on his birthday, James Doohan (Born: March 3, 1920;Died: July 20, 2005).

James Doohan is best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the NBC TV science fiction show "Star Trek (1966-1969)", and in the movies "Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)", "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)", "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)", "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)", "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)" and "Star Trek: Generations (1994)".

He played Commander Canarvin (1978) on the CBS TV science fiction show "Jason of Star Command (1978-1981)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Suspense", "Space Command", "Playbill", "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans", "Folio", "On Camera", "First Performance", "R.C.M.P.", "First Person", "Encounter", "The New Breed", "Gunsmoke", "The Twilight Zone", "Hazel", "G.E. True", "The Gallant Men", "Empire", "Festival", "Bonanza", "The Richard Boone Show", "The Outer Limits", "The Rogues", "Ben Casey", "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", "The Fugitive", "Laredo", "Convoy", "The Virginian", "Bewitched", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.", "The F.B.I.", "A Man Called Shenandoah", "Blue Light", "Iron Horse", "Insight", "Jericho", "Peyton Place", "Then Came Bronson", "Daniel Boone", "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Tarzan and the Super 7", "Fantasy Island", "Magnum, P.I.", "Hotel", "Danger Bay", "MacGyver", "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Homeboys in Outer Space" and "The Bold and the Beautiful".

He appeared in movies like "The Wheeler Dealers (1963)", "36 Hours (1964)", "Signpost to Murder (1964)", "Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)", "The Satan Bug (1966)", "Scalplock (1966)", "One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)", "Jigsaw (1968)", "Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971)", "Man in the Wilderness (1971)", "Knight Rider 2000 (1991)", "Double Trouble (1992)", "Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)", "Amore! (1993)", "Storybook (1996)", "Bug Buster (1998)", "Through Dead Eyes (1999)" and "The Duke (1999)".