James Doohan

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

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Thu, Aug 6, 2026

Strange New Worlds' Martin Quinn on Playing a Drunk Scotty and Getting Closer to the TOS Version We Love

Star Trek: The Search for Scotty (Or at Least His Ashes)

The remains of Star Trek cast member James Doohan, which were ceremoniously blasted into space on April 29, have gone missing, the exact whereabouts of their landing place unknown. A spokesperson for Space Services Inc., the Houston-based company that gave Doohan his fitting send-off, tells Reuters that the vessel parachuted down into a mountainous area of Phoenix, from which it has not been retrieved. Amazingly, no red shirts in the search party have perished yet in the effort.

Fri, May 11, 2007

THE FINAL FRONTIER

James Doohan, famous for playing chief engineer (and later, Captain) Montgomery "Beam me up, Scotty!" Scott in the original Star Trek series and subsequent movies, passed away on Wednesday morning at his Redmond, Wash., home, with his wife, Wende, at his side. The cause of death was Alzheimer's-related pneumonia. He was 85. Born in Canada (a master of dialects, he affected his brogue for Star Trek), Doohan was working as a character actor when he auditioned for Trek in 1966. Although NBC axed the series after three seasons, syndicated repeats led Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty et al to amass scores of fans and thus live on for decades, including in six big-screen adventures. Doohan, a veteran of D-Day, was honored with a star on the H

Thu, Jul 21, 2005

Today's column was written by Matt Webb Mitovich.THE FINAL FRONTIER

James Doohan, famous for playing chief engineer (then, later, Captain) Montgomery "Beam me up, Scotty!" Scott in the original Star Trek series and subsequent movies, passed away on Wednesday morning at his Redmond, Wash., home, with his wife, Wende, at his side. The cause of death was Alzheimer's-related pneumonia. He was 85. Born in Canada (a master of dialects, he affected his brogue for Star Trek), Doohan was working as a character actor when he auditioned for Trek in 1966. Although NBC axed the series after three seasons, syndicated repeats led Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty et al to amass scores of fans and thus live on for decades, including in six big-screen adventures. Doohan, a veteran of D-Day, was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last August (in w

Wed, Jul 20, 2005