DeForest Kelley
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Jackson DeForest Kelley (January 20, 1920 – June 11, 1999) was an American actor, screenwriter, poet and singer known for his iconic roles in Westerns and as Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy of the USS Enterprise in the television and film series Star Trek. Kelley was delivered by his uncle at his parents' home in Atlanta, the son of Clora (née Casey) and Ernest David Kelley, who was a Baptist minister of Irish and Southern ancestry. DeForest was named after the pioneering electronics engineer Lee De...
Known For
Filmography
Way of Tomorrow: The Evolution of Science Fiction Movies
2022
as Self - (archive footage)
Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016
as (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007
as Leonard McCoy (archive footage)
40 Years of Star Trek
2006
as Self
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
1998
as Viking 1 (voice)
Trekkies
1997
as Self
The Making of Star Trek Deep Space Nine Trials And Tribble-ations
1996
as Self
William Shatner's Star Trek Memories
1996
as Self
Star Trek: 30 Years and Beyond
1996
as Self
Virtuosity
1995
as Dr. Leonard McCoy (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner: Captain's Log
1994
as Self
Star Trek: A Captain's Log
1994
as Self
A Conversation with DeForest Kelley
1993
as Self
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
as Dr. McCoy
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Special
1991
as Self
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
1989
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Admiral Leonard McCoy
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
1979
as Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy
The Star Trek Dream
1975
as Self
Star Trek
1973
as Leonard McCoy (voice)
Night of the Lepus
1972
as Elgin Clark
The Bull of the West
1972
as Ben Tully
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Frank Slater
Room 222
1969
as Matt Silverton
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1969
as Parrish
Space Seed
1967
as Dr. McCoy
Ironside
1967
as Mr. Fowler
Waco
1966
as Bill Rile
Bonanza: Ride the Wind
1966
as Tully
Star Trek
1966
as Dr. McCoy
Town Tamer
1965
as Guy Tavenner
Black Spurs
1965
as Sheriff Dal Nemo
Apache Uprising
1965
as Toby Jack Saunders
Marriage on the Rocks
1965
as Mr. Turner
Laredo
1965
as Dr. David Ingram
A Man Called Shenandoah
1965
as Egan
Where Love Has Gone
1964
as Sam Corwin
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
1963
as Amos Troop
The Fugitive
1963
as Charlie
The Dakotas
1963
as Martin Volet
The Gallant Men
1962
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Tully
The Virginian
1962
as Lt. Beldon
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Bob Tully
Route 66
1960
as Willis
Coronado 9
1960
Johnny Midnight
1960
Stagecoach West
1960
as Lt. Clarke
Coronado 9
1960
as Shep Harlow
Assignment: Underwater
1960
as Barney
Route 66
1960
as Harcourt
Warlock
1959
as Curley Burne
Black Saddle
1959
as Sam King
Rawhide
1959
as Slate Prell
Riverboat
1959
as Alex Jeffords
Bonanza
1959
as Tully
Bonanza
1959
as Dr. Michael Jons
Bonanza
1959
as Captain Moss Johnson
Laramie
1959
as Bart Collins
Laramie
1959
as Jack
The Deputy
1959
as Styles
The Man from Blackhawk
1959
as Johnson
The Law and Jake Wade
1958
as Wexler
The Donna Reed Show
1958
as Mr. Williams
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Sheriff Steve Pax
Bat Masterson
1958
as Brock Martin
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
1958
as Philip Conroy
Lawman
1958
as Sam White
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Ollie Tate
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Phil Wingate
Lawman
1958
as Bent Carr
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Morgan Earp
Raintree County
1957
as Southern Officer
The Edge of Innocence
1957
as Lambert
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Captain Cole Scofield
Perry Mason
1957
as Peter Thorpe
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Sheriff
M Squad
1957
as Police Sgt. Miller
26 Men
1957
Trackdown
1957
as Perry Grimes
M Squad
1957
as Detective
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Kenneth Porter
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Deakin
The Silent Service
1957
as Lt. Comm. Enright
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Marshal
Trackdown
1957
as Brock Childers
Trackdown
1957
as Ed Crow
Trackdown
1957
as Tom Dooley
Alcoa Theatre
1957
as Jake Britin
Tension at Table Rock
1956
as Jim Breck
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
as Medic (uncredited)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Les Porter
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Sherm Pickard
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Logan Wheeler
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Swain
State Trooper
1956
as Graham Jones
House of Bamboo
1955
as Charlie (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Edward Clary
The View from Pompey's Head
1955
as Jim - Hotel Clerk
Gunsmoke
1955
as Will Bailey
The Millionaire
1955
as Dr. Michael Wells
Matinee Theater
1955
Navy Log
1955
Navy Log
1955
as Smithwick
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Duffy of San Quentin
1954
as Eddie Lee
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Silas Morgan (uncredited)
Public Defender
1954
as Ralph Sanders
Studio 57
1954
as Ted Lance
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Ted Hopkins
The Lone Wolf
1954
as Nick Kohler
Waterfront
1954
as Bob Vogelin
Waterfront
1954
as Bob Richards
Taxi
1953
as Fred (uncredited)
You Are There
1953
City Detective
1953
as Benjamin
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
You Are There
1953
as Soldier
City Detective
1953
as Hartfield
Cavalcade of America
1952
Death Valley Days
1952
as Elliott Webster
Death Valley Days
1952
as Shad Cullen
Death Valley Days
1952
as Clint Rogers
Death Valley Days
1952
as Martin
Speak No Evil
1950
as Ted
The Men
1950
as Dr. Sherman (uncredited)
Malaya
1949
as Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Duke of Chicago
1949
as 'Ace' Martin
Ambassador for Christ
1949
as Aram
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Bob Kittredge
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Doctor Barnes
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Sheriff
Canon City
1948
as Smalley
Studio One
1948
as Bob Philo
Fear in the Night
1947
as Vince Grayson
Variety Girl
1947
as Bob Kirby
Beyond Our Own
1947
as Bob Rogers
Public Prosecutor
1947
as Danny Watson
Time to Kill
1945
as Peter