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James Montgomery Doohan (March 30, 1920 – July 20, 2005) is a Canadian actor born in Vancouver, British Columbia. This gifted actor is best known to genre fans the world over as Montgomery Scott, aka "Scotty," of Star Trek.
James starred as Lieutenant Commander Scott—the hard-drinking, bare-knuckles-fighting chief engineer of the starship Enterprise—on all three seasons of the original Star Trek television series, and reprised the role in the franchise's first seven theatrical films, as well as in a special guest-starring role on Star Trek: The Next Generation (episode 6.04, "Relics").
In addition to his now-immortal turn as Scotty, James also provided a veritable legion of voice characterizations for the series, as well as returning to provide the voice of Scotty for the 1973 animated Star Trek series.
James's non-Trek turns on the big screen have included Bug Buster (1998, as Sheriff Carlson), Storybook (1995, as Uncle Monty) and an uncredited role as Bit in The Satan Bug (1965). His notable TV appearances include episodes of Homeboys in Outer Space ("There's No Space Like Home, or Return of the Jed Eye"), MacGyver ("Harry's Will"), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ("Hail to the Chief," "Hot Line"), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ("The Shark Affair"), The Outer Limits ("Expanding Human"), and The Twilight Zone ("Valley of the Shadow"). James also had regular roles on such series as Space Command (1953, as Phil Mitchell) and Jason of Star Command (1979, as Commander Canarvin).
Genre Filmography
- "There's No Space Like Home, or Return of the Jed Eye"
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- "Naughty Marietta/The Winning Ticket"
- "The Counter-Clock Incident"
- "Yesteryear "
- "Beyond the Farthest Star "
- "A Strange Little Visitor"
- "Hail to the Chief "
- "Hot Line"
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