Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy
Born Leonard Simon Nimoy
March 26, 1931 (1931-03-26) (age 79)
, U.S.
Occupation Actor, film director, poet, photographer, singer, songwriter
Years active 1951–present
Spouse Sandra Zober (1954–1987)
Susan Bay (1988–present)

Leonard Simon Nimoy (pronounced /ˈniːmɔɪ/, NEE-moy; born March 26, 1931) is an American actor, film director, poet, musician, and photographer. Nimoy's fame rests on his playing the role of Spock in the original Star Trek series 1966-1969, as well as reprising the role in various film, television and video game sequels.

Nimoy began his career in his early twenties, teaching acting classes in Hollywood and making minor film and television appearances through the 1950s, as well as playing the title role to Kid Monk Baroni. In 1953, he served in the United States Army. In 1965, he made his first appearance in the rejected Star Trek pilot, "The Cage", and would go on to play the character until 1969, followed by seven further films and a number of guest slots in various sequels. His character of Spock generated a significant cultural impact and three Emmy Award nominations; TV Guide named Spock one of the 50 greatest TV characters.[1][2] Nimoy also had a recurring role in Mission: Impossible and a narrating role in Civilization IV, as well as several well-received stage appearances.

Nimoy's fame as Spock is to such an extent that both his autobiographies, I Am Not Spock (1975) and I Am Spock (1995) detail his existence as being shared between the character and himself.[3][4]

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Early life

Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Iziaslav, Ukraine.[5][6][7][8] His father, Max Nimoy, owned a barbershop in the Mattapan section of the city. His mother, Dora Nimoy (née Spinner), was a homemaker.[9][10] Nimoy began acting at the age of eight in children's and neighborhood theater. His parents wanted him to attend college and pursue a stable career, or even learn to play the accordion—which, his father advised, Nimoy could always make a living with—but his grandfather encouraged him to become an actor.[11] His first major role was at 17, as Ralphie in an amateur production of Clifford Odets' Awake and Sing.[12] Nimoy took Drama classes at Boston College in 1953 but failed to complete his studies,[13] and in the 1970s studied photography at the University of California, Los Angeles.[11] He has an MA in Education and an honorary doctorate from Antioch University in Ohio.[14]

Nimoy served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army from 1953 through 1955,[15] alongside fellow actor Ken Berry.

Career

Stage and screen

Nimoy's film and television acting career began in 1951. But after receiving the title role in the 1952 film Kid Monk Baroni, a story about a street punk turned professional boxer, he spent most of the rest of his early career playing small parts in B movies, TV shows such as Dragnet, and serials such as Republic Pictures' Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952). This included more than fifty movies or television shows.

He played an Army sergeant in the 1954 Sci Fi thriller, Them!, and had a role in The Balcony (1963), a film adaptation of the Jean Genet play.

On television Nimoy appeared as Sonarman in two episodes of the 1957–1958 syndicated military drama, The Silent Service, based on actual events of the submarine section of the United States Navy. He had guest roles in the Sea Hunt series from 1958 to 1960 and had a minor role in The Twilight Zone episode "A Quality of Mercy" in 1961. He also appeared in Highway Patrol. Throughout the 1960s Nimoy appeared in a number of other TV series including Bonanza (1960), Two Faces West (1961), The Untouchables (1962), The Eleventh Hour (1962), Combat! (1963, 1965), Perry Mason (1963), The Outer Limits (1964), The Virginian (1965) and Get Smart (1966). He appeared again in the 1995 Outer Limits, again in the episode "I, Robot".

Nimoy as Spock

Nimoy and William Shatner first worked together in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., "The Project Strigas Affair" (1964). Their characters were from either side of the Iron Curtain, though with his saturnine looks, Nimoy was predictably the villain, with Shatner playing a reluctant U.N.C.L.E. recruit.

Nimoy first worked with DeForest Kelley in an episode of The Virginian from season two titled "Man of Violence", with Kelley as the doctor and Nimoy as the patient.

