William Shatner
Author of Star Trek Memories
About the Author
William Shatner is an actor and writer. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on March 22, 1931. He graduated from McGill University in 1952. Shatner made his acting debut at the Montreal Playhouse in 1952 and performed with the Canadian Repertory Theatre in Ottawa. From 1954 to 1956 he appeared show more in the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario and in 1956 he made his Broadway debut in Tamburlaine the Great. In 1966, Shatner was cast as Captain James Tiberius Kirk in the TV series Star Trek. The TV show inspired several film spin-offs, the early ones starring the original cast. Shatner directed Star Trek V. He also co-starred in a law-related series on television called Boston Legal with James Spader. In addition to acting, Shatner began a career as a writer of science fiction novels. The first one, Tek War, was published in 1989. Shatner has also written his memoirs, Star Trek Memories. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as The Big Giant Head on the TV series 3rd Rock From the Sun. Shatner's title co-authored with David Fisher, Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man, was a New York Times betseller in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Jerry Avenaim
Series
Works by William Shatner
Shatner Rules: Your Guide to Understanding the Shatnerverse and the World at Large (2011) — Author & Narrator — 208 copies
Captain's Log William Shatner's Personal Account of the Making of Star Trek The Final Frontier (1989) 98 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 28, Episodes 55 & 56: Assignment: Earth/ Spectre of the Gun (2001) 5 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 25, Episodes 49 & 50; A Piece of the Action/ By Any Other Name (1999) 5 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 36, Episodes 71 & 72: Whom Gods Destroy/ The Mark of Gideon (2001) 4 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 23, Episodes 45 & 46: A Private Little War/ The Gamesters of Triskelion (2001) 4 copies
Gotta Catch Santa 4 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 33, Episodes 65 & 66: For The World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky/ Day Of… (2001) 3 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 31 - Episodes 61 & 62: Spock's Brain/ Is There In Truth No Beauty? (2001) 3 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 24, Episodes 47 & 48: Obsession/ The Immunity Syndrome (2001) 3 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 27, Episodes 53 & 54: The Ultimate Computer/ The Omega Glory (2001) 3 copies
Incident on a Dark Street 3 copies
The Captains Collection [Blu-ray] 3 copies
Star Trek 6 - Das unentdeckte Land 2 copies
The Doomsday Machine 2 copies
Stalking Santa 2 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 32 - Episodes 63 & 64: The Empath/ The Tholian Web (2001) 2 copies
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #4 - A Plague of Ghosts, Chapter 4: The Jaguar and the Smoking Mirror (2009) 2 copies
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #1 - A Plague of Ghosts, Chapter 1: Waking the Dead (2009) 2 copies
The People 2 copies
Star Trek - The Original Series, Vol. 30, Episodes 59 and 60: The Enterprise Incident/ And the Children Shall Lead (2001) 2 copies
Bill 1 copy
Secrets Of A Married Man 1 copy
Alexander the Great 1 copy
Zero G 1 copy
The Pioneers [VHS] 1 copy
The Naked Time; Balance of Terror — Actor — 1 copy
TekWar: The Complete First Season — Creator — 1 copy
Perchance to Dream 1 copy
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #7 - Persistence of Memory, Chapter 3: Close to the Edge (2009) 1 copy
Invasion Iowa 1 copy
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #3 - A Plague of Ghosts, Chapter 3: The Hollow Men (2009) 1 copy
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #6 - Persistence of Memory, Chapter 2: Rain Rain Go Away (2009) 1 copy
The Apple 1 copy
Devil's Revenge 1 copy
Obsession 1 copy
The Outer Limits - Season 2 1 copy
The Deadly Years 1 copy
The Savage Curtain 1 copy
William Shatner Presents: The Tek War Chronicles #2 - A Plague of Ghosts, Chapter 2: The Second Coming (2009) 1 copy
Associated Works
Boston Legal: The Complete Series — Actor — 11 copies
Classic Television: Blooper Bonanza 1960's (featuring Laugh-In, McHale's Navy, Star Trek) — Actor — 6 copies
Visiting Hours [1982 Film] — Actor — 5 copies
To Your Last Death [2019 film] — Actor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Shatner, William
- Legal name
- Shatner, William Alan
- Other names
- Shatner, Bill
- Birthdate
- 1931-03-22
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canadian
- Country (for map)
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Places of residence
- Montréal, Québec, Canada (birth)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Versailles, Kentucky, USA - Education
- Baron Byng High School
McGill University (BA ∙ Commerce)
Willingdon Elementary School
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
West Hill High School - Occupations
- actor
recording artist
author
spokesperson
film director
comedian - Relationships
- Shatner, Joseph (father)
Garmaise, Anne (mother)
Shatner, Farla (sister)
Shatner, Joy (sister)
Shatner, Peter (son)
Shatner, Leslie (daughter) (show all 8)
Shatner, Lisabeth (daughter)
Shatner, Melanie (daughter) - Organizations
- Priceline.com
- Awards and honors
- Emmy Award (2004 ∙ 2005)
Golden Globe Award (2005)
Streamy Award (2009)
Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2011) - Short biography
- William "Bill" Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, musician, singer, author, film director, spokesman and comedian. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James Tiberius Kirk, commander of the Federation starship USS Enterprise, in the science fiction television series Star Trek, from 1966 to 1969; Star Trek: The Animated Series from 1973 to 1974, and in seven of the subsequent Star Trek feature films from 1979 to 1994.
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Avenger (Shatnerverse 3) by William Shatner
I didn't enjoy this quite as much as the other two in the trilogy, but it's very much of a piece with them. Kirk surprisingly defeats death again. Every (much-younger) lady swoons for him. There are mind-melds. Kirk, Spock and McCoy are reunited. They work in concert (though sometimes suspiciously) with the crew from TNG. I can't say I didn't like it, because the Reeves-Stevenses are lots of fun. Of course, it's all vastly in its own little canonical universe, not really connected even to any of the other books in the Star Trek canon - just its own little Shatnerverse.… (more)
The Reeves-Stevenses have done it again—an entertaining romp in which the TOS and TNG crews (with some assists from Julian Bashir) reunite to destroy the Borg. Obviously super non-canonical, but who cares? Kirk is resurrected by Borg + Romulan technology and brainwashed into thinking that Picard killed his family, kicking off a revenge quest. Picard goes on a mission to Borg space where he has to pretend to be Locutus. And Spock discovers that V'ger was indeed an early Borg contact, which has left Borg tendrils in his mind. The whole thing winds up with a three-way mind-meld that made me giggle with delight.… (more)
An enjoyable - and quick - read. Some places I laughed out loud, and other places were nearly as funny. It is less of a classical memoir than a faux self-help book, centered around the massive ego of Shatner. He is ready to mock himself, but he isn't shy about pointing out funny things about others, too. It is well written, light, will not change the world, but might give you a laugh or two...or more.
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- Works
- 169
- Also by
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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