DeForest Kelley

format_quote (on Star Trek fans) They're the most devoted group of people and contrary to what people think, they don't have antennae coming out of their heads.

stars  Inspired many fans to take up medicine. One of which he and his wife visited after graduating from med school, after receiving such a letter.

stars  He told close friends that he always felt more comfortable in westerns then he did in science fiction.

stars  Of the four main "Star Trek" (1966) cast members (the others being William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and James Doohan), he is the only one who never appeared in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) or "The Outer Limits" (1963).

stars  Played one of the Earp brothers in the film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) and faced the Earps in an episode of Star Trek. Also played Ike Clanton in episode "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" on "You Are There" (1953).

stars  Shortly before his death he won the "Golden Cowboy Boot" award, honoring his earlier work in westerns.