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<\/a>It’s should be no secret that I’m a life long Trekker from the original series through the original cast movies, the new generation spinoffs, the nextgen movies and even the controversial (among Trekkies, anyway) JJ Abrams reboot.\u00a0 Leonard Nimoy and his portrayal of Mr. Spock was a part of all of them.<\/p>\nHe was not always comfortable being so closely identified with Spock; being typecast can ruin an actor’s career. His first autobiography, in 1977, was titled, I Am Not Spock<\/span>. His second, in 1995, was titled, I Am Spock<\/span>.\u00a0 Between the two, he made peace with the enigmatic alien he had created and would continue to portray on film until as recently as 2013.<\/p>\n In addition to his perpetual portrayal of Spock, he narrated the popular “In Search Of…” TV series, directed “Three Men and a Baby”\u00a0and two original cast Star Trek movies (One odd numbered, one even. Trekkers will know the significance of that.) He played Teyve on stage in “Fiddler on the Roof” and Mel Mermelstein\u00a0, the man who took Holocaust deniers to court and won, in “Never Forget”.\u00a0Casual fans\u00a0often confused the titles of Mr. Spock and Dr. Spock but may not have realized that Dr. Nimoy held an honorary PhD. from Antioch University, his Masters Degree Alma Mater.<\/p>\n Nimoy wrote free verse poetry that he\u00a0published\u00a0along with his photography.\u00a0 He also sang badly but with great enthusiasm.\u00a0His “Ballad of Bilbo Baggins” is something of a cult classic combining the nerd realms of Star Trek and The Hobbit all in one vintage 60s psychedelic performance.<\/p>\n<\/a>When Star Trek came along in 1966, Nimoy, an army veteran,\u00a0had already been acting for 15 years,\u00a0had dozens of acting credits including many memorable 50s and 60s TV series, and was teaching Method acting in his own studio.\u00a0\u00a0But it is his almost 50 years of recurring roles as the half-human, half-alien Science Officer of the starship Enterprise for which he will always be remembered the best.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>