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Sep 24, 2023 · According to TrekMovie, when James' son, Chris Doohan, visited Linlithgow, they noted that James' accent was kind of fake-sounding and certainly not authentic, but that they didn't care. The town ...
- Witney Seibold
Jan 18, 2023 · James Doohan's Scottish accent is a key part of the Star Trek legacy, and the actor actually had a key role in choosing his character's voice. ... James Doohan may have been the one to make Scotty ...
- Julie River
May 14, 2022 · In my opinion Doohan does a good job with his accent. Scotty does use some strange phrases such as "The haggis is in the fire for sure" but that's more of a writers issue. Doohan also does a number of different voices for TAS and it's not really surprising that he was able to do a fair impersonation of someone he knew. His son's accent is Star ...
May 27, 2011 · Polycarp: Jimmy Doohan is actually of Irish descent, and offtered Roddenbery the option of an Irish or Scottish character; Gene chose the Scot. While his character’s name is “Lt/. Cdr. Montgomery Scott”, he is supposed to be an ethnic Scot, from Aberdeen. The ‘rebooted’ Scotty is apparently from Glasgow.
- James Doohan’s Early Life
- Heroics During World War II
- James Doohan’s Role on Star Trek and His Further Acting Career
- Doohan’s Later Life and Legacy
Television’s most famous Scotsman was actually a Canadian of Irish descent. Born on March 3, 1920, in Vancouver to a pair of Irish immigrants, James Doohan was the youngest of four children. His father worked as a pharmacist, dentist, and veterinarian, but was also a severe alcoholic who made life very difficult for his family. After attending high...
By 1940, James Doohan had worked his way up to the rank of lieutenant and was sent over to England with the 14th Field Artillery Regiment of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Four years later, his division would take part in the greatest maritime invasion in history: D-Day. The invasion of France at Normandy beach was a joint operation between Ca...
James Doohan returned to Canada after the war and planned on using the free education and training allotted to him by the country’s veteran administration for his military service to study science. At some point between Christmas 1945 and New Year’s 1946, though, Doohan turned on the radio and listened to “the worst drama I had ever heard,” which p...
Doohan initially felt pigeonholed by his most famous role. He would sometimes be turned down for other gigs straight away with the dismissal “There’s no part for a Scotsman in there.” After realizing that he would forever be linked to his on-screen persona, he decided to enthusiastically embrace it, and attended dozens of Star Trekconventions and l...
May 2, 2024 · Doohan Helped Shape Early Star Trek. In addition to James Doohan’s Scottish accent helping create Scotty’s real name, his skill at accents also shaped Star Trek history in other ways. For ...
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In real life, James Montgomery Doohan (1920 – 2005), the actor who played Montgomery “Scotty” Scott, did not have a Scottish accent, and was not even from Scotland. Instead, Doohan was a Canadian who had earned a reputation as the most versatile voice actor in the business before he was cast for his defining role in Star Trek.
