McCoy

Deforest Kelly was paid a million dollars for his role in Star Trek the undiscovered country. Leonard Nimoy helped him secure that salary.

De was a wonderful human being. What you see is what you get could have been written just for him

" He's dead......Jim " But not forgotten. Rest well Mr Kelley.

Overall, I am a bigger Leonard Nimoy fan than a DeForest Kelley fan, but I absolutely adore Mr. Kelley. He was the sweetest person ever to walk the earth. I miss him. :( R.I.P. Mr. Kelley :(

My father had his own construction company and many of the men saying I am not no brick layer Jim. He mentioned this at dinner, and we told him it's from last week's episode of Star Trek. He thought some of the brick layers were going to quit.

Love the honesty "By that time I was too darn lazy"

A lovely down to earth, humble guy.... RIP Dee.

A true Gemtlemen , and no one could of the played the Part of the Doctor better, what a great actor he was

Love that last part. Classy guy.

Bones.....you were the best!

I can’t believe he’s gone, I love him so much 😢

We Love you Doc Bones !!

Awww I love that,”from the reel McCoy to the real McCoy!” I also love it how he’s inspired so many people to become doctors! Honestly he kind of got me thinking about being one too! I probably won’t be one, but he definitely made me more aware of that option for a career in the future! He seems like he was such a great guy, and I wish I was alive when he was! It’s a bummer he left us so soon! 🥺💔 I bet he’s having a blast in heaven right now with God tho! 🥺❤️

I told my doctor that he was my second favorite Doctor .He said who is the first? I said do you ever watch Star Trek ...

I like his sweater!

$2500 per show wasn't bad for an actor in the 60s but DeForest was underpaid until he finally got the right amount in one of the films. He seemed like a really nice guy. Star Trek was on today per a film. They were beaming down to the place where Genesis was thought to be & Bones said, "There might not be anything there" as if going into nowhere while the Captain said, "Then it will be a good way to get away from it all" so they had a few comedy moments with Bones since he hated the transporter and never trusted it. DeForest was a good actor who was simply underrated & that is a shame but I think he was happy in life which is what matters so I'm glad he did well. He was nearly 6' tall at 5' 10" without shoes but he looked so short compared to the others. Gone nearly 15 years now & that's sad but he made it to 79, had a good life which is better than most actors. There will not be another Bones on Star Trek to take his place. Not possible. The new Captain, Chris Pine did a good job especially in the 2nd film & new Spock does well. The others are okay but not like the originals. imo

Legend!!!!

the phenomenal deforest kelley

He's so cool :)

cutie!

He was superb in Bonanza as a Dr. Man was he a could character actor!!

Thank you!!! thank you a lot for this excellent interwiew =D 5*

From Dr.McCoy to the real McCoy! How cool is that!

Class Act

hard to believe the age difference between the cast @ Star trek.. Deforest past away age 79 @ 1999

No Dee, by July 1969 when the moon landing happened ST had already wrapped, by March '69 at least. Last episode was aired in June of that year.

cool sweater

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I used to ride a bicycle when I was a kid

Curious about the moon landing story, the first manned mission to the moon was on July 20, where as the very last TOS episode aired two months earlier, meaning it was filmed much earlier than that. I call BS on that one. Sorry Dee..

@Pixelgamer555 I know exactly what you mean...

Surprise me!

He said in this interview that they were filming the last episode of Star Trek when astronauts first landed on the moon. He is obviously mistaken. The final episode was broadcast June 3, 1969. Apollo 11 landed on the moon July,20 1969, more than a month and a half later, making it unlikely that they would have been filming it during the moon landing

They should have asked him where he was when Lincoln got shot.

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