A Conversation with DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy (1994) 

OMG. YES...

I saw DeForest Kelly at a Star Trek convention in Boston in 1976, what a nice guy, for me, he was the highlight of the the weekend.

In 93 I was working in North Silicon Valley, I wish I had known they did this kind of side presentation. Still a couple years pre-Netscape ( remember them? ) I thought it was all dressing up & waiting in line for an expensive signed 8x10. But, I was also consumed with the Breakthrough Project. Now 30 years later I wish I had gone, and met the man. He seems clearly as unpretentious and "down to Earth" lol pun, as they come. Not even sure who from TOS would be there now. Have you ever been back to one ?

what'd you talk about?, can you remember anything?

Wow I would cherish that forever I'm,sure you do,,,

What did you talk about ? Star Trek ?

It was often said he was the most well- liked cast member of Star Trek.

@OG_Dacs u must be a real blast at parties!

5 years out is much different than 5 months out

This was filmed in 1993. According to my calculations he had 6 years left.

dark and dust to light and sight, to dark and dust, eternal rust

It won aw add awards that episode. One of the tops

Ya know... youre right. We focus so much on Kirks action falling in love, we for get what a major role Kelly played.

Well said. I read a book on him. A Biography.

@@elvisparker4691 I read a book on him too but he told me to get off and sit on a chair.

He was a favorite because his humility and character came through in his acting. He was my favorite. I’ve started watching ST:SNW and have mixed feelings but am mostly on board.

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It's true. We are all so lucky to have him live on in Star Trek.

He always wíth us... My hero.,😪💖

A true gentleman and storyteller. I miss D dearly.

@@andrewwaldock me too 🌹💖 DeForest Kelley always forever 🌹💖😊... A good good person and actor... RIP from 1999... And forever with us.... You live forever ✌🏼✌🏼👏🏻💚💚💔💔💔

You are so Right ❗I miss him too. I almost couldn't believe it when I heard it on the news that night...😞 About him passing away... His memory will always live on as well in our hearts. I must say though, in the newer StarTrek movies they made about Kirk, Spock and Bones. 😂 I can't remember the actor's name who played old bones, but he was actually pretty good at trying to capture the attitude and be like Dr. McCoy. However, Deforest Kelly, will always be, The Real McCoy ❗👍❤️💞🎭✝️

That is so true!

To be honest, saying bitch so openly isn't gentlemanly, he was so good we can only remember him from ONE show. Tells me if it was someone else we'd be talking about them right now, that's the life of an actor, instantly replaceable forever forgetable

@@jamesmeppler6375 You're off your meds again, dopey.

@@jamesmeppler6375 What's the "we" stuff? YOU only remember him from one show. YOU do not speak for ANYONE but yourself, and you do that badly--why would anyone indulge you in conversation over your arrogant, specious claim.

@@jamespfitz And yet you say "specious" so openly...

He really was, yet sharp and kind. Thank you for watching!

He was nothing like Bones in real life.

@@packrat76 Who is?

@Paul Kryder No one probably.

Now I'm imagining DeForest Kelley as The Dude in The Big Lebowski. Coulda made it work. "New shit has come to light, man."

I saw him at the Sheraton hotel in Southfield, Michigan in the mid 1990s. I saw Shatner back in October (2023) giving a 2 hour speaking engagement at a community college in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He's 92. Shatner talked about a prank he and Nimoy played on Kelley when they arrived on stage, in the morning, for a TOS episode filming. Kelley put a bagel in the toaster then Nimoy called him over for some "help". Shatner then secretly stole the bagel from the toaster. Kelley returned to the empty toaster and put in another bagel upon which Nimoy once again urgently called him over for some help, then Shatner secretly stole that bagel. Kelley returned to the empty toaster, looked over at Shatner eating the bagel and called him a SOB.

Sound like the “Arizona” story that Kelley is telling here.. from Shatner’s perspective..

Art painting reviews with DeForest

Uhura 😢

Oh my gosh, you are so right! That would have been amazing.

Mark Lenard was the same way. His reading of the Sarek audiobook was really great

William Shatner is involved in a new project called Story Life to record all his possible mannerism and answers to questions so he can be made into an AI live image of himself so we can talk to him even after he would be gone ... So maybe we coo use this video and other interviews with Deforest and McCoy in the series to make also a Story Life AI McCoy Kelly ...lol Indeed maybe Spock Nimoy Too 🖖🖖🖖

@@Laffingbooda777 wow I never knew this, thanks for sharing

@@gavc6442 ... U are welcome 😉

Excuse me he did what?? when? where? Whaaaaaat?

@@avocadothecat where were you under a rock?

@@nickthenab1 no but stuff like that doesn't get reported that much here

My pleasure!

@Andrew Roman what day

@Andrew Roman I really don't what is coco day

@Andrew Roman seriously what is it I don't understand.

@Andrew Roman clearly not old enough can you answer the question

Definitely! He brought so much warmth to the cast/crew.

In terms of actors who look and feel correct to play younger incarnations they chose wisely, all decent actors who did a decent enough job with mannerisms. Just a pity about... well... practically EVERYTHING else.

You could really tell Karl had done his homework on De. His was the best representation of the original characters.

LOL

The "Real McCoy"? LOL

"The whole scene would have gone up in fire if I had said that line."

"I'm a doctor, not an escalator".

If you were a red shirt, that pretty much summed it up.

DeForest Kelley always said his epitaph would be “He’s dead, Jim.” And it was!

I also liked, "Jim, you're killing him!"

Bet you you didn't know that Kelley and Nimoy acted together on "The Virginian" with Kelley playing a doctor... 😬😉

Classic

His name was definitely Kelly. Hard to believe Trekkers can't remember his name. The Mandela Effect changed it to Kelley.

Amen, Bebbie!

He was at once greater and more humble than his persona. Thanks for watching!

@Don Gillies I am just waiting for someone to give JJ blade runner, at that point Darth Vader will lean in and say "the circle is now complete"

Bad Robot and CBS is just raping Star Trek now.

@@Nine-Signs lolol 😂🤣😂🤣

@Don Gillies Why all the hate for JJ Abrams? I enjoyed the Trek reboot. You can't expect different actors to perform the roles exactly the way it was done in TOS.

@@bwilly123 100% agree. The Abrams movies are not TOS, nor are they meant to be. I've enjoyed them for what they are, an alternate universe telling of the story. I'm really saddened by the death of Anton Yelchin, and that there will be no more.

Exactly

Probably Bill Shatner & co.

maybe the overlong poem. i would NEVER downgrade de tho. always loved him.

I agree. VI fans won't like it but by the time that one came out some of the magic had gone somehow..

Double dumbass on you! So many fun quotes in that one- the cop just staring at Chekov saying "nuclear wessel" in the cold war era.

I got to meet him touring for Star Trek IV, which is my favorite. A truly nice man. I loved his distinctive voice. Favorite lines were so many but in The Search for Spock, and his mind meld...Kirk asked him How many fingers do I have up? He said "That isn't very d#$% funny."

NOTHING tops Wrath of Khan. None of the others match its intensity, emotion and storytelling. It's the only ST movie that's not only a great movie for the franchise, but is an all time classic in general. Sorry, nothing against you on your own preference but for me, "Star Trek: Sea World Adventure" was an incoherent, ridiculous camp fest and barely a Star Trek movie. I would never tell you to stop enjoying it, but I just have to disagree that it was greatest Star Trek movie.

​@@janesmith7676it's by far my favorite. Followed by 6. 2 is in 3rd for me. And I'm right.

You are very welcome!

That is an amazing way to look at life! We are all so lucky! Thanks for your comment.

" I'm a doctor, not a ...( fill in the blank.)

Truly.

Right?!

I love that movie 🤣

Glad you enjoyed it!

Same here, it was like meeting an old friend.

Thank you for watching.

Ι still agree with my old comment!

I'm glad to hear that your mom let you watch it - it's ridiculous but my mom had the idea that it somehow wasn't normal for an adolescent girl to like Star Trek! I was "too interested" whatever that meant, and I was no where near a rabid fan. My dad liked it, though, and he would sneak me into his office to watch Star Trek reruns in secret on his little TV. One time there was a Star Trek convention, I was so excited but there was no way she would let me go- she thought Star Trek conventions were for "losers". My gosh, I'm 63 years old and I realize I'm still angry about this. Sorry.

Many years ago a friend and I actually shot this show! I was there. I thought everyone should see these interviews, so we found the old tapes and put them here. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@@LifeArtsNetwork Thanks so much for sharing, it was a real pleasure to see him like this, showed his likeable personality.

So nice of you! Thank you.

His name was definitely Kelly. Hard to believe Trekkers can't remember his name. The Mandela Effect changed it to Kelley.

I'm so glad!

Life Arts Network Me too. God bless DeForest Kelley 😊.

He's a doctor, and a writer.

Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for letting me know!

Oh yeah I remember him on Have Gun Will Travel.