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by oneamazingwriter

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William Shatner, Actor / Writer

Born: 22 March 1931
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Best Known As: Captain James T. Kirk of the Starship Enterprise

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by jaqui

please put us out of our misery and bring shatner to be with you soon.

the only thing he did in his career that had any entertainment value was star trek.

everything else is just..bad..very very bad.

have you heard any of the songs from the cd that he and leonard nimoy released? ~shudder~
you don't want to, trust me on that.

by rob mekel

entertainment announcing overhere. [i]Police tracking down some speedlimit violators or whorse.[/i]
He is/was horribly bad announcer. :(

Beam him up and away from this planet, Scotty
[i] free interpretation of the famous words: "Beam me up, Scotty" [/i]

Rob

by jaqui

you mean you have the "one month challenge" advertising campaign over there also?

don't forget his "Tekwar" novel and made for TV movies and series. ~shudder~
written, produced, directed, and starred in those he did.
~twitch..twitch~

~twitch..twitch~

~flail~

~run away~

by oneamazingwriter

Aw, Shucks! I just wanted to actually start a discussion! (Well, I did that, didn't I?) Don't hold me responsible for the actual MAN! (disclaimer: I am not responsible for ANY man!)
I give the man 2 points for being older than I am. I just liked the series when it was on TV.
(Slipping away now back in obscurity where I belong,)

by kaceyr

Let's get the whole name out there -

James Tiberius Kirk

It sort of rolls ....

As for "the only thing he did in his career that had any entertainment value was Star Trek", I guess you don't have the weekly TV series "Boston Legal". That's entertainment!

by unclerob

nobody could do a dive roll off of a vehicle and turn around and shoot the bad guy better than Shatner, ahhh... I miss those days ,that was the best. His blonde cohort was pretty easy on the eyes also.

Plus I remember an episode of Columbo where he played the show's feature criminal, he had a mustache even, very cheesy but the episode was a pretty good one.

The Spock & Kirk tunes cd rocks the house, c'mon, all the cool people have a copy, make sure you buy one today (LMAO!)

- Seriously though, knock him all you want, he is a bit of a tv & movie icon, if only for his Captain Kirk character, it was a wise career move for him too, he made alot of money being captain of the enterprise.

Now please beam me away from this conversation and if you have to reply with a negative comment, please set your phaser on stun, not kill. (I'm fair skinned and burn easily)

by wayne m.

Ever see the original Iron Chef America, a single show from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas with William Shatner as the Commissioner? It was tremendously over the top and Mr. Shatner was ideal in the role.

Mr. Shatner has "presense" that ability to catch one's attention and hold it. He also is able to convey a sense of just having fun to his audience. I even find his commercials enjoyable and more memorable than award winning scenes by "real" actors.

It isn't literatiure, but it is fun.

by jaqui

enough to provide evidence of cruel and unusual punishment, allowing for a self defence plea after killing him. >:)

by rknrlkid

You gotta see the History Channel special "How William Shatner Changed the World." Its not about him, really (he's just the narrator). But it does show how Star Trek influenced a generation of people who later put the devices shown in Star Trek to practical applications.

And his Star Trek Memories books were a riot! The man does have a sense of humor :)

by jaqui

in the late 1950's my father had a multi channel radio telephone..handheld, for work.
it was custom made for him by motorola.
that was the first handheld telephone with guaranteed availability ever produced, and motorola was one of the first cell phone makers if not the first. they knew the core concept long before anyone else did.
[ Shatner claims Star Trek caused the cell phone revolution, but that was at least 5 years later than my dad's unit. ]

surround sound stereos..we had one custom built, 10 years before they hit the market.. because my dad wanted to use a speak he got given. ~l~

by jdclyde

If you watch any of the interviews with the rest of the cast of star trek, "there was a monster on the show, and that monster was William Shatner".

This makes it twice as funny that the original Michael Myers mask was a Captain Kirk mask painted white. Scary!

He was an ego-maniac that had to control every clip to make him look good and keep everyone else down so he would remain the star of the show.

What a jerk.

by jamesrl

He has been a steadily working actor living in the United States for 40 years now. AFAIK, he doesn't maintain a home here. Other than a few commericals and voiceovers, everything we see of him is US based.

Keep 'em you've earned him.

James

by bfilmfan

I don't think he is a US citizen.

Time to deport him back.

You folks are acting like ya don't want him back either.

Maybe we should ship him somewhere like China, but I don't know what the poor Chinese have done to deserve him either...

by jaqui

not viewable.

for some reason that site requires javascript, and the "movies" are flash.

absolutely useless.

by oromis

What about the birthdate of the actor who played Captain Christopher Pike in the original pilot?

