Mission Log Podcast

DeForest Kelley appeared in Gene scripts in Boots and Saddles, Shannon, and the unsold legal drama pilot 333 Montgomery. It’s obvious Gene was a DeForest Kelley fan. In this supplemental episode, we welcome another DeForest Kelley fan, Trek Files host Larry Nemecek, to explore the long friendship between an actor and a writer whose work together would lead to an iconic Star Trek character.

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Hosted by Earl Green and Ashley Thomas. Special Guest: Larry Nemecek.

Pictured above, left to right: Gene Roddenberry, DeForest Kelley, Jake Ehrlich, 1960 publicity photo for the “333 Montgomery” pilot.

The rediscovered pitch reel: