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Leonard Nimoy on "Fringe" Leonard Nimoy on "Fringe" Leonard Nimoy Pictures Leonard Nimoy stars as old Spock in J.J. Abram's movie, "Star Trek" (2009). The son of Jewish immigrants from the U.S.S.R., Leonard Nimoy was born in Boston in 1931. Leonard Nimoy's first stage appearance was in "Hansel and Gretel" at age eight. After a short stint at Boston College, Leonard Nimoy came to California in search of an acting career. In 1954 Leonard Nimoy married Sandi Zober, an actress. Then Leonard Nimoy went into the Army and spent 18 months serving in Georgia, at Ft. McPhearson. Leonard Nimoy wrote, narrated and emceed GI shows for the Army's Special Services branch. During that time Leonard Nimoy directed and played "Stanley" in the Atlanta Theater Guild's production of "A Streetcar Named Desire." After his discharge from the Army, Leonard Nimoy enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Leonard Nimoy worked as a soda jerk, movie usher and cab driver to pay the bills while he studied acting. Eventually Leonard Nimoy left the playhouse, his sights on a film career, rather than theater. Leonard Nimoy ran a drama studio in North Hollywood for three years and taught for a year at Synanon; by now he had two children, Adam and Julie. Leonard Nimoy's film debut was in the movie, "Queen for a Day," in 1951. It was a theatrical film based on the popular television series of the early fifties. Next Leonard Nimoy did "Rhubarb," where he played one of the baseball players whose team is inherited by a cat. Leonard Nimoy's first starring role was in 1952 as "Kid Monk Baroni," a youth with a deformed face who becomes a winning boxer. It was then back to lesser roles for the films "Francis Goes to West Point," and "Zombies of the Stratosphere." Leonard Nimoy also had a small role in "Old Overland Trail," a B-Western by Republic Pictures. In the '60s, Leonard Nimoy began to break into television. Leonard Nimoy made guest appearances on many series, including, "Rawhide," "The Virginian," "Profiles in Courage," "Dr. Kildare," and "Outer Limits." Leonard Nimoy had a recurring role on the popular series, "Sea Hunt," starring Lloyd Bridges. Leonard Nimoy's first meeting with Gene Roddenberry came when he guest starred in an episode of "The Lieutenant." Finally Leonard Nimoy's big break came in 1966 when he began his role as the Vulcan officer Spock on "Star Trek." His first promotional trip for that show was when he was Grand Marshall of Medford, Oregon's annual Pear Blossom Festival. It was the first sign that he'd finally made it. This idea was confirmed after the Pear Blossom Parade when Leonard Nimoy signed autographs for a crowd of fans so large officials had to "rescue" him from the well-meaning autograph seekers. Then, when TV Guide featured his picture and article in their March 4, 1967 issue, Leonard Nimoy was sure of it. Given this new popularity, Leonard Nimoy won roles in several stage roles, "Monserrat, "Visit to a Small Planet," and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." Trying another talent, in 1967 Leonard Nimoy released his first record album, based on the "Star Trek" character of Mr. Spock: "Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space." The album produced a hit single, "Visit to a Sad Planet." The sales of these records were so good, Leonard Nimoy made a second album, "The Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy," with Spock's character on one side and Nimoy as himself on the other. The album contained songs and poetry set to music. Leonard Nimoy went on to release three more albums, these primarily folk music and his own renditions of popular songs. Leonard Nimoy also made five narrative albums in the 1970s, including readings from "War of the Worlds" and "The Martian Chronicles." When "Star Trek" ended in 1969, Leonard Nimoy joined the "Mission: Impossible" team as a regular, replacing Martin Landau. Leonard Nimoy stayed with the show for two years. In 1971, Leonard Nimoy starred in "Fiddler on the Roof," and then third billing in "Catlow," the same year. In 1974, Leonard Nimoy did a TV movie called, "The Alpha Caper" and "The Missing are Deadly," in 1975. In 1975, Leonard Nimoy returned to college and earned a master's degree in education at Antioch College. In 1977 Leonard Nimoy played Martin Dysart in the play "Equus," on the New York stage. In 1978, Leonard Nimoy starred in a remake of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," where he played a psychiatrist who had an unusual way of making his patients face their deepest fears. Then Leonard Nimoy went on from 1978-1981 to tour the country in his one-man play, "Vincent." The play was written and directed by Leonard Nimoy, based on the play "Van Gogh" by Phillip Stephens. After more than 150 performances, "Vincent" was finally videotaped and broadcast on the A&E cable network. In 1978, work began on the first "Star Trek" feature film. With some reluctance, Leonard Nimoy returned as Spock. The film was released on December 7, 1979. Leonard Nimoy went on to co-star in the next five "Star Trek" films, as well as a two-part episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," entitled, "Unification." Leonard Nimoy's first experiences with directing a feature film came with "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock" and "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home." That was only the beginning. Since then, Leonard Nimoy has gone on to direct "Three Men and a Baby" in 1987, "The Good Mother" in 1988, and "Funny About Love." The television mini-series "A Woman Called Golda," and "Marco Polo" were good parts for Leonard Nimoy and helped show that he could do more than be Mr. Spock. In 1986, Leonard Nimoy separated from his wife of 32 years and eventually obtained a divorce. Leonard Nimoy has since remarried. One of his hobbies is black and white photography. Utilizing this talent, Leonard Nimoy published several volumes of poetry, illustrated with his photos. The first of these books was called, "Why Not You and I?" In 1991, Leonard Nimoy starred in and produced the film, "Never Forget," for the Turner Network, which deals with a true case of a Holocaust survivor suing a neo-Nazi organization who claimed the extermination of Jews in World War II was a myth.
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Is it a sign that you're a true Star Trek geek when watching the special features of Leonard Nimoy filming his scenes makes you cry? Sniff! 3 hours ago@cyang1987 I liked Civ 4 with Leonard Nimoy doing the voice work :) 4 hours agoJust watched the recent Star Trek film on DVD. Zachary Quinto was perfect & I loved Leonard Nimoy! I'm sad that I missed it in the theater. 4 hours agoOK, wait. Hold on...back up. Leonard Nimoy directed THREE MEN AND A BABY? What?!? 4 hours agoThe miracle is this - the more we share, the more we have. - Leonard Nimoy 6 hours agoLol I love how Leonard Nimoy is such a diva 6 hours agoI wonder if you ever smile? Leonard Nimoy is about to host an episode of "in search of" looking for photographic evidence of your smile. 6 hours agoleonard nimoy's sparkling music career. 8 hours ago@velvetella I would marry this blu-ray if I could! Just watched behind-the-scenes of Leonard Nimoy crying! 9 hours ago@ReconChesty great tweet on the obama photoshops will never look at Leonard Nimoy again without laughing 10 hours agoJust found out my cousin's boss met Leonard Nimoy. So jealous. 10 hours ago@KevTheUprCTOTY Reminds me when I wanted Leonard Nimoy to sign a book. I ran all the way, just saw the back of his head leaving in the limo. 10 hours agoRT @charitybuzz: Hey @star_trek we've got an auction for you. Bid now to win a private tour of Griffith Observatory with Leonard Nimoy ... 13 hours agoHere's a difficult question (well I find it hard to choose!) picking a favourite character in Star Trek! (discounting Leonard Nimoy) 14 hours ago@OKnox Every time I see the word "spox," I think for a minute that you're talking about Leonard Nimoy. 14 hours ago |
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