Up Till Now

Let’s Make a Deal (TV show), 208

  Liar’s Club (TV show), 203

  L’Idiot (play), 79

  Life magazine, 62

  lifesaving, 260–61

  Lincoln Enterprises, 129, 130

  Lithgow, John, 67–68, 94, 242–43, 289–90

  Little Caesar (film), 191

  Little Shop of Horrors (film), 68

  Loblaw (grocery chain), 191

  Locklear, Heather, 214–15, 217

  Logan, Joshua, 55–56, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65

  Lord, Jack, 119

  Los Angeles, California, 52

  Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), 214

  Los Angeles Times (newspaper), 74

  Lost (TV show), 223

  The Love Boat Fall Preview Party (TV show), 252

  Lucas, George, 235

  “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (song), 41, 336, 339

  Lumet, Sidney, 46

  Lupinacci, Ernest, 196

  Lupino, Ida, 166

  Lust for Life (film), 114

  Lydic, Desi, 297–98

  Lynde, Paul, 203

  Macbeth (Shakespeare), 23

  madness, 160–61

  The Magic Planet (documentary film), 186

  Mandel, Howie, 207

  The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV show), 95, 121

  Mann, Abby, 75, 76

  Mann, Aimee, 338

  Mannix (TV show), 160

  Marcus Welby (TV show), 160

  Margolin, Stuart, 165

  Marlowe, Christopher, 28

  Marshall, E. G., 49

  Martin, Elizabeth Anderson (wife), 118, 240, 276–77, 309–19

  Martin, Mike, 309–10

  Marvin, Lee, 49

  Mason, James, 20

  Masquerade Party (TV show), 203

  Massey, Raymond, 49

  The Matchmaker (play), 61

  Matheson, Richard, 94

  Matthau, Walter, 80, 84–86

  Matt Houston (TV show), 215

  Mayan people, 199

  McCarthy, Joseph, 32, 96

  McClure, Doug, 178

  McDowell, Malcolm, 284, 287

  McGill University (Montreal, Canada), 12, 17, 19, 33, 34, 113

  McMahon, Vince, 251–52

  McQueen, Steve, 49, 92

  media, 128–29, 274–76

  Medical Center (TV show), 160

  Melville, Herman, 41

  memorization, 46–47, 56, 77

  merchandising, 114–16, 123, 129–31, 199–200

  The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare), 28

  Merrick, David, 55–56, 61, 62, 64

  method acting, 19, 24

  Meyer, Nicholas, 225–26

  M-G-M studios, 36, 52–53, 56

  Michaels, Shawn “Heartbreak Kid,” 251

  Miller, Dennis, 250

  Milwaukee Ballet, 86

  Miranda law, 213

  Miss Congeniality (film), 292–93

  Mission: Impossible (TV show), 147, 158, 160, 175

  Mister Roberts (play), 61

  Mitchell, Cameron, 162

  Mitchell, Edgar, 83

  Molière, 46

  Monday Night Football (TV show), 293

  money, 9–10, 17–18, 20, 34–35, 38, 41, 52, 60–61, 74–75, 91–92, 95, 97–98, 112, 138, 140, 141–42, 152, 153–54, 159, 160, 195–98, 225, 303

