RIP James Doohan (Scotty)

[3rd RemataKlan]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/2 ... index.html

James Doohan, 'Star Trek's' Scotty, dead

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. (1330 GMT) at his Redmond, Washington, home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.

The Canadian-born Doohan fought in World War II and was wounded during the D-Day invasion, according to the StarTrek.com Web site. He was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents.

"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.' "

The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.

When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."

"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."

Ik heb het zolang in Algemeen gezet, over een paar dagen kan het wel naar TOS, oke?

[Guess who?]

Spijtig.

Rest In Peace.

[Ace of Spades]

Ik wist dat hij al niet zo fief meer was, maar dit had ik nog niet verwacht. Maar mooie leeftijd. rip

[Vis]

RIP

[USS Enterprise]

Hij heeft zeker een mooie leeftijd gehaald
R.I.P

[DataLord]

AAAHH!!!! Niet Scotty!!!!!!!!!11!!!


R.I.P.

[Henry86]

Gelukkig maar, met Alzheimer wil je niet lang rondlopen.

Toch huilie

[Lt. Cmdr. Franksta]

rip

[Trekscaper]

Damn, na Deforrest Kelley in 1999 nu James Doohan dus

RIP

[Tactical_Cube]

rip

[EMH]

[Peti]

85 is een mooie leeftijd om dood te gaan

[Dennis]

McCoy: What in the name of heaven is this?
Scotty: Heaven's got very little to do with this.

Scotty: I can't change the laws of physics!

Helaas niet..
85 is mooie leeftijd.
RIP

[Raynor's Revenge]

rip

nog een stukje tekst hierover en over hem:

LOS ANGELES (July 20) - James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the
Starship Enterprise in the original "Star Trek" TV series and motion pictures who
responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died early Wednesday. He was 85.

Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28
years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens
said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said.
The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor
when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in
1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven
different accents.
"The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years
later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If
this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman."'
The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard
Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of
science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough
ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons.
When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery
Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to
his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after
you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow."
"I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just
lovely."
"Star Trek" continued in syndicated TV both in the United States and abroad,
and its following grew larger and more dedicated. In his later years, Doohan
attended 40 "Trekkie" gatherings around the country and lectured at
colleges.
The huge success of George Lucas's "Star Wars" in 1977 prompted Paramount
Pictures, which had produced "Star Trek" for TV, to plan a movie based on the
series. The studio brought back the TV cast and hired a topflight director,
Robert Wise. "Star Trek - The Motion Picture" was successful enough to spawn
five sequels.
The powerfully built Doohan, a veteran of D-Day in Normandy, spoke frankly
in 1998 about his employer, Paramount, and his TV commander:
"I started out in the series at basic minimum- plus 10 percent for my agent.
That was added a little bit in the second year. When we finally got to our
third year, Paramount told us we'd get second-year pay! That's how much they
loved us."
He accused Shatner of hogging the camera, adding: "I like Captain Kirk, but
I sure don't like Bill. He's so insecure that all he can think about is
himself."

James Montgomery Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C., youngest
of four children of William Doohan, a pharmacist, veterinarian and dentist,
and his wife Sarah. As he wrote in his autobiography, "Beam Me Up, Scotty,"
his father was a drunk who made life miserable for his wife and children.
At 19, James escaped the turmoil at home by joining the Canadian army,
becoming a lieutenant in artillery. He was among the Canadian forces that landed
on Juno Beach on D-Day. "The sea was rough," he recalled. "We were more afraid
of drowning than the Germans."
The Canadians crossed a minefield laid for tanks; the soldiers weren't heavy
enough to detonate the bombs. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned,
taking six hits: one that took off his middle right finger (he managed to hide
the missing finger on the screen), four in his leg and one in the chest.
Fortunately the chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case.
After the war Doohan on a whim enrolled in a drama class in Toronto. He
showed promise and won a two-year scholarship to New York's famed Neighborhood
Playhouse, where fellow students included Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and
Richard Boone.
His commanding presence and booming voice brought him work as a character
actor in films and television, both in Canada and the U.S. Oddly, his only
other TV series besides "Star Trek" was another space adventure, "Space Command,"
in 1953.
Doohan's first marriage to Judy Doohan produced four children. He had two
children by his second marriage to Anita Yagel. Both marriages ended in
divorce. In 1974 he married Wende Braunberger, and their children were Eric, Thomas
and Sarah, who was born in 2000, when Doohan was 80.
In a 1998 interview, Doohan was asked if he ever got tired of hearing the
line "Beam me up, Scotty."
"I'm not tired of it at all," he replied. "Good gracious, it's been said to
me for just about 31 years. It's been said to me at 70 miles an hour across
four lanes on the freeway. I hear it from just about everybody. It's been
fun."
Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

[!¿!Mats!¿!]

R.I.P!

sorry voor het dubbeltopic.

[3rd RemataKlan]

sorry voor het dubbeltopic.

Geeft niets.

[Dark*staR]

"The automation system is overloaded." -- Scotty

[Admiraal Benson]

Dat nu op de dag dat op (20 Juli 1969) van de maan landing moet gaan.
Het is rot maar een betere dag kan er niet zijn voor hem.

[Diana333]

Rip that's all I can say.

[Caretaker]

RIP

[Nemesis]

Jammer hoor. Ik vond het altijd een van de mooiste karakters van Star Trek. Wel dat is eigenlijk al de 4de belangrijke star trek'er die overleden is. R.I.P. James Doohan. Hij zal altijd blijven bestaan doordat hij in de harten zit van vele fans.. uh.. dvd's

Zelfs FOK zegt wat

[Guess who?]

Zelfs het NOS-journaal vermeldde het, nog redelijk uitgebreid ook

[Ezri]

Aw! Wel respectabele leeftijd iig.

[voyager-girl]

RIP

[The One]

Damn, erg jammer! Gewelig accent had hij altijd.

[KillaH]

erg jammer ja, maar wel een mooie leeftijd dat ie is "opgebeamed"

R.I.P.

[CPT-spekkie]

Zeer jammer dat hij er niet meer is,

maar hij blijft nog altijd mijn favoriet van de TOS cast

en zoals al gezegt is he 85 is een mooie leeftijd

I'm Giving it all she's got Captain

[Blind Guardian]

R.I.P

persoonlijk vind ik beter voor hem, hij zag er enorm ziek uit, vond dat best wel triest

[Wilson]

Zelfs het NOS-journaal vermeldde het, nog redelijk uitgebreid ook

Was nog een mooi reportage ook. Je kunt hem nog terugkijken op www.nosjournaal.nl . Ik weet niet hoelang hij er op blijft staan. Het was het laatste item voor het weer.

[3rd RemataKlan]

Zelfs het NOS-journaal vermeldde het, nog redelijk uitgebreid ook

Inderdaad, mooi gedaan. Ook goed dat ze wisten dat "beam me up, scotty" nooit is gezegd in de serie. Aleen waarom werd Riker getransporteerd en niet Kirk en Spock bv? Dat was wel raar.