Star Trek

Nimoy's greatest prominence came from his role in the original Star Trek series, as the half-Vulcan, half-human Spock. Nimoy formed a long-standing friendship with Shatner, who portrayed his commanding officer. The series ran from 1966 to 1969, and Nimoy earned three Emmy acting nominations for his work.

He went on to reprise Spock's character in a voice-over role in Star Trek: The Animated Series, in two episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and in six Star Trek motion pictures featuring the original cast. He played an older Spock in the 2009 Star Trek movie directed by J. J. Abrams.

Spock gave his Vulcan salute whenever greeting crew members, and it became a recognized symbol of the show identified with him. Nimoy created the sign himself from his childhood memories of the way rabbis held their hand when giving blessings. During an interview, he translated the biblical blessing which accompanied the sign[16] and described it during a public lecture:[17]

May the Lord bless and keep you and may the Lord cause his countenance to shine upon you. May the Lord be gracious unto you and grant you peace.

Nimoy was asked to read the verses as part of his narration for Civilization IV (as the blurb read out upon "discovering" the technology Priesthood).

After Star Trek's Cancellation

Following the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969, Nimoy immediately joined the cast of the spy series Mission: Impossible, which was seeking a replacement for Martin Landau. Nimoy was cast as an IMF agent who was an ex-magician and make-up expert, 'The Amazing Paris'. He played the role from 1969 to 1971, on the fourth and fifth seasons of the show.

Nimoy in 1972

He co-starred with Yul Brynner and Richard Crenna in the Western movie Catlow (1971). Nimoy appeared in various made for television films such as Assault on the Wayne (1970), Baffled (1972), The Alpha Caper (1973), The Missing Are Deadly (1974), Seizure: The Story Of Kathy Morris (1980), and Marco Polo (1982). He received an Emmy award nomination for best supporting actor for the TV film A Woman Called Golda (1982). He also had roles in Night Gallery (1972) and Columbo (1973) where he played a murderous doctor who was one of the few criminals to whom Columbo became angry.

In the late 1970s, he hosted and narrated the television series In Search of..., which investigated paranormal or unexplained events or subjects. He also has a memorable character part as a psychiatrist in Philip Kaufman's remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

It was during this time that Nimoy won acclaim for a series of stage roles as well. He appeared in such plays as Vincent, Fiddler on the Roof, The Man in the Glass Booth, Oliver!, Six Rms Riv Vu, Full Circle, Camelot, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The King And I, Caligula, The Four Poster, Twelfth Night, Sherlock Holmes, Equus and My Fair Lady.

Star Trek Films

Nimoy signing autographs at a Star Trek convention, c. 1980

When a new Star Trek series was planned in the late 1970s, Nimoy was to be in only two out of every eleven episodes, but when the show was elevated to a feature film, he agreed to reprise his role. After directing a few television show episodes, Nimoy started film directing in 1984 with the third installment of the film series. Nimoy would go on to direct the second most successful film (critically and financially) in the franchise to date after the 2009 Star Trek film, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and move beyond the Trek universe with Three Men and a Baby, the highest grossing film of 1987. At a press conference promoting the 2009 Star Trek movie, Nimoy made it clear that he had no further plans or ambition to direct.

“ No. No, I'm done with all that, thank you. I never set out to be a director. After Spock had died, sort of, in Star Trek II, they brought me in for a meeting and asked if I'd like to be involved in Star Trek III, in the making of it, and I had been told that I should be directing. I took it as an insult because I thought, "what's wrong with my acting?" But I thought maybe now I should do that and I said I'd like to direct the movie, and I suddenly found myself with a directing career which I had enjoyed and I had enough of it. I directed I think five or six films — I had a good time.[18] ”

Other Work After Star Trek

In 1978, Nimoy played Dr. David Kibner in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. He also did occasional work as a voice actor in animated feature films, including the character of Galvatron in The Transformers: The Movie in 1986.

