When the proposed series, Star Trek: Phase II, was cancelled and transformed into a feature film, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Nimoy was convinced to return to the role. The initial plan, for a new TV series, would have featured Spock only in an occasional recurring role as a distant mentor to a new Vulcan character, Xon. The ambivalence continued when Star Trek returned in the late 1970s. It is sequel, I Am Spock (1995), he concludes that role was more positive than not. In his first autobiography, I Am Not Spock (1975), he conducts an internal dialogue between himself and the Spock character in an attempt to explore this dichotomy. Initially appreciative of the opportunities given from playing Spock, he became more ambivalent about the role, blaming it for typecasting. He had frequent television and film appearances throughout the 1960s and 1970s. McCoy as the core of the show and the secret to its success.Īfter Star Trek was cancelled in 1969, he moved to its studio sister show Mission: Impossible, playing secret agent Paris for two seasons. Fans considered the relationship between Nimoy, Shatner and DeForest Kelley's Dr. Throughout the three seasons of the original Star Trek series, Spock was a central character and a friendly rivalry developed between Nimoy and William Shatner over who would get the most lines. Much of the cast was replaced, but series creator Gene Roddenberry fought to keep Nimoy in the role of Spock even after studio execs objected to the character's scary appearance. The pilot was not picked up but NBC ordered a second pilot episode called Where No Man Has Gone Before.
He appeared in the pilot episode, The Cage, and has the distinction of uttering the first line ever recorded for the franchise ("Check the circuit!"). Born in Boston, Nimoy was a veteran of stage and screen before being cast in Star Trek in 1964.
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