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As always, the further we go back in Hollywood
history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.
March 22, 1931
William Shatner was born.
The Canadian actor,
musician, recording artist, author and film director. He gained worldwide fame
and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS
Enterprise, in the science
fiction television series, Star Trek, from 1966
to 1969; Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974; and in seven of the subsequent Star
Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. He has written a series of books
chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star
Trek universe. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels
called TekWar that were adapted for television.
Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. Afterwards, he hosted the
reality-based television series, Rescue 911 from 1989 to 1996, which won a People's
Choice Award for Favorite New TV
Dramatic Series. He has since worked as a musician, author, producer, director
and celebrity
pitchman. From 2004 to 2008, he
starred as attorney Denny Crane in the television dramas The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal, for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden
Globe Award.
To
quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
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