Leonard Nimoy: some memorable moments

[dreamflower]

Of course he was most famous as Mr. Spock, but he played many really good roles.

I loved him as Paris in Mission Impossible. This scene is fun to watch, as he is acting with Mark Lennard who played his father Sarek in ST.

He was in a lot of Westerns. Usually (though not always) he played Native Americans or Mexican Americans. I saw this episode of Gunsmoke not too long ago.

And here are some cameos:

The Simpsons...

The Big Bang theory...

Here he is, stumping the panel on What's My Line?

And who can forget his singing career. Here's his biggest hit! ;)

Finally, I came across this tonight, in which he speaks of his Yiddish background and his childhood:

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[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This is just what I need right now.

ETA: Oh my, that last one! I didn't know he was Jewish and it sounds like from the same general area as my mother's family. Wow, that was a revelation and it was so lovely to hear him speak Yiddish :-)

[dreamflower]

I did know he was Jewish, but I didn't know any of the other things he revealed. It was fascinating!

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

Such wonderful links! I watched and enjoyed them all. I still can't believe he's gone. I was a Trek fan long before i discovered LOTR. It was my first, big fandom. So sad to know he's gone.

[dreamflower]

I'm glad you enjoyed the links! It was really interesting to look for them; the hard part was winnowing it down to only a few to post.

[addie71.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this. I'd never seen that last one.

[dreamflower]

I had not either. It popped up at the side when I was looking for the other clips, and so I checked it out.

[shirebound]

I look forward to enjoying these today. I had forgotten all about his role as Paris in Mission Impossible!

[dreamflower]

I really liked him as Paris. I was a huge fan of M:I during its original run, and Rollin (Martin Landau) was my favorite character, and when I found out he was being replaced by Leonard Nimoy, I was worried that I could only think of him as "Spock". But he proved me wrong in that--I quickly accepted him in the new role.

[shirebound]

I just listened to the Yiddish video, and can't wait to share it with Shiremom. She still remembers quite a bit of Yiddish from her childhood.

[shirebound]

Shiremom loved that Yiddish video so much she watched it twice. And then watched another one in the same link. Thank you again!

[dreamflower]

I'm so very glad that she enjoyed it! It was very interesting.

[mariole.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you put this collection together. The Yiddish clips were particularly fascinating and wonderful. When Leonard discussed the Vulcan salute, and laughed over how people were blessing each other without even knowing it-- it was so warm and wonderful, it made me cry.

I remember tearing through all I could find on Nimoy on YouTube a while back, and viewed his MI episodes. I read about how the character of Paris simply couldn't interest him. After Spock, who was such a rich character to develop and explore, Paris simply had his role and did his task, and had no backstory at all. After Spock, it was too frustrating, so his MI stint was short.

Anyway, thanks for posting these terrific clips. LLAP, Dreamflower. :)

[dreamflower]

Even so, he did make Paris more interesting than another actor would have. I really did like him in the role.

And you are welcome. I thought it would be nice to see some of the other roles he had.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful tribute to Leonard Nimoy! Loved all the clips, even the Big Bang Theory (I am not a fan of that show), but especially the video from the Wexler Oral History Project.

[dreamflower]

Thank you!

The Oral History clip was very interesting to me as well. I had not known anything except that he was Jewish--so it was all new to me. And Boston was his home town!

I had a hard time picking out a clip from the Westerns he did. Half a dozen different roles on Gunsmoke alone. I couldn't find a clip from the one I liked best, in which he played a bad guy really, really well. But the majority of the times in Westerns he played Native Americans or Mexican Americans.