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Mini Bio:	<P> <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=0 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=550> <CENTER><CSOBJ occur="4" w="560" h="62" t="Component" csref="../../LambtonLeaders.com.data/Components/logo.html"> <DIV align=center> </DIV></CSOBJ> <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD align=middle width=550></TD></TR> <TR> <TD align=middle width=550><IMG height=262 src="http://www.lambtonleaders.com/graphics/james_doohan2.jpg" width=240></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=550></TD></TR> <TR> <TD width=550><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>James Doohan is best known to Star Trek fans as Scotty ("Montgomery Scott"), the chief engineer aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, in the original Star Trek series.<BR>Doohan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and spent his early years there and in Sarnia, Ontario. Surviving the anguish of living with an alcoholic father, he left home at age nineteen to join the Canadian Forces, fighting with the Allies in World War II. </FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>After outscoring his fellow soldiers on an officer's exam, he became Captain in the Royal Canadian Artillery. While leading his men into battle on D-Day, Doohan was wounded in the leg and hand, and eventually lost a finger. For the remainder of the war, he became a pilot observer, and received the dubious distinction of being called the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces."</FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><IMG height=90 src="http://www.lambtonleaders.com/graphics/star_trek.gif" width=120></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>After returning home to Canada, Doohan performed a few scenes for the local radio station, and was awarded a two-year scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. Beginning in 1946, he trained at the Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, alongside such future stars as Leslie Nielsen, Tony Randall and Jackie Gleason.<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular><IMG height=90 src="http://www.lambtonleaders.com/graphics/scotty.gif" width=120></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>In the ensuing eight years, Doohan shuttled between New York and Canada where he worked on 4000 radio programs, 400 live and taped variety and dramatic television shows, several films and plays. Though he became known as Canada's busiest actor, he eventually found himself following other fellow actors in the pilgrimage to Hollywood. There, his versatility and talent as a dialectician helped him earn parts in more than 100 motion pictures and television series, including The Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Fantasy Island, Loaded Weapon and Double Trouble. He has also appeared in the first seven Star Trek motion pictures.<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>In the years since the final episode of Star Trek, Doohan has pursued a speaking career which has taken him to more than 250 colleges throughout the U.S. and Canada. In addition, he makes appearances at numerous Star Trek conventions.<BR></FONT></P> <P><FONT face=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular size=2>Doohan lives in Washington, with his wife Wende and his sons, Eric and Thomas.</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></P>
Resume:	here is where you can put a list of Filmography or Discography for example. The Wheeler Dealers (uncredited, 1963) <BR>36 Hours (uncredited, 1964) <BR>Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965) <BR>The Satan Bug (uncredited, 1965) <BR>Scalplock (TV-1966) <BR>Jigsaw (1968) <BR><BR>Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) <BR>Man in the Wilderness (1971) <BR>Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) <BR>Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) <BR>Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) <BR>1996 (TV-1986) <BR>Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) <BR>Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) <BR><BR>Knight Rider 2000 (TV-1991) <BR>Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) <BR>Double Trouble 19(92) <BR>Amore! (1993) <BR>Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) <BR>New York Skyride (1994) <BR>Star Trek: Generations (1994) <BR>Storybook (1995) <BR>Through Dead Eyes (1996) <BR>Bug Buster (1998) <BR>The Duke (1999)<BR><BR><BR><BR><B>TV Series:</B> Space Command (1953) Star Trek (1966-) The Bold and the Beautiful (1987)<BR>

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