The death of Star Trek favourite Leonard Nimoy has been announced today, and millions of science fiction fans are in mourning. He was a fixture of series television, mostly in guest roles with a few movie bit parts to his name (Them!, The Brain Eaters) when he was cast as the half-human, half Vulcan Mr Spock in American television's most celebrated sci-fi show in 1966, and his life changed forever.
So associated was he with the character, the alien whose every thought was dedicated to logic, that he struggled to be recognised as anything else, especially when he returned to the role after it was brought back for a run of movies continuing to this day. But he did win the chance to direct, and enjoyed one of the biggest hits of the eighties with Three Men and a Baby as well as other, more personal dramas. Other acting roles included Catlow (as a villain), Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (ingenious casting), Transformers: The Movie and Atlantis: The Lost Empire, as well as countless TV roles and the presenter of In Search of..., the true life weird tales show. In addition to that, he pursued photography and even singing. A life well lived, long and prosperous.