In 1991, Nimoy teamed up with Robert B. Radnitz to produce a movie for TNT about a pro bono publico lawsuit brought by public interest attorney William John Cox on behalf of Mel Mermelstein, an Auschwitz survivor, against a group of organizations engaged in Holocaust denial. Nimoy also played the Mermelstein role and believes: "If every project brought me the same sense of fulfillment that Never Forget did, I would truly be in paradise."[19]

Nimoy performed as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in The Pagemaster in 1994. In 1998, he had a leading role as Mustapha Mond in the made-for-television production of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.

Starting in 1994, Nimoy began to narrate the Ancient Mysteries series on A&E including "The Sacred Water of Lourdes" and "The Last Days of the Romanovs". He also appeared in advertising in the United Kingdom for the computer company Time Computers in the late 1990s. He had a central role in Brave New World, a 1998 TV-movie version of Aldous Huxley's novel where he played a character reminiscent of Spock in his philosophical balancing of unpredictable human qualities with the need for control. Nimoy has also appeared in several popular television series — including Futurama and The Simpsons — as both himself and Spock.

Nimoy appeared in Hearts of Space program number 142 - "Whales alive."

In 1999, he voiced the narration of the English version of the Sega Dreamcast game Seaman and promoted Y2K educational films.[20]

In 2003, he announced his retirement from acting to concentrate on photography, but subsequently appeared in several television commercials with William Shatner for Priceline.com. He appeared in a commercial for Aleve, an arthritis pain medication, which aired during the 2006 Super Bowl.

Nimoy provided a comprehensive series of voiceovers for the 2005 computer game Civilization IV. He did the TV series Next Wave where he interviewed people about technology. He is the host in the documentary film The Once and Future Griffith Observatory currently running in the Leonard Nimoy Event Horizon Theater located at the recently reopened Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California.

In January 2007, he granted an interview to Fat Free Film, where he discussed his early career and the benefits of being typecast.[21]

Nimoy was given casting approval over who would play the young Spock in the newest film.[22]

On January 6, 2009, he was interviewed by William Shatner on Biography Channel's Shatner's Raw Nerve.

In May 2009, he made an appearance as the mysterious Dr. William Bell in the season finale of Fringe, which explores the existence of a parallel universe. Nimoy returned as Dr. Bell in the autumn for an extended arc, and according to Roberto Orci, co-creator of Fringe, Bell will be "the beginning of the answers to even bigger questions."[23][24] This choice led one reviewer to question if Fringe's plot might be a homage to the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror", which featured an alternate reality "Mirror Universe" concept and an evil version of Spock distinguished by a goatee.[25]

The handprints of Leonard Nimoy in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park

On the May 9, 2009 episode of Saturday Night Live, Nimoy appeared as a surprise guest on the skit "Weekend Update". During a mock interview, Nimoy called old Trekkies who did not like the new movie "dickheads". In the 2009 Star Trek movie, he plays the older Spock from the original Star Trek timeline; Zachary Quinto meanwhile, portrays the young Spock.

Starring with Will Ferrell in the TV-based movie Land of the Lost in June 2009, he voiced the part of "The Zarn", an Altrusian.

Nimoy is also a frequent and popular reader for "Selected Shorts", an ongoing series of programs at Symphony Space in New York City (that also tours around the country) which features actors, and sometimes authors, reading works of short fiction. The programs are broadcast on radio and available on websites through Public Radio International, National Public Radio and WNYC radio. Nimoy was honored by Symphony Space with the renaming of the Thalia Theater as the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater.

Nimoy has also provided voiceovers for the Star Trek Online massively multiplayer online game, released in February 2010,[26] as well as for Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep as the villainous Master Xehanort.

Retirement

In April 2010, Nimoy announced plans to retire from acting after 60 years in the movie business, citing both his advanced age and giving Zachary Quinto the opportunity to enjoy full media attention with the Spock character.[27] He gave his final performance for the Square-Enix video game, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep as Master Xehanort.