  Montreal Children Theater, 15

  Morning’s at Seven (play), 61

  Morrow, Vic, 147

  The Most Happy Fella (play), 35–36

  motorcycles, 80–82

  Mountain Playhouse (summer theater), 19, 21

  MTV Movie Awards (TV show), 177–78, 253, 336

  Muni, Paul, 36, 46

  Murphy, Eddie, 103, 222

  My Fair Lady (play), 35

  Star Trek:The Next Generation (TV show), 284

  Star Trek: Phase II (TV movie), 199–202

  Star Trek conventions, 143

  Vincent (play), 137, 147

  Nimoy, Susan, 126–27, 266, 270

  911 emergency response system, 253–60, 273, 276–77

  No Deadly Medicine (TV play), 47

  Nolte, Nick, 171, 222

  North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie), 174

  Norton, Ed, 281

  Nuremberg trials, 75–78

  The Nurses (TV show), 92, 95

  Nuyen, France, 60, 61, 62–64, 65–66, 135, 168

  O’Brian, Hugh, 205

  Odets, Clifford, 16–17

  Oedipus the King (TV play), 44

  Omnibus (TV show), 44, 46

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film), 325

  One Step Beyond (TV show), 43, 82–83

  On the Waterfront (film), 47

  organ donation, 307

  Osborn, Paul, 55–56, 61

  Osgood, Charles, 253

  The Osgood File (radio show), 253

  The Outer Limits (TV show), 88

  The Outlaws (TV show), 92

  The Outrage (film), 190, 299

  Over the Hedge (animated film), 90–91, 170–71

  Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (TV show), 160

  paintball fight, 156–58

  Paisley, Brad, 338

  paramotoring, 156–58

  Paramount Pictures, 199, 200, 221, 225, 227, 231, 284, 287–88

  Parks, Michael, 165–66

  patriotism, 32

  Patterson, Tom, 22

  MySpace page, 205–6, 209

  Mysteries of the God (documentary film), 185

  Naked City (TV show), 92

  narrator role, 252–53

  NASCAR, 9–10

  National Aeronautics and Space

  Administration (NASA), 141, 150, 185–86

  National Enquirer (newspaper), 275–76

  National Safety Council’s First Aid

  Handbook, 280

  NBC television network, 114, 118–19, 131–32, 223

  Nerine Shatner Foundation, 276, 277

  Newland, John, 82, 83

  Newman, Edwin, 159

  Newman, Paul, 49, 56, 92, 190

  New York City, 33, 34, 41, 42

  New York Post (newspaper), 40–41

  New York Times (newspaper), 25, 50, 213, 223, 236, 326

  Nichols, Nichelle, 121, 128, 148, 291

  “Nightmare at 20,000

  Feet” (The Twilight

  Zone episode), 93–94, 290

  The Night of the Auk (TV show), 67

  Nimoy, Leonard, 8, 18, 105, 116, 167, 254, 265

  acting style, 79, 121

  alcoholism, 125–27, 266–67, 270–71

  childhood of, 14

  commercials, 198

  director role, 224, 227–28, 230, 237–39

  finances, 225

  game shows, 204–5

  Mission: Impossible (TV show), 147, 158

  Roddenberry, Gene, 129–30

  Shatner, William and, 123–25, 127, 131, 134–35, 143, 148, 172, 201–2, 227–28, 332

  song writing, 337

  Star Trek (TV show), 119, 120–21, 122, 128–29, 147, 184, 210, 225

  Star Trek:The Next Generation (TV show), 284

  Star Trek: Phase II (TV movie), 199–202

  Star Trek conventions, 143

  Vincent (play), 137, 147

  Nimoy, Susan, 126–27, 266, 270

  911 emergency response system, 253–60, 273, 276–77

  No Deadly Medicine (TV play), 47

  Nolte, Nick, 171, 222

  North Beach and Rawhide (TV movie), 174

  Norton, Ed, 281

  Nuremberg trials, 75–78

  The Nurses (TV show), 92, 95

  Nuyen, France, 60, 61, 62–64, 65–66, 135, 168

  O’Brian, Hugh, 205

  Odets, Clifford, 16–17

  Oedipus the King (TV play), 44

  Omnibus (TV show), 44, 46

  One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (film), 325

  One Step Beyond (TV show), 43, 82–83

  On the Waterfront (film), 47

  organ dona
tion, 307

  Osborn, Paul, 55–56, 61

  Osgood, Charles, 253

  The Osgood File (radio show), 253

  The Outer Limits (TV show), 88

  The Outlaws (TV show), 92

  The Outrage (film), 190, 299

  Over the Hedge (animated film), 90–91, 170–71

  Owen Marshall:Counselor at Law (TV show), 160

  paintball fight, 156–58

  Paisley, Brad, 338

  paramotoring, 156–58

  Paramount Pictures, 199, 200, 221, 225, 227, 231, 284, 287–88

  Parks, Michael, 165–66

  patriotism, 32

  Patterson, Tom, 22

  Patton (film), 161–62

  PBS television network, 67, 161–63

  Perilous Voyage (The Revolution of Antonio

  DeLeon) (TV movie), 165–66, 265

  personal computers, 184–85, 195, 249

  Petrie, Daniel, 43

  Philbin, Regis, 248, 250

  Phillips, Freddy, 123–24

  Phillips, Michelle, 38

  photographic memory, 28

  Pitt, Brad, 232–33

  Playboy (magazine), 167, 316, 317

  Playhouse 90 (TV show), 50, 53, 160

  Play of the Week (TV show), 44

  play writing, 39

  Plummer, Christopher, 24, 25, 44, 67

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 14

  poker, 182–83

  police shows, 211–25

  Police Woman (TV show), 109

  politics, 32

  popular education, science, 184–88

  The Poseidon Adventure (film), 168

  The Practice (TV show), 320–24

  The Premature Burial (film), 74

  Presley, Elvis, 338

  Priceline.com, 6, 195–98, 200, 252, 293, 294, 299, 320, 335

  professional wrestling, 246, 248, 250–52

  prostitution, 38–39, 40

  The Protectors (TV show project), 213. See also T. J. Hooker (TV show) Psycho (film), 94

  psychosis, 160–61

  Quayle, Anthony, 20, 28

  Quinn, Anthony, 114

  quiz shows. See game shows

  race car, 70–72

  race relations, 68, 72–74, 128, 291

  Rains, Claude, 67

  Rand, Gloria (née Clara Rosenberg, wife), 39–41, 42, 43, 50–51, 52, 55, 60, 75, 92, 96, 112, 133, 135–36, 140, 173

