The biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy.
For all Star Trek fans we have From sawdust to stardust : the biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy by Terry Lee Rioux. This thoroughly researched biography about the actor's life is about hard work and luck, loyalty and love. Kelly was the son of a preacher but his natural gifts called him to a different way of life and he began in radio and theatre in his early career as an actor. After years of struggle he became well known in such television programs as Bonanza, but it was working on several pilots for Gene Roddenberry that changed his destiny and the course of cultural history.
For all Star Trek fans we have From sawdust to stardust : the biography of DeForest Kelley, Star Trek's Dr. McCoy by Terry Lee Rioux. This thoroughly researched biography about the actor's life is about hard work and luck, loyalty and love. Kelly was the son of a preacher but his natural gifts called him to a different way of life and he began in radio and theatre in his early career as an actor. After years of struggle he became well known in such television programs as Bonanza, but it was working on several pilots for Gene Roddenberry that changed his destiny and the course of cultural history.