SEATTLE – James M. Doohan, the actor who played Scotty on “Star Trek,” has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, his agent confirmed Tuesday.
Doohan, 84, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s “within the last couple months,” agent Steven Stevens said. He said Doohan is in the beginning stages of the disease.
Doohan, who lives in Redmond, also has suffered for some time with Parkinson’s disease, diabetes and fibrosis due to chemical exposure during World War II and the D-Day invasion in France, said Stevens, of Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Stevens said he last saw Doohan in January in Los Angeles when the actor made a cameo appearance in the upcoming horror film, “Skinwalker: Curse of the Shaman.”
“He didn’t have any energy and he seemed very frail. But as soon as they yelled ‘Action,’ he was the same old feisty Scotty,” said Stevens, who has represented Doohan for the past 28 years.
Doohan was born March 3, 1920, in Vancouver, B.C. His career spans more than 50 years, but he is best known for his role as the USS Enterprise’s affable chief engineer, Cmdr. Montgomery Scott, in the original 1966-69 “Star Trek” TV series.
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