Photography

Nimoy's interest in photography began in childhood; he still owns a camera which he rebuilt at the age of 13. His photography studies at UCLA occurred after Star Trek and Mission: Impossible, when Nimoy seriously considered changing careers. His work is exhibited at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Massachusetts.[11]

Literary works

Nimoy has written two autobiographies. The first was called I Am Not Spock (1977) and was controversial, as many fans incorrectly assumed that Nimoy was distancing himself from the Spock character. In the book, Nimoy conducts dialogues between himself and Spock. The contents of this first autobiography also touched on a self-proclaimed "identity crisis" that seemed to haunt Nimoy throughout his career. It also related to an apparent love/hate relationship with the character of Spock and the Trek franchise.

“ I went through a definite identity crisis. The question was whether to embrace Mr. Spock or to fight the onslaught of public interest. I realize now that I really had no choice in the matter. Spock and Star Trek were very much alive and there wasn’t anything that I could do to change that.[28] ”

His second autobiography was I Am Spock (1995), communicating that he finally realized his years of portraying the Spock character had led to a much greater identification between the fictional character and himself. Nimoy had much input into how Spock would act in certain situations, and conversely, Nimoy's contemplation of how Spock acted gave him cause to think about things in a way that he never would have thought if he had not portrayed the character. As such, in this autobiography Nimoy maintains that in some meaningful sense he has merged with Spock while at the same time maintaining the distance between fact and fiction.

Nimoy has also written several volumes of poetry, some published along with a number of his photographs. His latest effort is titled A Lifetime of Love: Poems on the Passages of Life (2002). His poetry can be found in the Contemporary Poets index of The HyperTexts.[29] In the mid-1970s Nimoy wrote and starred in a one man play called Vincent based on the play Van Gogh by Phillip Stephens.

In 1995, Nimoy was involved in the production of Primortals, a comic book series published by Tekno Comix that involved a first contact situation with aliens, which had arisen from a discussion between Isaac Asimov and he. There was a novelization by Steve Perry.

Music career

During and following Star Trek, Nimoy also released five albums of vocal recordings on Dot Records,[30] including Trek-related songs such as "Highly Illogical", and cover versions of popular tunes, such as "Proud Mary". In regards to how his recording career got started, he stated:[31]

Charles Grean of Dot Records had arranged with the studio to do an album of space music based on music from Star Trek, and he has a teenage daughter who's a fan of the show and a fan of Mr. Spock. She said, 'Well, if you're going to do an album of music from Star Trek, then Mr. Spock should be on the album.' So Dot contacted me and asked me if I would be interested in either speaking or singing on the record. I said I was very interested in doing both. ...That was the first album we did, which was called Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space. It was very well-received and successful enough that Dot then approached me and asked me to sign a long-term contract.
—Leonard Nimoy, Madenwine webite

The albums were popular and resulted in numerous live appearances and promotional record signings that attracted crowds of fans in the thousands. The early recordings were produced by Charles Grean, who may be best known for his version of "Quentin's Theme" from the mid-sixties goth soap opera Dark Shadows. These recordings are generally regarded as unintentionally camp, though his tongue-in-cheek performance of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" received a fair amount of airplay when Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings films were released.

In addition to his own music career he directed a 1985 music video for The Bangles' "Going Down to Liverpool". He makes a brief cameo appearance in the video as their driver. This came about because his son Adam Nimoy (now a frequent television director) was a friend of Bangles lead singer Susanna Hoffs from college. He released a version of Johnny Cash's song "I Walk the Line".

Nimoy's voice appeared in sampled form on a song by the pop band Information Society in the late Eighties. The song, "What's On Your Mind? (Pure Energy)" (released in 1988), reached #3 on the US Pop charts, and #1 on Dance charts. The group's self-titled LP contains several other samples from the original Star Trek television series.

Personal life

Nimoy has long been active in the Jewish community, and he can speak and read Yiddish. In 1997, he narrated the documentary A Life Apart: Hasidism in America, about the various sects of Hasidic Orthodox Jews. In October 2002, Nimoy published The Shekhina Project, a photographic study exploring the feminine aspect of God's presence, inspired by Kabbalah.

