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Date
of Birth - March 3, 1920
Place of Birth - Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada
Date of Death - July 20, 2005 (pneumonia and
Alzheimer's)
Most
Famous Role(s) Other Than Star Trek:
- The Duke as Clive Chives
Trivia About the Actor:
- Toured as Spokesman for Philips Electronics HDTV 1999.
- Landed on Juno Beach on D-Day as a member of the Royal
Canadian Artillery.
- The Klingon language was initially devised by Doohan.
- Received a star on the Walk of Fame on August 31,
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| Filmography |

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Loaded
Weapon 1 (1993)
- Starring as Scotty
- The Lethal Weapon series and the rest of the buddy-cop
genres are parodied in this comedy. Jack Colt (Emilio
Estevez), is the Mel Gibson type of loose cannon, while
Wes Luger (Samuel L. Jackson), is the Danny Glover role.
They investigate the murder of Luger's former partner
and discover a criminal conspiracy to make Wilderness
Girls cookies laced with cocaine. The criminals are
led by the nefarious General Mortars (William Shatner)
and his henchman Mr. Jigsaw (Tim Curry).
- Scotty is a cameo appearance when Captain Doyle and
Wes Luger are at the police station. The Captain walks
up to an elaborate breakfast buffet setup and the Espresso
machine malfunctions, so the Captain yells for Scotty
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Double
Trouble (1992)
- Starring as O'Brien
- Twin brothers (The Barbarian Brothers): "ones
a good cop, the other is bad news", join forces
to solve a case involving a huge jewel smuggling ring.
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Knight
Rider 2000 (1991) (TV)
- Starring as James 'Scotty' Doohan or himself
- On the edge of loosing a local government contract,
the Foundation and Devon recall Michael Knight (David
Hasselhoff) from retirement to oversee the completion
of the Knight 4000. In a town where handguns are outlawed,
crime has become rampant, and the current system of
freezing convicts is not working. KITT has been dismantled,
but Devon manages to recover a chip which gets implanted
in the head of Shawn McCormick, a female cop who was
shot in the head. He and Shawn are teamed to stop the
current handgun situation where they discover the hidden
secrets of the local police department and restore KITT.
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MacGyver
(1990) (TV)
- Starring as Speedy in "Harry's Will"
- MacGyver stars Richard Dean Anderson and he is is
a secret agent who uses his scientific knowledge and
intelligence to defeat his enemies by unorthodox methods.
- When Mac tries to claim the station wagon left to
him by his late Grandpa Harry, it starts a strange chase
that leads him to an ex-con with a dream of running
a restaurant, a soup kitchen in need of money, and a
gang of crooks out for themselves |
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Magnum,
P.I. (1983) (TV)
- Starring as Archie MacPherson in "The Big Blow"
- Thomas Magnum (Tom Selleck), is a Vietnam veteran
and private eye who was hired to handle security for
a reclusive mystery writer named Robin Masters, who
maintained a lavish estate on the "gold coast"
of Oahu. Magnum was allowed to drive around in an extremely
expensive Ferrari, and took orders from the author's
manservant Jonathan Quayle Higgins II (John Hillerman).
- A hurricane batters the islands during Robin Masters's
spring equinox party. A pregnant woman and two ex-cons
further complicate things and one of Robin's guests
is plotting to kill him while Thomas plans to trap the
culprit.
-Archie MacPherson is one of the party guests. |
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Pretty
Maids All in a Row (1971)
- Starring as Follo
- Gene Roddenberry wrote the script about a California
high school teacher (Rock Hudson) who is married, plus
is the athletic coach and faculty advisor. He starts
to have sex flings with his female students and eventually
has to kill several of the girls to keep them quiet.
Based on a novel by Francis Pollini. Also starring Angie
Dickinson as Miss Betty Smith, Telly Savalas as Captain
Sam Surcher, and Roddy McDowall as Mr. Proffer.
- Follo is a cop working with Captain Sam Surcher. |
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The
F.B.I. (1966) (TV)
- Starring as Claude Bell in "The Animal"
- The TV show was based on actual FBI cases which followed
the no-nonsense agent, Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem
Zimbalist Jr.) and several co-workers over the years.
It originally aired from 1965 to 1974.
- In this episode Earl Clayton (Charles Bronson) and
four other criminals escape from a New Mexico jail.
Erskine and Rhodes are sent after Clayton, but he is
in a remote lodge with hostages. Erskine changes places
with a hunter headed toward the lodge. |
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roles do not include voice only, and only well known movies
or TV shows are listed here. Our research was eased using
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