March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015
One would say the film industry has lost an iconic star today but that would be a dishonor to his name. I think it’s more appropriate in saying that the planet lost a true legend in every aspect of the word. Nimoy died at his home in Bel Air rom complications of COPD ( chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at the age of 83.
Best know for his role as a half Human half logical Vulcan character Mr Spock that he played in the eternal original Star Trek series. Who for generations inspired us that loved the show to think of the world differently and in many ways forced us to improve on our beliefs and in many ways raise the bar for ourselves in how we lived. Even more people if you include the ones that may of not like the show but related to the ideals that his character represented. He also stared or participated in one way or another in a mega amount of films, television, games, recording, books, wrote poetry and photography. There is probably much much more that I am missing but the what there is that I can find is hugely impressive. (see full list of his career below)
Ironic as this sounds the first time I saw him was not on Star Trek but reruns of the old Mission Impossible tv series which he played Paris (Season 4-5). It was shortly after that I was introduced again in syndication reruns of Star Trek. Shortly after that it was the documentary series that searched for evidence of the paranormal In Search of. It seemed all the shows that I gravitated to had at one point and time Leonard Nimoy. I like to think in looking back that it was his ability as an actor that gave those shows that extra oomph that made so many flock to them.
In closing I will rewrite what a wrote on a couple of post . May he live long and prosper no matter where the universe may take him now. And I will also add this. May his journey to the here after be as fruitful and may he bring the same joy and professionalism that he gave us on this floating blue rock in space we call Earth.
List compiled from Wikipedia’s biography of Leonard Nimoy
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1951 Queen for a Day Chief
1951 Rhubarb Young Ball Player
1952 Kid Monk Baroni Paul ‘Monk’ Baroni
1952 Zombies of the Stratosphere Narab
1952 Francis Goes to West Point Football player Uncredited
1953 Old Overland Trail Chief Black Hawk
1954 Them! Army Staff Sergeant
1958 The Brain Eaters Professor Cole
1963 The Balcony Roger
1966 Deathwatch Jules Lefranc
1971 Assault on the Wayne Commander Phil Kettenring
1971 Catlow Miller
1973 Baffled! Tom Kovack
1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Mick
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Dr. David Kibner Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Mr. Spock Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1981 Vincent Theo van Gogh
1982 A Woman Called Golda Morris Meyerson Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Captain Spock
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Captain Spock Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Director
1984 The Sun Also Rises Count Mippipopolous
1986 The Transformers: The Movie Galvatron Voice
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Captain Spock Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor
Saturn Award for Best Director
1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Captain Spock
1991 Never Forget Mel Mermelstein
1991 Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories Narrator
1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Captain Spock
1994 The Pagemaster Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Edward Hyde Voice
1995 Titanica Narrator Documentary
1997 A Life Apart: Hasidism in America Narrator Documentary
1997 David Samuel
1998 The Harryhausen Chronicles Narrator Documentary
1998 Brave New World Mustapha Mond
2000 Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Akron / Baraka / King Chandra Voice
2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire King Kashekim Nedakh Voice
2009 Star Trek Spock Prime Won – Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Critics’ Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble
Scream Award for Best Ensemble
2009 Land of the Lost The Zarn Voice
2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Sentinel Prime Voice
2012 Zambezia Sekhuru Voice
2013 Star Trek Into Darkness Spock Prime Cameo
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1954 Dragnet Julius Carver Episode: “The Big Boys”
1956 The West Point Story Tom Kennedy Episodes: “His Brother’s Fist”, “Cold Peril”
