DeForest Kelley Bibliography:
Books & Articles

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Books

DeForest Kelley: A Harvest of Memories: My Life and Times with a Remarkable Gentleman Actor. By Kristine M. Smith; 1stBooks2001, 326p.

Written by Kelley's official Walk-of-Fame star polisher, this is a charming chronicle of a fan's connection to the Kelleys from idolizing teen to friend and final caregiver. A must for fans. Read the reviews at Amazon.com, but buy it directly from AuthorHouse: www.Authorhouse.com. It's worth buying the electronic edition as well for access to better quality photographs; it's just a few more dollars.

From Sawdust to Stardust. Biography. Expected winter of 2004.

Other Star Trek actors' autobiographies:
Most of these have surprisingly little to say about De, but here they are:

1995. Nimoy, Leonard. I Am Spock. Hyperion. 342p.

[Kudos to Mr. Nimoy for actually having his book indexed!]

1994. Nichols, Nichelle. Beyond Uhura. Putnam. 320p.

 

1994. Takei, George. To the Stars. Pocket. 406.

[This is perhaps the most interesting of the Trek autobiographies, chronicling Takei's childhood in relocation camps during World War II and his adolescence in an L.A. barrio along with his acting and political career. And he really did write it himself.]

1994. Shatner, William and Chris Kreski. Star Trek Movie Memories. HarperCollins. 357p.

1993. Shatner, William and Chris Kreski. Star Trek Memories. HarperCollins. 306p.

Sundry Star Trek books:

1988. Asherman, Allan. Star Trek Interview Book. Pocket.

"DeForest Kelley" p. 39-50. [Asherman reports doing another interview with De in 1982]

1993. Van Hise, James. The Classic Trek Crew Book. Pioneer.

"Just a Country Doctor" p. 83-89

"Talking With the Good Doc" p. 92-97.

Articles & Interviews

Fan-oriented Publications

Enterprise Incidents

[Note: EI is full of reprinted clippings and articles with no citation or attribution. They are frequently reprinted and recombined within the EI set. ]

Special Edition #1 (11/83)     “An Interview With DeForest Kelley” / Joe Gulick
        (interview appears to be from 1974; reprinted in EI: Spotlight on Interviews (6/84))

Special Edition #3 (4/84)     "DeForest Kelley"
        Nice photo and short bio; seems to have been done about the time of Star Trek.

#23 (11/84)     “No Bones About It, DeForest Kelley Is Glad to Be Back” / Mike Clark

 

Starlog

#38 (9/80)     “DeForest Kelley on Star Trek-A Candid Conversation With a Simple Country Doctor” / Karen E. Wilson

#87 (10/84)     “DeForest Kelley Remembers Star Trek III” (pt. 1)

#88 (11/84)     “DeForest Kelley: He’s an Actor, Not a Doctor” (pt. 2)

#115 (2/87)     “DeForest Kelley-A Part of History” / Lee Goldberg
        (reprinted in Starlog Yearbook #2)

#143 (6/89)     “DeForest Kelley’s Medical Plan” / Kathryn Drennan

#144 (7/89)     “DeForest Kelley’s Western Days” / Kathryn Drennan

#173 (12/91)     "The Reel McCoy"

Starlog Yearbook #10 (9/92)     “Beloved Doctor” / Lynn Stephens, Marc Shapiro & Ian Spelling

Starlog Platinum #2 (1994)     “Medical Hero” / Ian Spelling

 

Star Trek Official Fan Club / Star Trek Communicator

STOFC #54 (2/87)     “DeForest Kelley Interview: Medicine’s Miracle Worker” Part 1 / Dan Madsden

STOFC #55 (4/87)     “DeForest Kelley Interview: Medicine’s Miracle Worker” Part 2 / Dan Madsden

STOFC #59 (12/87)     “DeForest Kelley: Still the Real McCoy” / Dan Madsen

STOFC #71 (12/89)     "DeForest Kelley Interview” (STV) / Dan Madsden

STOFC #81 (8/91)     "DeForest Kelley Interview" (25th Anniversary)

STComm #103 (7/95)     Interview with DeForest Kelley / Dan Madsen

STComm #111 (3/97)     “DeForest Kelley: Memories from the Real McCoy” / Pamela Roller

Star Trek Files:

Enterprise Incident (1986)    Interview / John Peel
[reprint of interview in EI # 23, 11/84]

 

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