  Rashomon (film), 190

  Rath, Don, 296, 300

  Rathbone, Basil, 41–42, 43, 47

  Razzies (Golden Raspberry Awards), 291

  “The Real Slim Shady” (song), 336

  Redford, Robert, 49

  Reece, Gabrielle, 10

  Reed, Robert, 49, 95

  Reeve, Christopher, 175

  Reilly, Charles Nelson, 291

  religion theme, 230–37

  Rescue 911 (TV show), 253–60, 276, 280, 307

  rescue shows, 253–60

  residual payments, 139–40

  Revere, Paul, 174

  Rhino Records, 337

  Rhyme and Reason (TV show), 203

  Rickenbacker, Eddie, 83–84

  Rickles, Don, 252–53

  riding therapy, 110–11, 156

  Ritter, John, 291

  Riverside, Iowa, 294–301

  Robert Herridge Theatre (TV show), 92

  Roberts, Pernell, 254

  Robinson, Edward G., 190, 191, 335

  “Rocket Man” (song), 188–90, 253, 290

  Roddenberry, Gene, 118–20, 121, 122, 124, 128, 129–30, 131, 140–41, 169–70, 184, 199, 201, 225, 231

  Rodgers and Hammerstein, 61

  Rodman, Dennis, 290

  Rogers, Will, 164

  Rollins, Henry, 338

  Roman Candle (play), 19

  Rosenberg, Clara. See Rand, Gloria (née

  Clara Rosenberg, wife)

  Russell, Rosalind, 36

  St. Lawrence River to New York City, 31–33

  St. Louis Post-Dispatch (newspaper), 257

  St. Martin’s Press, 6

  Sajak, Pat, 250

  Sakata, Harold, 101

  Saks, Gene, 80

  Sanders, Harlan, 195

  Shatner, Lisbeth (daughter), 66, 112, 169, 279–80, 283

  Shatner, Marcy (née Marcy Lafferty, wife), 146–47, 163–64, 200, 224, 260–63

  Shatner, Melanie (daughter), 112, 164, 169, 272, 294

  Shatner, Nerine (née Kidd, wife), 3–4, 154–55, 263–78, 279, 281– 3, 289, 301, 309, 313, 331

