Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!

Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!  The man who is Spock started in television and was in the serial Zombie of the Stratosphere (1952).  He played the Martian invader named Narab.  Nimoy also had role as Professor Cole in the sci fi movie The Brain Eaters (1958).  He was in the Twilight Zone episode, “A Quality of Mercy” (1961).  Nimoy was in two 1964 episodes for The Outer Limits, “I, Robot” and “Production and Decay of Strange Particles.”  The iconic part was as Spock in “The Cage” (1965) which later aired in 1988.  Then, he continued the role until the third season with “Turnabout Intruder” in 1969.  He played Paris in Mission: Impossible (1969-1971).  Nimoy was also in the “She’ll Be Company for You” (1972) of Night Gallery.  

He voiced Spock in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973-1974).  His autobiography, I Am Not Spock (1975), was controversial.  Nimoy began hosting and narrating the series, In Search of… (1977-1982) investigating the paranormal and other phenomena.  Dr. David Kibner was played by Nimoy in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).  Spock made it to the big screen with Nimoy starring as him again in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979).  He met his fate saving the Enterprise in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).  He played Lt. Paul McGuire in the “Vengeance Is Mine” (1983) episode of the show starring Shatner, T.J. Hooker.  

Spock found new life in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) also directed by Nimoy.  He voiced the Decepticon villain, Galvatron, in Tranformers: The Movie (1986).  Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) starred, was directed and co-written by Leonard Nimoy.  Nimoy directed the comedy Three Men and a Baby (1987) based on the French film, Trois hommes et un couffin.  He followed it up with Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989).  Nimoy was back at Spock to bring Romulans and Vulcans together in the “Unification” (1991) two part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  The final film for the Enterprise crew was in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991).  He voiced Mr. Moundshroud in the animated The Halloween Tree which adapted Ray Bradbury’s novel.  

Nimoy reprised his appearance in The Outer Limits with “I, Robot” (1995).  His second autobiography, I Am Spock (1995) reconciled his iconic character with himself.  He provided several oices for the animated film, Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists (2000).  Nimoy also voiced the Atlantean King in Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).  He appeared in the Kelvin Universe as Spock Prime in Star Trek (2009).  Nimoy played Dr. William Bell in Fringe (2009-2012).  He voiced Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).  Spock Prime made a final appearance in Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013).  He died in 2015, but the words of Spock will always be with us, “Live long and prosper.”  Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!

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