William Shatner

Buch Informationen

• Datum: 2013-09
• Seitenzahl: 26
• Sprache: en
• ISBN-10:1230781153
• ISBN-13:9781230781150

Beschreibung

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Aftermath with William Shatner, A Twist in the Tale (TV series), Flick Flack, Free Enterprise (film), How William Shatner Changed the World, Invasion Iowa, James T. Kirk, Secrets of a Married Man, Shatner's Raw Nerve, T. J. Hooker, Weird or What?, William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, William Shatner's musical career. Excerpt: William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, author, and film director. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek from 1966 to 1969, Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk and being a part of Star Trek, and has co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe. He has also authored a series of science fiction novels called TekWar that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker from 1982 to 1986. Afterwards, he hosted the reality-based television series, Rescue 911 from 1989 to 1996, which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. He has since worked as a musician, author, producer, director and celebrity pitchman. From 2004 to 2008, he starred as attorney Denny Crane in the television dramas The Practice and its spin-off Boston Legal for which he won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Shatner was born on March 22, 1931, in the Cote Saint-Luc neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, the son of Anne (nee Garmaise) and Joseph Shatner, a clothing manufacturer. He has two sisters, Joy and Farla. His paternal grandfather, Wolf Schattner, anglicized the family name to "Shatner." All... (Source: Google Boooks API)