Gary Coleman

In 2004, Coleman played a supporting role in the controversial computer game Postal 2 by Running With Scissors, Inc. Doohan currently lives in Redmond, Washington. Coleman placed 8th in a field of 135 candidates, receiving 14,242 votes. Doohan has four children with Janet Young (married 1949;divorced 1964) and three children with his current wife Wende (married 1975). After Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy, Coleman stated that he would be voting for Schwarzenegger. He was immortalised with a star in Hollywood's Walk of Fame on August 31 of the same year. This campaign was coordinated by the free news weekly the East Bay Express. In 2004, Doohan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

Coleman was a candidate for governor in the 2003 California recall election. Doohan suffers from Parkinson's disease, diabetes and lung fibrosis. He was ordered to pay bus driver Tracy Fields $1,665 for hospital bills resulting from a fight, stemming from an attempt by Fields to get Coleman's autograph whilst he shopping for a bulletproof vest in a California mall.[1] (http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,3385,00.html) Coleman said he felt "threatened by her insistence" and punched her in the head. Because of this the Milwaukee School of Engineering granted Doohan an honorary degree in engineering. Coleman appeared in court on November 2, 2000, charged with assault. Scotty's exploits as the redoubtable Chief Engineer aboard the Enterprise inspired many students to pursue a career in engineering. As with Knight Rider, Rubik's Cube, Care Bears and other artifacts from the early 1980s, Coleman's popularity coincided with the childhood of a particularly productive demographic of internet users, and he is, as of 2004, a minor cult figure. Stirling:.

He occasionally appears in cameo roles, most of which refer to his earlier acting career. Doohan collaborated on a series of three science fiction novels with S.M. In 2001 he was employed as a shopping mall security guard in the Los Angeles area (a video of him trying to stop a vehicle from entering a compound while the driver ridiculed him was a popular Internet meme). Over the next 20 years, other linguists expanded Klingon into a full language of its own. Despite this, Coleman filed for bankruptcy in 1999. A little-known fact about Doohan is that he is also a linguist, and devised the Vulcan and Klingon language dialogue heard in Star Trek: The Motion Picture. He briefly owned a video game arcade in Fisherman's Village in Marina del Rey, near Santa Monica, California. When the Star Trek franchise was revived, Doohan could once again work as an actor.

Coleman famously sued his own parents over misappropriation of his $3.8 million trust fund, and won a $1,280,000 ruling on February 23, 1993. He was able to support himself off of personal appearances. As he grew older, however, he fell from public favour and, after the cancellation of Diff'rent Strokes, his acting career declined sharply; his career path was common to many child stars and other icons of the period, such as Mr T and Henry Winkler. After the series ended, Doohan found himself typecast and had a hard time getting other acting roles. At the height of his fame on Diff'rent Strokes, Coleman earned $70,000 per episode. In later years he would revisit this casting process at Star Trek conventions, demonstrating a variety of possible engineer voices and characters. During the run of the show Coleman was a popular figure, starring in a number of feature films and made-for-TV movies including On the Right Track, and The Kid With the Broken Halo. Doohan acknowledged that he believed "all the world's best engineers have been Scottish." So, Doohan was cast as the Chief Engineer of the Starship Enterprise, Montgomery Scott.

Coleman has had two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984, and requires constant dialysis. Roddenberry asked Doohan which one he liked the best. Coleman was born with a congenital kidney defect known as nephritis, which halted his growth at an early age, leading to a notably small stature (4' 8") which became his most distinguishing feature. When he auditioned for Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, Doohan did several different accents. He was particularly famous for his catch phrase, "Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?", delivered to his character's older brother Willis Jackson. Doohan always had a gift for using foreign accents. Born in Zion, Illinois, Coleman is most famous for the role of Arnold Jackson on the Diff'rent Strokes, an American sitcom which ran on NBC from 1978 to 1986. Returning from the war, Doohan started his acting career with a radio show appearance on January 12, 1946.

Gary Coleman (born February 8, 1968) is an American actor. In the battle, he lost the middle finger of his right hand. Another popular internet Meme; a photograph of Gary Coleman and David Hasselhoff (http://www.february-7.com/warehouse/knightrider&arnoldjackson.jpg). During World War II, he participated in the invasion of Juno Beach on D-Day as a captain with the Royal Canadian Artillery. Coleman on the Internet Movie Database (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171041/). Doohan was born in Vancouver, British Columbia; his family later moved to Sarnia, Ontario where he attended high school at "SCITS," Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School and excelled in math and science. CNN's take on Coleman's 2003 candidacy for the governorship of California (http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/06/candidate.coleman/). James Montgomery Doohan (born March 3, 1920) is a Canadian actor and linguist best known for his portrayal of "Scotty" in the television and movie series Star Trek.

When asked by Howard Stern if he has had oral sex, Coleman said: "No! That's not a place for a young woman's face to be.". The Independent Command (2000). The Privateer (1999). The Rising (1996).