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A Man of Quiet ConvictionKelley’s apprehension about the show was summed up in his own unique style when he told Roddenberry, “This is going to be the biggest hit or the biggest miss God ever made.”Roddenberry knew there were a few lines that could not be crossed with Kelley, and one small instance dramatized this. DeForest recalled: “I had great trouble when we started Star Trek. Roddenberry said no jewelry, and I had my mother’s ring on, and he said no jewelry, and I said no jewelry, no DeForest.” That’s all there was to it. Just like that, everyone knew he meant it. Clora’s ring became part of Dr. Leonard McCoy.“Everything to do with McCoy we did with Kelley’s input. We created McCoy with Kelley right there,” Dorothy Fontana remembers. “Roddenberry was the creator of Star Trek, but DeForest Kelley created Dr. McCoy.”From Sawdust to Stardust
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
The Actor's Player
Contents
A Foreword by Harve Bennett
Part One The Sawdust
I The Preacher’s Son
II The Young Artist1939–1942
III Her Innocent Young Man1942–1945
IV Cinderella Boy1945–1948
Part Two The Actor’s Life
V The Cold Hunger1947–1952
VI DeForest Lawn1952–1956
VII The Reel Cowboy1956–1959
VIII Playing the Heavy1960–1964
Part Three The Voyage
IX Starlight1966
X Dammit, Jim1967
XI Rising Star1968
XII DeForest Lawn Revisited1969–1974
XIII Beginner’s Luck1974–1978
Part Four The Starshine
XIV I Must Be McCoy
XV “Someone suggested they get Harve Bennett, Rich Man Poor Man—fix it in a minute.”
XVI That Green-Blooded Son of a Bitch1983–1985
XVII Any Problems, Just Call Me1986–1987
XVIII Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn Ya1988–1990
XIX The Last Best Hope in the Universe for Peace1990–1994
XX The Stardust
Note on the Sources
Notes
About the Author
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