James Doohan

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James Montgomery Doohan (March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) portrayed Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on Star Trek: The Original Series and the first seven Star Trek movies. He also appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Relics" and in the archive footage used in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Trials and Tribble-ations". His appearances as Scotty ranged over a twenty-eight year period, with his first being in "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and his last appearance being in Star Trek: Generations.

He was born on March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War II, he served as a Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery. He lost the middle finger of his right hand while in combat in Normandy on D-Day (any close up shot of Scotty's right hand is really someone else's). He also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After the war, he started work in radio, but quickly branched out into TV, movies, and plays. A skilled voice actor, Doohan contributed many voices to both the original series and the animated series, including (amongst others) Lt. Arex.

Doohan was also a linguist and created the Klingon language Klingonese, which was later expanded by Marc Okrand

Since the end of the Star Trek TV series, he kept busy speaking at colleges and Star Trek conventions. Sadly, in July 2004, Doohan announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in addition to his existing Parkinson's disease and diabetes, and would be withdrawing from public life. His final public appearance took place on August 31, 2004 — at the ceremony for his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Doohan lost his battle with Alzheimer's Disease, complicated by pneumonia, at 5:30 AM on July 20, 2005. He died at his Redmond, Washington, home with his third wife Wende by his side. He's asked his family to have him cremated, and shot into space.

He left behind a total of seven children from his three marriages; his most recent, Sarah, was born in 2000 when he was 80 years old.

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