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DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy on 'Star Trek') had wanted to become a doctor, but could not afford medical school. He received many letters from fans who went into medicine because of his character: "To influence the youth of the country ... is an award that is not handed out by the industry".
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Karl Urban's portrayal of Dr. McCoy in the 2009 Star Trek film was so well-done that Leonard Nimoy was reduced to tears at how much it reminded him of his late friend DeForest Kelley
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DeForest Kelley disliked repeating Dr. McCoy's catchphrase "He's dead, Jim", which appears 20 times in the original Star Trek series. It became so famous, however, that he joked that the line would appear on his tombstone. It did appear in the first sentence of Kelley's obituary.
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DeForest Kelley who played Leonard Bones McCoy in Star Trek TOS was originally meant to play Spock but refused, while a real life person named Leonard would play Spock instead.
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Due to the pan-and-scan print of the film House of Bamboo, viewers believed DeForest Kelley had a small role in the film, but after the film received a new 35mm CinemaScope print, it turned out he had been in the whole film, but was just off to one side and was panned out of frame.
