# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-doohan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:32.518Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-doohan"
name: "James Doohan"
slug: "james-doohan"
description: "James Montgomery Doohan was a Canadian actor, best known for his role as Montgomery \"Scotty\" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. Doohan's characterization of the Scottish chief engineer of the Starship Enterprise has become one of the most recognizable elements in the Star Trek franchise, and inspired many fans to pursue careers in engineering and other technical fields. He also made contributions behind the scenes, such as the initial development of the Klingon and Vulcan languages."
tagline: "Canadian actor (1920–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Doohan_Scotty_Star_Trek.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1920-03-03"
deathDate: "2005-07-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump