biography
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| lived:
| (1931– )
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| biography:
| Television and film actor, and writer, born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A graduate of McGill University where he studied acting, he was among the original actors in Tyrone Guthrie's Stratford Shakespeare Festival (1954–7). After working on Broadway and in television, he captained the USS Enterprise for television's quintessential science-fiction series, Star Trek (1966–9), and recreated his roles as Captain Kirk in a number of successful films in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Other television series include T J Hooker (1982–6) and Rescue 911 (1989). Among his books are Star Trek Avenger (1997) and Star Trek Preserver (2000). |
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