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James Montgomery Doohan (/ ˈ d uː ə n /; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, 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 ...
Jul 5, 2022 · Published July 5, 2022. Updated July 7, 2022. Long before he was Scotty on Star Trek, World War II hero James "Jimmy" Doohan was known as the "craziest pilot in the Canadian air force." In his iconic role on Star Trek as “Scotty,” James Doohan inspired a whole generation of real-life aeronautical engineers.
James Doohan. Actor: Star Trek. Best known as Scotty in Star Trek he was educated at High School in Sarnia, Ontario, where he acted in school productions. When WWII began he joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery eventually obtaining the rank of Captain. He was wounded on D-Day, suffering severe damage to his right middle finger which was removed ahead of first knuckle, then became a ...
Nov 9, 2022 · James Doohan was known to Star Trek fans as Montgomery Scott, or more often Scotty, the lovable chief engineer on Star Trek: The Original Series.One of the most iconic phrases in the Star Trek ...
James Doohan. Actor: Star Trek. Best known as Scotty in Star Trek he was educated at High School in Sarnia, Ontario, where he acted in school productions. When WWII began he joined the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery eventually obtaining the rank of Captain. He was wounded on D-Day, suffering severe damage to his right middle finger which was removed ahead of first knuckle, then became a ...
Sep 12, 2011 · James Doohan, actor (b at Vancouver 3 Mar 1920; d at Redmond, WA 20 Jul 2005). James Doohan, the son of Irish immigrants, was brought up in Sarnia, Ont. He graduated from the Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School in 1938 and joined the Canadian Army shortly thereafter. He saw action on D-Day during the assault on Juno Beach and after ...
Doohan earned his place among the 22nd Field Battery, 13th Field Regiment RCA of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division. After rising through the ranks to sergeant, he won a place at an Officer Training School, becoming a lieutenant in 1940, and was placed in charge of an entire battery of field guns. He was eventually sent to train in Britain in ...
Jul 20, 2005 · Redmond, WA – Actor James Doohan, best known as Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, the chief engineer of the starship Enterprise on the sci-fi series Star Trek, died on Wednesday, July 20. Doohan, who was 85, passed at his home in Redmond, Washington, due to complications from pneumonia and Alzheimer’s Disease.
May 27, 2019 · At 11:30 that night, Doohan — a pilot and captain in the Royal Candian Artillery Regiment — was machine-gunned, taking six hits. One bullet blew off his middle right finger, four struck his leg and one hit him in the chest. A silver cigarette case stopped the bullet to the chest. Throughout his acting career Doohan took measures to hide the ...
Jul 20, 2005 · Obituary: James Doohan. As the chief engineer on the fictional Star Trek spaceship USS Enterprise, Montgomery "Scotty" Scott cut an often flustered figure. He dealt, on a seemingly weekly basis, with the ship's overloaded reactors and damaged warp drives. His plaintive, if somewhat unauthentic, Scottish cry - "I dannae ken if she can take any ...
