For GM Presents, he played the lead role in the CBC TV drama Flight into Danger (1956), then in The Night they Killed Joe Howe (1960). He played himself in an episode of The Ben Stiller Show. After his unit was secured in their position for the night, Doohan was crossing between command posts, when a Canadian gunman spotted him and opened fire. Rap artists D4L have a song "Scotty" that uses his character and Star Trek, as do Relient K in their song "Beaming". On July 20, 2005, at 5:30 in the morning, Doohan died at his home in Redmond, Washington, due to complications of pulmonary fibrosis, which was believed to be from exposure to noxious substances during World War II. Despite his ill health, he was present at the ceremony, which was his final public appearance. They were married that same year, when they were 54 and 18, on October 12, 1974. Because of this, the Milwaukee School of Engineering presented Doohan with an honorary degree in engineering. James Montgomery Doohan (/ˈduːən/; March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor, voice actor, author and soldier best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. This act was not looked upon highly by his superiors, but earned him a reputation among the pilots of the Canadian Air Force. Doohan was married three times and had seven children, four of them—Larkin, Deirdre, twins Christopher and Montgomery —with his first wife Janet Young, whom he divorced in 1964. [3] Scotty joins Kirk's crew aboard the USS Enterprise-A at the end of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986). Scotty is the closest to Jimmy Doohan that I've ever done.". [22] In 2016, Scotty was ranked as the 19th most important character of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired magazine. [32] Doohan and Braunberger had three children: Eric, Thomas, and lastly, Sarah in April 2000, around his 80th birthday. Star Trek actor William Campbell served as best man. The shot to the chest likely would have been fatal except that he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother, which deflected the bullet. All three Canadian (AOP) RCAF squadrons were manned by artillery officer-pilots and accompanied by non-commissioned RCA and RCAF personnel serving as observers. [19] However, Scotty says in "Wolf in the Fold" (1967) that he is "an old Aberdeen pub crawler", and Aberdeen city leaders proposed[needs update] plans to erect a monument to the actor and character. Doohan attended high school at Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School, where he excelled in mathematics and science. Astronaut Neil Armstrong, an engineer before he participated in NASA's Apollo program, personally told Doohan on stage at Doohan's last public appearance in 2004, "From one old engineer to another, thanks, mate. In the song "Boat Drinks", singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett asks, "Could you beam me somewhere, Mister Scott? In July 2004, he announced that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease[35] and would be withdrawing from public life. Although he continued to work with William Shatner in the Star Trek films, Doohan did not get along well with him and was once quoted as saying, "I like Captain Kirk, but I sure don't like Bill. [12] Scotty's technical knowledge and skill allow him to devise unconventional and effective last-minute solutions to dire problems. [14], Scotty was aboard a transport shuttle en route to a retirement colony when it crashed into a Dyson sphere; stranded, he set the transporter to cycle indefinitely and "stored" himself in the buffer for 75 years before being recovered by the USS Enterprise-D crew in "Relics". After recovering from his injuries, he became a pilot in the Canadian Air Force, but never saw action. Christopher also appeared in the J. J. Abrams reboot Star Trek (2009). Scotty (the fictional Lt. Doohan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia,[1] the youngest of four children of William Patrick Doohan and Sarah Frances (née Montgomery), who both emigrated from Bangor, Northern Ireland. "[22] He chose the name "Montgomery Scott" after his grandfather. [48] His birthplace is also attributed to Aberdeen[49] where Doohan learned the accent,[50] or Elgin. He met his final wife, Wende Braunberger, when she was just 17 and he was 54, marrying her very shortly after their first meeting. "It was a natural. [3] Even though he is no longer able to serve effectively as an engineer and struggles to acclimate to 24th-century life, Scotty nevertheless helps save the Enterprise-D from being trapped within the sphere. 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