Nimoy has been married twice. In 1954, he married actress Sandra Zober, whom he divorced in 1987.[11] He had two children with her, director Adam Nimoy and Julie Nimoy, who both appeared in an Oldsmobile commercial, with the tagline "This is not your father's Oldsmobile". In 1988, he married actress Susan Bay, who is a cousin of director Michael Bay.[32]

In a 2001 DVD, Nimoy revealed that he became an alcoholic while working on Star Trek and ended up in rehab.[33] Also in William Shatner's 2008 book Up Till Now: The Autobiography, Shatner speaks about how later in their lives Nimoy tried to help Shatner's alcoholic wife.

Nimoy still has the last pair of Spock's ears he wore on the series, as a memento. He has said that the character of Spock, which he played twelve to fourteen hours a day, five days a week, influenced his personality in private life. Each weekend during the original run of the series, he would be in character throughout Saturday and into Sunday, behaving more like Spock than himself - more logical, more rational, more thoughtful, less emotional and finding a calm in every situation. It was only on Sunday in the early afternoon that Spock's influence on his behavior would fade off and he would feel more himself again - only to start the cycle over Monday morning.[34]

Nimoy also introduced the Vulcan nerve pinch in an early Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within".[35] Initially, Spock was supposed to knock out an evil Kirk in the Engineering room by striking him on the back of the head. Nimoy felt that the action was not in keeping with the nature of Spock's character, so he suggested the "pinch" as a non-violent alternative, suggesting that Vulcans have the ability to emit energy from their fingertips, which, if applied to the correct nerve cluster, could render a human unconscious.[35] Nimoy explained this to the episode's director and according to Nimoy, the director had no idea what he was talking about. However, Nimoy would express relief in later interviews and appearances that when he explained the concept to William Shatner, he got it immediately, and Nimoy credits Shatner's reaction to the nerve pinch in the episode as what really sold the neck pinch. In early scripts for Star Trek, the nerve pinch was referred to as the "F.S.N.P.," which stood for "Famous Spock Neck Pinch." [36][37]