  Shatner, William, 51–54, 56, 68–70

  acting apprenticeship, 7–8, 12, 15–17, 19–20, 24–28, 47

  acting career, 36–38, 67–68, 78, 94–95, 190–91

  albums

  Common People (ballet and album), 86, 339

  Golden Throats:The Great Celebrity

  Sing Off, 337

  Has Been, 194, 278, 338–40

  The Transformed Man, 139, 188, 196, 242, 252, 335–37, 339

  ancestry of, 6–7

  books

  Get a Life, 144

  Star Trek Memories, 148

  TekLab, 245–46

  TekWar, 193, 245–48, 251

  celebrity, 145–47

  childhood, 6–7, 9, 13–19, 97

  comedy, 21–22, 154–55, 191–92, 241–43

  director role, 223–24, 230–41, 262

  divorces

  Lafferty, Marcy, 262–63

  Rand, Gloria (née Clara Rosenberg, wife), 133, 135–36, 140, 173

  education of, 12, 13–14, 17, 18, 19

  family life, 92, 96, 112, 135–36, 160

  film career, 51–54, 68–70, 94–95, 192

  Airplane II:The Sequel, 241–42, 262

  Alexander the Great, 57, 100, 173

  The Bastard, 174

  Big Bad Mama, 108–10, 111

  The Brothers Karamazov, 51–55, 56

  The Devil’s Rain, 166–67

  Free Enterprise, 83–84, 104

  San Francisco Film Festival, 91

  Sappington, Margo, 340

  Saturday Morning Fairy Tales (radio show), 15

  Saturday Night Live (TV show), 143–44, 197, 242

  Saturn Award, 291

  Sayonara (film), 61

  Schell, Maximilian, 76, 78

  Schlatter, George, 132

  Schnakenberg, Robert E., 280–81

  The School for Wives (TV play), 46

  school integration, 68–69

  science, popular education in, 184–88

  science fiction, 131–32, 184, 188–89, 193, 199, 200

  Science-Fiction Film Awards (TV awards show), 188, 189–90, 196, 253

  Sci-Fi Channel, 240–41

  Scott, George C., 161–63

  The Search for Houdini (TV show), 252

  Secrets of a Married Man (TV movie), 38

  Secrets of the Deep (TV documentary series), 185

  Seligman, Selig J., 98, 99, 100

  Serling, Rod, 27, 93, 94

  The Seven Year Itch (play), 19

  sexuality, Shatner, William, 145, 167

  Shakespeare, William, 23, 24–25, 336

  Shame (The Intruder (film)), 74

  Shandling, Garry, 171

  Shapiro, Arnold, 188, 253–54

  Shatner, Ann (mother), 12–13, 143

  Shatner, Elizabeth (née Elizabeth

  Anderson Martin, wife), 118, 240, 276–77, 309–19

  Shatner, Gloria (née Clara Rosenberg,

  Gloria Rand, wife), 39–41, 42, 43, 50–51, 52, 55, 60, 75, 92, 96, 112, 133, 135–36, 140, 173

  Shatner, Joseph (father), 8, 9, 13, 18–19, 22, 23, 52, 112, 133–34, 136, 153–54, 174–75, 259

  Shatner, Joy (sister), 143

  Shatner, Leslie (daughter), 112, 151, 156, 169

  Groom Lake, 117–18, 237–41

  Impulse (Want a Ride, Little Girl?), 101–2, 166, 167

  Incubus, 66, 88–91, 191

  The Intruder, 68–74

  Judgment at Nurembe
rg, 75–78

  The Kidnapping of the President, 171

  The King and I, 54

  Kingdom of the Spiders, 107–8, 262

  The Magic Planet (documentary), 186

  Miss Congeniality, 292–93

  Mysteries of the God (documentary), 185

  The Outrage, 190, 299

  Over the Hedge (animated), 170–71

  The Shiva Club, 155, 210

  Shoot or Be Shot, 293

  Star Trek (animated), 170, 171–72

  Star Trek: Generations, 174

  Star Trek:The Motion Picture, 225–26, 262

  Star Trek II:The Wrath of Khan, 226, 291

  Star Trek III:The Search for Spock, 126, 225–28

  Star Trek IV:The Voyage Home, 229–30

  Star Trek V:The Final Frontier, 225, 230–37, 247

  Universe (animated documentary), 185–86

  White Comanche, 104–5, 173–74, 184

  The Wild (animated), 170

  finances of, 9–10, 17–18, 20, 34–35, 38, 41, 52, 60–61, 74–75, 91–92, 95, 97–98, 112, 138, 140, 141–42, 152, 153–54, 159, 160, 195–98, 225, 303

  health of, 225–28, 285, 308–9

  horses, 110–11, 156, 172–77, 259, 263, 285, 301–3

  life lessons, 181–83

  marriages

  Kidd, Nerine, 3–4, 154–55, 263–78, 279, 281–83, 289, 301, 309, 313, 331

  Lafferty, Marcy, 163–64, 200, 224, 260–62

  Martin, Elizabeth, 118, 240, 276–77, 309–19

  Rand, Gloria, 39–41, 42, 43, 50–51, 52, 55, 60, 75, 92, 96, 112

  Nimoy, Leonard and, 123–25, 127, 131, 134–35, 143, 148, 172, 201–2, 227–28, 332

  personality of, 21–22, 57, 148–49, 154–56, 164, 168–69, 191–92, 241–43, 282–84, 301–2, 314–18, 339–42

  reviews, 50, 54–55, 122–23, 139, 179, 188, 213, 236, 301, 338

  Roddenberry, Gene, 130

  roles of, 1–2, 92, 94–95, 161

  science, popular education in, 184–88

  sexuality, 145

  song writing and singing career, 3, 15, 138–39, 177, 188–90, 253, 278, 335–40

  speech pattern, 78–79

  stage career, 55–56, 79–80, 190–92

  Arsenic and Old Lace, 159–60

  The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky), 51–55, 56, 69

  Dreams, 39

  Henry V (Shakespeare), 24–27, 44

  The Hyphen, 113–14

  Julius Caesar (Shakespeare), 28

  The Merchant of Venice

  (Shakespeare), 28

  A Shot in the Dark, 79–80, 84–86

  Tamburlaine the Great (Marlowe), 28, 35–36, 68, 161

  The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare), 28

  There’s a Girl in My Soup, 159

  Waiting for Lefty, 16–17, 47, 80

  The World of Suzie Wong, 56, 60–65, 66–68

  Star Trek conventions, 139–45, 192–93, 242

  television career, 92, 94–95, 192

  Alcoa Theatre (TV show), 92

  Alexander the Great (TV show), 98–100, 113

  television career (continued)

  Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV show), 43, 92

  Alien Fire (TV movie), 240–41