Facts About Leonard Nimoy
Besides being Mr. Spock, he was in a lot of westerns.
I enjoyed Leonard as Mr. Spock. I also noticed him popping up in a lot of old westerns. Leonard had somewhat of a love/hate relationship with the character of Mr. Spock. It seemed that for a while, he resented the character because the character overshadowed the actor. Thus, the book, “I am not Spock.” The response was not overwhelmingly positive.
Nimoy later seemingly had a change of heart and wrote his second autobiography, “I am Spock.”
He also narrated the series, “In Search of…” series. I caught a lot of flak over a cartoon I wrote about this. One geek raised the question of what Leonard was in search of that week. His buddy responded, “another paycheck.” Turns out Mr. Spock still had a lot of fans. So, on to some things you didn’t know about Leonard Nimoy.
1: Like many actors, Nimoy worked at a number of miscellaneous jobs before his acting career took off.
Included in his resume is a stint as a vacuum cleaner salesman. No doubt Leonard could explain to customers why buying a vacuum from him was a logical choice.