The Space Foundation named Nimoy as the recipient of the 2010 Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award [38] for creating a positive role model that inspired untold numbers of viewers to learn more about the universe. An honor Nimoy did not receive, however, was the naming of asteroid 2309 Mr. Spock after his character, at least not directly. The asteroid was named by discoverer James B. Gibson after his pet cat, "Mr.Spock," said feline indeed being named after the Star Trek character.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1951 Rhubarb Young Ball Player
1952 Kid Monk Baroni Paul 'Monk' Baroni
Zombies of the Stratosphere Narab
1953 Old Overland Trail Chief Black Hawk
1954 Them! Army Sergeant
1954 Dragnet Julius Carver & Karlo Rozwadowski (TV series) Episodes "The Big Boys" in 1954 & "The Big Name" in 1959.
1956 The West Point Story Tom Kennedy & ? (TV series) 2 episodes, "His Brother's Fist" (1956) & "Cold Peril" (1957)
1958 The Brain Eaters Professor Cole
Sea Hunt Indio (TV series) 6 episodes (1958–1960)
1960 Bonanza Freddy (TV series) Episode "The Ape"
1961 The Twilight Zone Hansen (TV series) (Episode "A Quality of Mercy")
Rawhide Anko (TV series) Episode "Incident Before Black Pass"
1963 The Balcony Roger
1964 The Outer Limits Judson Ellis (TV series) (Episode "I, Robot")
1966 Get Smart Stryker (TV series) (Episode "The Dead Spy Scrawls")
Gunsmoke John Walking Fox (TV Series) (Episode "Treasure of John Walking Fox")
Daniel Boone Oontah (TV Series) (Episode "Seminole Territory")
Deathwatch Jules LaFranc
1966 Star Trek Mr. Spock
(1966–1969)		 (TV series) (79 episodes)
1969 Mission: Impossible Paris
(1969–1971)		 (TV series) (49 episodes)
1971 Catlow Miller
1973 Baffled! Tom Kovack (TV)
Columbo: A Stitch in Crime Dr. Barry Mayfield (TV)
Star Trek: The Animated Series Mr. Spock
(1973–1974)		 (voice) (16 episodes)
1974 Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love Mick (TV)
1976 In Search of... Narrator
(1976–1982)		 (TV series)
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Dr. David Kibner
1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture Mr. Spock
1981 Vincent Theo Van Gogh (TV)
1982 A Woman Called Golda Morris Meyerson (TV)
Marco Polo Achmet (TV mini-series)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Captain Spock
1983 T.J. Hooker Paul McGuire (TV Series) (Episode "Vengeance is Mine")
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Captain Spock
The Sun Also Rises Count Mippipopolous (TV)
1986 The Transformers: The Movie Galvatron (voice)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Captain Spock
1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Captain Spock
1991 Never Forget Mel Mermelstein (TV)
Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories Narrator (TV)
Star Trek: The Next Generation Ambassador Spock
(2 episodes)		 (TV series) (episodes "Unification: Part 1" & "Unification: Part 2")
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Captain Spock
1993 The Halloween Tree Mr. Moundshroud (voice)
1994 The Pagemaster Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde (voice)
1995 Bonanza: Under Attack Frank James (TV)
The Outer Limits Thomas Cutler (TV series) (episode "I, Robot")
Titanica Narrator (documentary)
1997 David Samuel (TV)
1998 Brave New World Mustapha Mond (TV)
2000 Seaman (video game) Narrator (video game)
Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists Akron/Baraka/King Chandra (voice)
2001 Becker Professor Emmett Fowler (TV series) (episode "The TorMentor")
Atlantis: The Lost Empire King Kashekim Nedakh (voice)
2005 Civilization IV Narrator (video game), (voice)
2009 Star Trek Spock Prime
Fringe Dr. William Bell (TV series) (4 Episodes - but only provided a voice over in one of them)
Land of the Lost The Zarn (voice)
2010 Fringe Dr. William Bell (TV series) (episodes Over There parts one and two.)[39]
Star Trek Online Mr. Spock (Narrator) (video game), (voice)[40]
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Master Xehanort[41] (video game), (voice)[42]

Director

Writer

Bibliography

Poetry

Discography

See also: Leonard Nimoy discography (includes compilations and re-issues)

References

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  4. ↑ Nimoy (1995), p. 2-17.
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  14. ↑ http://www.mcgregor.edu/PDF/alumni_news0011.pdf
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  24. ↑ O'Connor, Mickey (April 8, 2009). "Fringe: Meet Dr. William Bell"". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fringe-Meet-Dr-1004879.aspx. Retrieved April 9, 2009. 
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  29. ↑ http://www.thehypertexts.com The HyperTexts
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  32. ↑ Michael Bay's Transformers DVD audio commentary, 2007, Paramount Pictures/DreamWorks
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  34. ↑ Bring Back Star Trek, Channel 4, The UK, broadcast on 9.00–10.35pm 09/05/2009
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  36. ↑ William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy: The Twenty-Five Year Mission Tour: Video
  37. ↑ Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories: Television program
  38. ↑ - Space Foundation Douglas S. Morrow Public Outreach Award
  39. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (2010-01-25). "'Fringe' exclusive: It's Walter vs. William in the finale! | Ausiello | EW.com". Ausiellofiles.ew.com. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2010/01/25/fringe-season-2-finale-spoilers/. Retrieved 2010-08-02. 
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  41. ↑ Dengeki PlayStation Vol.474: Japanese video game magazine
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External links

Media

Films directed by Leonard Nimoy
1980s
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) · Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) · Three Men and a Baby (1987) · The Good Mother (1988)
1990s
Funny About Love (1990) · Holy Matrimony (1994)