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My father started me singing in church.
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Birth: | 20th January, 1920 |
Death: | 11th June, 1999 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor |
Jackson DeForest Kelley was born in Toccoa, Georgia. He was an American actor, known for his roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek. Kelley's acting career began with the feature film Fear in the Night in 1947. His next role, in Variety Girl, established him as a leading actor and resulted in the founding of his first fan club. In 1972, he was cast in the horror film Night of the Lepus. Later in life, Kelley developed an interest in poetry, eventually publishing the first of two books in a series, The Big Bird's Dream and The Dream Goes On – a series he would never finish.
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