1957
1958 Highway Patrol Harry Wells
Ray Episode: “Hot Dust”
Episode: “Bloody Money”
1957–58 Broken Arrow Apache / Nahilzay / Winnoa 3 episodes
1958 Mackenzie’s Raiders Kansas Episode: “The Imposter”
1958–60 Sea Hunt Indio 6 episodes
1959 Dragnet Karlo Rozwadowski Episode: “The Big Name”
1959–62 Wagon Train Bernabe Zamora, et al. 4 episodes
1960 Bonanza Freddy Episode: “The Ape”
1960 M Squad Bob Nash Episode: “Badge for a Coward”
1960 The Rebel Jim Colburn Episode: “The Hunted”
1961 Gunsmoke John Walking Fox / Holt / Arnie / Elias Grice 4 episodes
1960–61 The Tall Man Deputy Sheriff Johnny Swift Episodes: “A Bounty for Billy”, “A Gun Is for Killing”
1961 The Twilight Zone Hansen Episode: “A Quality of Mercy”
1961 87th Precinct Barrow
1961 Rawhide Anko Episode: “Incident Before Black Pass”
1963 Perry Mason Pete Chennery Episode: “The Case of the Shoplifter’s Shoe”
1963 Combat! Neumann Episode: “The Wounded Don’t Cry”
1963 The Virginian Lt. Beldon M.D. Episode: “Man of Violence”
1964 The Outer Limits Konig / Judson Ellis Episodes: “Production and Decay of Strange Particles”, “I, Robot”
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Vladeck Episode: “The Project Strigas Affair”
1966 Get Smart Stryker Episode: “The Dead Spy Scrawls”
1966 Daniel Boone Oontah Episode: “Seminole Territory”
1966–69 Star Trek Spock 79 episodes
Nominated-Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (1967, 1968, 1969)
1969–71 Mission: Impossible The Great Paris Seasons 4–5; 49 episodes
1973 Columbo Dr. Barry Mayfield Episode: “A Stitch in Crime”
1973–74 Star Trek: The Animated Series Spock (voice) 22 episodes
1976–82 In Search of… Narrator / host 145 episodes
1982 Marco Polo Ahmad Fanakati Miniseries
1983 T. J. Hooker Paul McGuire Episode: “Vengeance is Mine”
1986 Faerie Tale Theatre The Evil Moroccan Magician Episode: “Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp”
1991 Star Trek: The Next Generation Ambassador Spock Episode: “Unification”, 2-part episode
1993 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: “Marge vs. the Monorail”
1993 The Halloween Tree Mr. Moundshroud Voice
1994–98 Ancient Mysteries Narrator 91 episodes
1995 Bonanza: Under Attack Frank James
1995 The Outer Limits Thomas Cutler Episode: “I, Robot”
1997 The Simpsons Himself (voice) Episode: “The Springfield Files”
1999 Futurama Himself (voice) Episode: “Space Pilot 3000”
2001 Becker Professor Emmett Fowler Episode: “The TorMentor”
2002 Futurama Himself (voice) Episode: “Where No Fan Has Gone Before”
2009–12 Fringe Dr. William Bell Seasons 1–4; 11 episodes
Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television
2012 The Big Bang Theory Action Figure Spock Voice
Directing
1973: Night Gallery, episode: “Death on a Barge”
1981: Vincent, based on the play “Van Gogh” (1979) by Phillip Stephens
1982: The Powers of Matthew Star, episode: “The Triangle”
1983: T. J. Hooker, episode: “The Decoy”
1984: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1986: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1987: Three Men and a Baby
1988: The Good Mother
1990: Funny About Love
1994: Holy Matrimony
1995: Deadly Games, episode: “Killshot”
Video games
1999: Seaman, Narrator
2005: Civilization IV, Narrator
2010: Star Trek Online, Mr. Spock / Narrator
2010: Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Master Xehanort
2012: Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Master Xehanort
Music videos
1967: “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” by Leonard Nimoy
1985: “Going Down to Liverpool” by The Bangles
2011: “The Lazy Song” by Bruno Mars (alternate official video)
Bibliography
BiographyI Am Not Spock (1975) ISBN 9781568496917
I Am Spock (1995) ISBN 9780786861828
Photography
Shekhina photography (2005) (ISBN 978-1-884167-16-4)
The Full Body Project (2008) ISBN 9780979472725
Secret Selves (2010) ISBN 978-0976427698
Screenplays
Vincent (1981), (teleplay based on the play “Van Gogh” (1979) by Phillip Stephens (OCLC 64819808)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) (story by)
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) (Story by)
Poetry
You & I (1973) (ISBN 978-0-912310-26-8)
Will I Think of You? (1974) (ISBN 978-0-912310-70-1)
We Are All Children Searching for Love: A Collection of Poems and Photographs (1977) (ISBN 978-0-88396-024-0)
Come be With Me (1978) (ISBN 978-0-88396-033-2)
These Words are for You (1981) (ISBN 978-0-88396-148-3)
Warmed by Love (1983) (ISBN 978-0-88396-200-8)
A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life (2002) (ISBN 978-0-88396-596-2)
