http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3274466 July 20, 2005, 11:07AM Star Trek's Scotty, James Doohan, dies at 85 By BOB THOMAS Associated Press Reuters James Doohan at his final Star Trek convention, August 29, 2004, in Hollywood. LOS ANGELES — James Doohan, the burly chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise in the original Star Trek TV series and movies who responded to the command "Beam me up, Scotty," died Wednesday. He was 85. Doohan died at 5:30 a.m. at his Redmond, Wash., home with his wife of 28 years, Wende, at his side, Los Angeles agent and longtime friend Steve Stevens said. The cause of death was pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease, he said. Doohan had said farewell to public life in August 2004, a few months after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The Canadian-born Doohan was enjoying a busy career as a character actor when he auditioned for a role as an engineer in a new space adventure on NBC in 1966. A master of dialects from his early years in radio, he tried seven different accents. "The producers asked me which one I preferred," Doohan recalled 30 years later. "I believed the Scot voice was the most commanding. So I told them, 'If this character is going to be an engineer, you'd better make him a Scotsman.'" The series, which starred William Shatner as Capt. James T. Kirk and Leonard Nimoy as the enigmatic Mr. Spock, attracted an enthusiastic following of science fiction fans, especially among teenagers and children, but not enough ratings power. NBC canceled it after three seasons. When the series ended in 1969, Doohan found himself typecast as Montgomery Scott, the canny engineer with a burr in his voice. In 1973, he complained to his dentist, who advised him: "Jimmy, you're going to be Scotty long after you're dead. If I were you, I'd go with the flow." "I took his advice," said Doohan, "and since then everything's been just lovely."
Beam me up, Jesus. EDIT: Dude, I did a search for that phrase and found a group called Klingons for Christ. http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/preservedbygod/myhomepage/klingon1.html
Well I don't think that was really an issue since the guy had Alzheimer's. I mean, he probably wouldn't have had THAT many lines to remember, but come on. EDIT: Oh yeah, and McCoy has been dead for years.
Sorry for the correction amongst a tribute thread, but the saying doesn't match the picture. The "force" was a Star Wars thing. Spock would be saying "Live long and prosper" while doing that hand thing. My favorite Scotty line: "Captain, there be whales here!"
