A few things others and also a few things I’ve noticed about De Kelley in any role he plays:
1. He’s always bouncing
2. He bats his eyes
3. The way he tilts his head to one side
4. The little cute smirk thing he does
5. He has one leg hiked up
6. The cute little I guess nervous tic thing he does with his mouth, especially when he’s playing Dr. McCoy
7. At times he has nervous hands
8. The way he raises both eyebrows when talking.
9. He has a certain sway when he walks
10. The way he turns his head to look at something or someone.
11. The way he stares.
I’m sure there’s more but those are the few things I can think of off the top of my head.
Great post. Love everyone’s lists!
Here’s mine:
When he crosses his arms against his chest, one hand has two fingers on the other arm (rather than four like I think most people). Being the DeForest-obsessive person I am, I started doing this as a kid to emulate him.
De pats or holds his stomach. He does this in real life too.
His inclination to mispronounce words (the name of the monster in “A Private Little War” was changed from Gumato to Mugato because De couldn’t say Gumato correctly).
He once said “akkerit” for “accurate”, but that’s a Southern accent thing (Andy Griffith said the same word on his show).
De looking awesome in white jeans at a Star Trek convention in the early 80’s.
See this young fan a bit unfocused on her job of “protecting” De? I did the same thing.
I was a volunteer at a different convention and one of my positions was crowd control in front of the stage as De came out. OMG!
First of all, I was just 15 years old… who was I going to control? Secondly, like this fan above, I kept turning away from the crowd to stare in awe at De as he stood just 10 feet from me. When I looked around, all the “crowd control” volunteers were doing the same.
Thankfully, the audience got out of their seats only to give De a standing ovation. This was during a convention in the late 1970’s. We were all very respectful and just amazed to be in the same room with the Star Trek cast. It was a blast!!!
De, Nichelle, Leonard, George, Walter and Matt Jeffries (Star Trek series Production Designer— who designed the Enterprise) on De’s right at an early Star Trek convention.
