James Doohan

James Doohan was born on Mar 03, 1920 in Canada. James Doohan's big-screen debut came with Space Command - Season 1 directed by Murray Chercover in 1953, strarring Phil Mitchell. James Doohan is known for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country directed by Nicholas Meyer, William Shatner stars as Captain James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as Spock. James Doohan has got 2 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award James Doohan achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie James Doohan plays is Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman which will be released on May 17, 2005.

Best known as Scotty in Star Trek he was educated at High School in Sarnia, Ontario, where he acted in school productions. When WWII{ came he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery . obtaining the rank of Captain. He was wounded on D Day and became a flying observer for the rest of the war. His daring aerial manouvers flying an observation plane got him known as the craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force. In 1946 he won a 2 year scholarship to the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York City and from there to teach for three years. In 1953 he returned to Canada and lied in Toronto for 8 years acting on radio,television and films before moving to Hollywood and television series such as Bonanza,, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Peyton Place, The Fugitive, Marcus Welby MD, and Ben Casey and in between a return to the stage for various plays.