William Shatner through the years
Selected images of iconic Canadian actor William Shatner, from Stratford to Star Trek to the Olympics
William Shatner arrives with his wife Elizabeth at the Genie Awards in Ottawa in March of this year. Shatner was the host of the awards program.CHRIS WATTIE/Reuters
Canadian actor William Shatner delivers a monologue during the closing ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 28, 2010.JERRY LAMPEN
William Shatner (third from left) in 1956 theatrical production (possibly Henry V at the Stratford Festival). Photo dated August 12, 1956.
William Shatner comes to Hollywood for "The Brothers Karamazov", his first American film, to play the role of Alexey, man of the cloth, in the Dostoyevsky classic. Shatner, one of Canada's most distinguished Shakespearean actors and Tv stars is also a favorite on Broadway and American TV. HIs portrayal as the idealistic Karamazov brother results in an MGM contract for a series of four additional films. Originally published Dec. 14, 1957; Globe Magazine, March 8, 1958, page 24.
William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek TV series, 1966-69.
William Shatner stars as Jeff Cable, undercover operative for the Governor of California during the 1870s, in the new ABC Telelvision Network action-adventure series, "Barbary Coast", which premieres Monday, Sept. 8, 1975. Cable, a master of disguise, has assumed the guise of a piratical character here.
William Shatner is narrator for TOP FLIGHT, a one-hour special celebrating the 40th anniversary of the United States Air Force, to be broadcast Oct. 27, 1987.
William Shatner guest stars as Fielding Chase, a ruthless talk show host on Columbo, Sunday, Jan. 9, 1994.
William Shatner stars in "The Kidnapping of the President" (1980) as the Secret Service man who must save the U.S. President, kidnapped while on a state visit to Canada.
William Shater co-stars with Jonathan Sadowski on the CBS comedy 'S#*! My Dad Says.' The show was launched in September of 2010 and has since been cancelled, in spite of winning the award for Favourite New TV Comedy at the People's Choice Awards in January.CLIFF LIPSON
William Shatner in his latest show, "Weird or What?": The Discovery Channel show airs on the History Channel in Canada.