Before Star Trek, DeForest Kelley played in many small television ... Initially, according to a 1968 interview with Democrat and Chronicle (via MeTV), Kelley was turned down for the role.

Back in 2014, StarTrek.com unearthed a 1986 audio interview with DeForest Kelley, who had played Dr. McCoy on and off for ...

McCoy. DeForest Kelley, best remembered as “Star Trek’s” Leonard “Bones” McCoy, died from stomach cancer on June 11, 1999, at the Motion Pictures and Television Fund Hospital in Los Angeles.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...