Holy CRAP! All this time, I never knew,

[shortylickens]

James Doohan was missing a finger.

 

[PlasmaBomb]

James Doohan was missing a finger.

Do you know the story behind it?

His first combat was the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers, Doohan led his men to higher ground through a field of anti-tank mines, where they took defensive positions for the night. Crossing between command posts at 11:30 that night, Doohan was hit by six rounds fired from a Bren gun by a nervous Canadian sentry: four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his right middle finger. The bullet to his chest was stopped by a silver cigarette case. His right middle finger had to be amputated, something he would conceal during his career as an actor.

Wiki

 

[edro]

 

[rasczak]

Do you know the story behind it?



Wiki

damn that's fucked up.

 

[GundamW]

LOL.
Oh, my...

 

[SearchMaster]

How does he survive in traffic?

 

[Fritzo]

He's doing the Live Long part, but missing the Prosper.

 

[ElFenix]

is the doohan going to be added to the teaser please rocker spocker shocker thing?

 

[silverpig]

My wife and I are watching the old TOS episodes now. He hides it but there are some scenes where it is awkward. In one season 1 episode, Scottie is crawling through a jeffries tube and has to do some repairs. He carries all the stuff in his right hand and awkwardly does the repairs with only his left hand. It's not something you'd really notice if you weren't looking for it.

 

[Lithium381]

He's doing the Live Long part, but missing the Prosper.

shocker....

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

It's also apparent in Star Trek V.

 

[SunnyD]

It's also apparent in Star Trek V.

I see what you did there... :whiste:

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

I see what you did there... :whiste:

No, seriously, at the begining of the movie when he's on the bridge with Uhura there's a scene where you can see that he is missing a finger.
You can also see it in Trouble with Tribbles when he's got the arm full of tribbles.

 

[Ichinisan]

I had no idea.

 

[Kadarin]

How does he survive in traffic?

I think that ship has sailed...

 

[JPS35]

I think Doohan is missing more than just his finger right now...

 

[lupi]

when watching his stuff I always tried looking for it but never really noticeable until one of his last ST movies.

 

[dennilfloss]

And Lee Van Cliff also missed the tip of one finger. You can clearly see this in the Mexican standoff at the end of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

 

[silverpig]

And Lee Van Cliff also missed the tip of one finger. You can clearly see this in the Mexican standoff at the end of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

While we're on the train of bringing random people's amputations into a James Doohan thread, I heard this rumour about John Bobbitt...

 

[Jadow]

i didnt know that until I had the chance to get his autograph about 20 years ago, saw his stubs up close, he was missing more than 1

 

[Locut0s]

While we're on the train of bringing random people's amputations into a James Doohan thread, I heard this rumour about John Bobbitt...

But Bobbitt never apeared in any fil... oh wait never mind.

 

[Locut0s]

RIP Scotty. Surprised no one has said so yet.

 

[Born2bwire]

And Lee Van Cliff also missed the tip of one finger. You can clearly see this in the Mexican standoff at the end of The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.

Yeah, I was going to mention this too. I only realized it when I rewatched the scene a few weeks ago when it was posted here on ATOT.

 

[Locut0s]

i didnt know that until I had the chance to get his autograph about 20 years ago, saw his stubs up close, he was missing more than 1

I know It's been asked before but just what is that in your avatar?

 

[zinfamous]

wth? Scotty was in the invasion of Normandy? rock on.


Garcia was also missing a finger. Lost in a wood-chopping incident with his brother when they were kids. pretty badass for one of the greatest guitarists ever.