James Doohan

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James Doohan

Birth name:	James Montgomery Doohan
Date of birth:	3 March 1920
Place of birth:	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date of death:	20 July 2005 (age 85)
Characters:	Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott (Primary character; see Appearances)

James Montgomery Doohan (3 March 1920 – 20 July 2005; age 85) portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies. He also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics" and in the archive footage used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". His appearances as Scotty ranged over a twenty-eight year period, with his first being in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and his last appearance being in Star Trek Generations.

Doohan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, nineteen-year-old Doohan enlisted in the Canadian Army, and was posted with the Royal Canadian Artillery. On June 6, 1944, Doohan, by then a captain, was among the Canadian forces sent to take Juno Beach in Normandy as part of the D-Day invasion. That night, after having taken a position with his troops, Doohan was shot mistakenly by a Canadian soldier while traversing the Allied lines. He sustained wounds in the leg, right hand and chest – a cigarette case caught a bullet that would otherwise have killed him – and lost the middle finger of his right hand (because of this injury, outside of rare occasions, Doohan would conceal that portion of his right hand in shots.) After convalescing in England, Doohan became a qualified pilot at 43 Operational Training Unit, Andover, England, winning Air Observation Post pilot's wings in early 1945. He was posted to 666 (AOP) RCAF Squadron, where he flew the AUSTER Mark V aircraft, a dangerous, low-level flight tasking for artillery officers who directed artillery fire from the air. Although 666 (AOP) RCAF Squadron was not sent into battle, the unit was stationed at Apeldoorn, Holland, through the summer of 1945 to conduct "air taxi" duties, as documented in the 1945 publication (and 2006 republication), Battle History 666 (Calgary: Abel Book Company, 2006), and in the 2002 publication entitled Canada's Flying Gunners, by Col. Dave Fromow. After the war, he started work in radio, but quickly branched out into TV, movies, and plays. A skilled voice actor, Doohan contributed many voices to both the original series and the animated series, including (among others) Lt. Arex.

Doohan was also a linguist and created the Klingon language, Klingonese, which was later expanded by Marc Okrand. He also helped to create the Vulcan language.

Since the end of the Star Trek TV series, he kept busy speaking at colleges and Star Trek conventions. Sadly, in July 2004, Doohan announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in addition to his existing Parkinson's disease and diabetes, and would be withdrawing from public life. His final public appearance took place on August 31, 2004, at the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Doohan lost his battle with Alzheimer's disease, complicated by pneumonia, at 5:30 a.m. on 20 July 2005, the 36th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. He was 85 years old. He died at his Redmond, Washington, home with his third wife Wende by his side. He asked his family to have him cremated and his remains shot into space. After nearly two years of delays, this wish was finally granted: his ashes were launched into space on 28 April 2007 from New Mexico. [1]

He left behind a total of seven children from his three marriages; his most recent, Sarah, was born in 2000 when he was 80 years old.

Doohan was among those to receive tribute in the 2006 Memoriam reel at the 79th Annual Academy Awards – despite the fact that he actually died in 2005. The reel used a scene from Star Trek: The Motion Picture in which Kirk tells Scotty, "Thank you, Mr. Scott", to which Scott replies, "Aye, sir".

1 Appearances
- 1.1 Voice roles
2 Books
3 External links

[edit] Appearances

Doohan portrayed Scott in:

TOS: every episode except:
- "The Cage"
- "Charlie X"
- "What Are Little Girls Made Of?"
- "Miri"
- "Dagger of the Mind"
- "The Menagerie, Part II"
- "The Conscience of the King"
- "Shore Leave"
- "Court Martial"
- "This Side of Paradise"
- "Errand of Mercy"
- "The Alternative Factor"
- "Amok Time"
- "Journey to Babel"
- "The Omega Glory"
TAS: every episode except "The Slaver Weapon"
Star Trek films:
TNG: "Relics"
DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations" (archival footage)

In addition, Doohan portrayed the mirror version of Scott in "Mirror, Mirror".

[edit] Voice roles

Sargon TOS: "Return to Tomorrow"	Oracle of the People TOS: "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky"	Lieutenant Kyle TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star"	Ancient insectoid TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star"
Magnetic organism TAS: "Beyond the Farthest Star"	Aleek-Om TAS: "Yesteryear"	Bates TAS: "Yesteryear"	Lieutenant Erikson TAS: "Yesteryear"
Guardian of Forever TAS: "Yesteryear"	Commander Thelin TAS: "Yesteryear"	a Vulcan healer TAS: "Yesteryear"	Lieutenant Arex TAS recurring character
Governor Robert Wesley TAS: "One of Our Planets Is Missing"	Lieutenant Carver TAS: "The Lorelei Signal"	Captain Koloth TAS: "More Tribbles, More Troubles"	Lieutenant Gabler TAS recurring character
a Romulan commander TAS: "The Survivor"	Agmar TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan"	Stavos Keniclius 5 TAS: "The Infinite Vulcan"	Lucien TAS: "The Magicks of Megas-Tu"
White Rabbit TAS: "Once Upon a Planet"	Master computer TAS: "Once Upon a Planet"	a miner on Motherlode TAS: "Mudd's Passion"	a miner on Motherlode TAS: "Mudd's Passion"
The Mendant of the Terratins TAS: "The Terratin Incident"	Bell TAS: "The Time Trap"	Lieutenant Clayton TAS: "The Time Trap" TAS: "The Ambergris Element"	Commander Kaz TAS: "The Time Trap"
Captain Kor TAS: "The Time Trap"	Xerius TAS: "The Time Trap"	Cadmar TAS: "The Ambergris Element"	High Tribune Domar TAS: "The Ambergris Element"
Lemus TAS: "The Ambergris Element"	an Aquan TAS: "The Ambergris Element"	Chuft Captain TAS: "The Slaver Weapon"	Kzinti Telepath TAS: "The Slaver Weapon"
Lieutenant Commander Tom Markel TAS: "The Eye of the Beholder"	Sord TAS: "The Jihad"	Prince Tchar TAS: "The Jihad"	Captain O'Shea TAS: "The Pirates of Orion"
an Orion TAS: "The Pirates of Orion"	an Orion TAS: "The Pirates of Orion"	Ari bn Bem TAS: "Bem"	Kol-Tai TAS: "Albatross"
a Dramian TAS: "Albatross"	Kukulkan TAS: "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"	Ensign Dawson Walking Bear TAS: "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"	Commodore Robert April TAS: "The Counter-Clock Incident"
Karl Four TAS: "The Counter-Clock Incident"