Takara_Soong 4 Posted March 22, 2004 HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM SHATNERÂ Â From startrek.com: Â The Canadian-born actor attended McGill University where he was active in theater productions on campus. During his summers through college, Shatner performed in the Royal Mount Theater Company. When he graduated in 1952 with a B.A., Shatner began work at the National Repertory Theater of Ottawa. He eventually won co-starring roles in plays such as "The Merchant of Venice" and "Henry V," as well as the Most Promising Actor award. After a run in New York in the play, 'Tamburlaine," Shatner was signed to a seven-year contract by 20th Century Fox. He married a Canadian actress, Gloria Rand and honeymooned in Scotland. It was something of a working honeymoon, however, as Shatner had a role in an Edinburgh Festival production of "Henry V." Â Click for Spoiler: After his honeymoon, Shatner returned to New York where he guest starred on numerous series, including Goodyear Playhouse, Circle Theater, Philco Playhouse, Studio One and The Defenders. Then came his movie debut, "The Brothers Karamazov," with Richard Basehart. Not wanting to miss out on the Western genre that was so prominent in Hollywood, Shatner learned to ride a horse and rope. Â Next, Shatner landed the starring role in the two-year Broadway run of "The Secret Life of Suzie Wong." This was followed by "A Shot in the Dark" with Julie Harris and then "L'Idiote," all on Broadway. Â In 1961, Shatner landed two films, "The Intruder," where he plays a rabble-rouser traveling from one Southern town to another, getting people to riot against court-ordered school integration. It was later released under the titles, "I Hate Your Guts!" and "Shame." Shatner also appeared in "Judgment at Nuremberg." Â Then came the role for which he is undoubtedly best known; Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek. Unfortunately, during the three years that series ran, Shatner not only separated from his wife, but lost his father, as well. Â After the original series ended in 1969, Shatner went on to star in the first seven Star Trek feature films. He also made such films as "Sole Survivor," and the Sherlock Holmes classic, "The Hound of the Baskervilles." Guest appearances on series like, The Sixth Sense, Barnaby Jones, and Hawaii Five-O kept him in the public eye. Â In 1970 Shatner played the brilliant prosecutor in "The Andersonville Trial," which was a fine film and garnered him good reviews. During the shooting of that film, Shatner met Marcy Lafferty, who would become his second wife. Then, in 1974 Shatner, along with his fellow starship colleagues, embarked on 18 episodes of an animated Saturday morning cartoon based on Star Trek. In 1979 "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" was released and Shatner was firmly back in command as James T. Kirk. When "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier" was shot, it was Shatner at the director's helm. Â In 1982, Shatner starred in a cop series, T.J. Hooker which lasted four years. Following Hooker, Shatner then went on to host to the popular series Rescue 911. In 1994, Universal made a television series, TekWar based on the series of books written by Shatner and Ron Goulart. While Shatner did not star in the series, he did make appearances and directed several of the episodes. He has also made several guest appearances on NBC's hit comedy 3rd Rock from the Sun playing the role of The Big Head. Shatner can also be seen and heard promoting Priceline.com on both television and radio. In December 2000, Shatner's latest film, "Miss Congeniality," opened. Â Shatner is also the author of several books of a biographical nature, including "Star Trek Memories" and "Star Trek Movie Memories," relating the making of Star Trek movies, including "Star Trek Generations." As a novelist, Shatner has also, with collaborators Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, contributed to the Star Trek oeuvre with several novels, including "The Ashes of Eden" and "The Return." Â Â Filmography of William Shatner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TransporterMalfunction 1 Posted March 22, 2004 Happy Birthday William Shatner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hangon 3 Posted March 22, 2004 YYYYYYAAAAAAAYYYYY Â WILLIAM SHATNER Â :P :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Indy 8 Posted March 22, 2004 My best wishes to Mr. Shatner. It is a good day to have a birthday!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Mike_Hines01 Posted March 22, 2004 Mr. Shatner. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordOfTheBorg 1 Posted March 22, 2004 :P :dude: YAY WILL! "Go william, its your birfday, we're gonna party, likes its your birfday" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEAREBORG4102 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!! :dude: :P :) :bow: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Have a great b-day, Bill! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike 5 Posted March 22, 2004 Â Â Beware of Romulans bearing gifts... Happy Birthday Jim..!! Â Â And Happy Birthday Bill Shatner ..!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sam The Smuggler 1 Posted March 22, 2004 (edited) Happy Birthday To Mr.Shatner. Â It'll Be The Best Of Times And The Worst Of Times. Edited March 22, 2004 by Sam The Smuggler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Goose 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Stardate:214135.6 Â Â Happy Birthday Shatner! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ARMS 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Happy Birthday :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miss Satoire 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Happy Birthday William Shatner.... 37 years and I still have a crush on you... <sigh> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr.Picard 12 Posted March 22, 2004 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. SHATNER!!!!! *yay* :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Bolivar 0 Posted March 22, 2004 Ya but how old is he? All this birthday stuff and nobody mentions his age.... what's up with that? Soon he will be dead... how strange will that be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q stole my bike 0 Posted March 23, 2004 :unsure: :unsure: YAY! Happy B-day! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TransporterMalfunction 1 Posted March 23, 2004 Soon he will be dead... how strange will that be? Such nice sentiments. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shrek 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Happy Birthday! Â :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tina 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Happy B-day Captain Kirk  :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pittykitty 0 Posted March 23, 2004 (edited) Happy Birthday, Mr. Shatner!!!!! Edited March 23, 2004 by pittykitty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack_Bauer 1 Posted March 23, 2004 Happy Birthday to Mr. William Shatner  I just wish he'd stop doing those All-Bran commercials. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
icanreadyourmind 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Happy birthday to the best captain in the fleet! :unsure: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cyphrx 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Best wishes to Star Fleet's Golden Boy. Shatner rocks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheDoctor 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Happy Birthday Mr. Shatner! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Riaan 0 Posted March 23, 2004 :P HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. SHATNER !!! :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Bolivar 0 Posted March 23, 2004 Soon he will be dead... how strange will that be? Such nice sentiments. It's true dang it! The guys probably 79 or something. That's the average age for a male in the states. In the book of Star Trek Generations he knew he'd always die alone (without Spock or McCoy) so I guess Spock will be first to go before Shatner. Too bad for McCoy though. I wish he lived longer, he was such a fine actor in my book. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TransporterMalfunction 1 Posted March 23, 2004 I don't think actors ever die. I am always amazed to watch early films knowing that the entire cast would not be dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