I was there in '66, and I'm still following the sci fi spinoffs StarTrek created.

by oneamazingwriter

Jeffrey Hunter
Born: Nov 25, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: May 27, 1969
Occupation: Actor
Active: '50s-'60s
Major Genres: Drama, Western
Career Highlights: The Last Hurrah, Sailor of the King, No Man Is an Island
First Major Screen Credit: The Frogmen (1951)
Christopher Pike is a fictional character in Star Trek. He appeared in the pilot episode The Cage as captain of the USS Enterprise, and was then played by Jeffrey Hunter. This pilot was rejected; another was made, and the character of Pike was dropped after Hunter decided that he did not want to continue with the franchise.

Thanks to 1-Click Answers.

by deejay54

Captain Pike was played by actor Jeffrey Hunter.
Unfortunately he stopped having birthdays a long time ago when he fell down his stairs at home and broke his neck.

by unclerob

I always thought it was Sulu or Chekov, or those security guards that kept getting killed off during each new episode.

I didn't hear about the rest of the crew, but I did hear that Sulu had a bit of a tiff against Shatner.

Here's a bit of trivia, did you know that the 1st onscreen inter-racial kiss was between Capt.Kirk and Uhura, they made tv history with that.

by elee

Yeah. I agree with all the above.
But you gotta catch "Boston Legal".
He's a hoot as Denny Crane suffering from mad cow disease.

by jeffdewitt

I was hoping someone would mention "Boston Legal", it's a great show and Shatner is obviously having a ball doing it.

He does what he does best, plays a pompous arrogant guy who is throughly enjoying life... which I expect is what Shatner is like in real life these days.

The man is a ham, and isn't much of an actor, and not only does he know that he's taking advantage of it. He's also not afraid to laugh at himself.

Now if they could just get Nemoy on an episode or two of "Boston Legal".

Jeff DeWitt

by easyrdr50

Why has not anyone mentioned his work on Twilight Zone. Nightmare at 24,000(?) Feet scared the XOXX out of me as a kid watching the first broadcasts. Nimoy and other Trekkers can be seen on different episodes.

by alangeek

I remember seeing him in some westerns on TV, though I don't remember if they were movies or series reruns.

by jeffdewitt

I don't know if this is all of them but I picked these westerns out from Mr. Shatners filmography from the IMDB.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000638/

Our Captian Kirk has been a busy guy!

Jeff DeWitt

"How the West Was Won" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Capt. Harrison
"The Oregon Trail"
- The Scarlet Ribbon (1977) TV Episode

"Kung Fu"
- A Small Beheading (1974) TV Episode .... Capt. Brandywine Gage

Pioneer Woman (1973) (TV) .... John Sergeant

"Cade's County"
- The Armageddon Contract (1971) TV Episode .... Jack Pilgrim

"The Virginian"
... aka The Men from Shiloh (new title)
- Black Jade (1969) TV Episode .... Henry Swann
- The Claim (1965) TV Episode .... Luke Milford

Comanche blanco (1968) .... Johnny Moon/Notah
... aka Hour of Vengeance
... aka White Comanche

"Gunsmoke"
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Quaker Girl (1966) TV Episode .... Fred Bateman

"The Big Valley"
- A Time to Kill (1966) TV Episode .... Brett Skyler

"Outlaws"
- Starfall: Part 2 (1960) TV Episode .... Wayne Gorham
- Starfall: Part 1 (1960) TV Episode .... Wayne Gorham

"The United States Steel Hour"
... aka The U.S. Steel Hour (USA: alternative title)
- Old Marshals Never Die (1958) TV Episode .... Con Purvis
- A Man in Hiding (1958) TV Episode
- Walk with a Stranger (1958) TV Episode .... Fred Corry

"Climax!"
... aka Climax Mystery Theater (USA)
- Time of the Hanging (1958) TV Episode .... Ben tate

Billy Budd (1955) (TV)
"Howdy Doody" (1954) TV Series .... Ranger Bob (1954

by oneamazingwriter

You know? I looked right at Howdy Doody when I searched and never considered it a Western, but it certainly wasn't an Eastern, was it?

by legowik

Well if you consider his name a past tense... He is a bit of a cheezy actor... but can be funny at times .. often this is when he tries to be serious. I think that his problem of a supercilious attitude and massive ego problems that he had when Star Trek was filmed has been moderated by reality.. I think he knows he is a B grade or lower actor that was lucky... and has parlayed his one success ... to make money, what else... But have seen the original Star Trek and all its spin offs, he does have a place in televidiot history. Personally I liked Patrick Stewart's Picard as a much better Captain... but then even the TV industry can learn...

by brionneb

I know he's not the best actor, and I know he's a bit of a prima donna, but he is so unapologetically larger than life. You just get the feeling that he goes at life with a "no-holds-barred" approach. Every time I see him I smile, because no matter what, I know he's doing what he wants to do. He is the poster child for any person who is hesitating to do what they want to do for fear of not being "good enough". He has never been "good enough", but he still keeps working and he has made a comfortable living off of nothing other than his force of personality.

By the way, Leonard Nimoy's birthday is tomorrow (03/26).

by ewriggs9

What you said! I love him, too. For all the same reasons. You said it so well...

And Nimoy rocks!

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