10 Interesting Celebrity Facts

TODAY I FOUND OUT... INTERESTING CELEPRITY FACTS 10 The Actor Who Played "Scotty" on Star Trek Was Shot Six Times on D-Day Doohan, a Canadian, after leading his men through a mine field on Juno beach and personally taking out two German snipers in the process, eventually took four rounds in one of his legs; one in his hand, which ultimately resulted in him losing his middle finger; and one in the chest. The shot to the chest likely would have been fatal except that he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother, which deflected the bullet. He would later give up smoking, but at least he could say that being a smoker actually saved his life. Ironically, the shots he took were not fired by the enemy, but rather by an overzealous Canadian gunman. After his unit was secured in their position for the night, Doohan was crossing between command posts, when a Canadian gunman spotted him and opened fire. Elvis was Blond Elvis didn't naturally have black hair. He was born a blond and, when he got older, his hair was more of a sandy blond color. He started occasionally dying it black all the way back when he was in high school and eventually just always kept it as black. Jack Nicholson's Supposed Sister was Actually His Mother In 1974, Jack Nicholson's movie Chinatown was opening in theaters and Time Magazine chose to do a cover story on him. Someone working at Time Magazine called Jack up to verify some facts that would be in the article; among these, was the fact that the person who he'd thought was his sister, June Nicholson, was in fact his mother. Nicholson knew nothing about this, so denied it. At this point his "sister" was dead, and so was his "mother", dying in 1963 and 1970 respectively. He did, however, call up his "brother-in-law", Shorty, the husband of his supposed other sister who was in fact his aunt, to verify that this wasn't true. Shorty knew nothing about this, so told him that it wasn't true and they ended the conversation. Several hours later though, he got a phone call from Shorty: "Jack, it's Shorty, I'm gonna put Lorraine on the phone. I just want to say one thing - she's been crying all night. Lorraine, who he now found out was Here she is." his aunt, not his sister, then told him his mother was in fact the deceased June, who he had thought was his sister and the woman he had thought was his mother, was in fact his grandmother. Tim Allen Was a Convicted Drug Dealer Before Becoming Famous On October 2, 1978, shortly after beginning his stand up comedian career while working at an advertising firm, Allen was caught by drug Kalamazoo/Battle International Airport transporting about 650 grams (1.4 pounds) of cocaine. In exchange for not having sniffing dogs at Creek SHERIFF'S DEPT. to go to prison for life, as was the maximum penalty that could have been leveled against him, Allen plead guilty and subsequently ratted out the other drug dealers he knew. This got his potential sentence reduced from life imprisonment to 3-7 years. KALAMAZOO, MICH. He ended up only serving 28 months in a Federal Correctional Institution, specifically at Sandstone, in Sandstone Minnesota. The Person Who Did The Voice of Yoda Also Did The Voice of Miss Piggy & Cookie Monster The man was Frank Oz and not only did he do the voice of Yoda and most of the puppetry work, he is also responsible for quite a bit of Yoda's character as well, including the distinct "Yodic" style of speech (Object, Subject, Verb). Besides Yoda, Miss Piggy, and the Cookie ers Fozzie Bear, Animal, Grover, Sam the Mo Oz did the chara Eagle, and Bert (from Bert and Ernie). Oz also famously directed The Muppets Take Manhattan; The Little Shop of Horrors; What About Bob?; The Indian in the Cupboard; The Score; and The Stepford Wives, among others. Jimmy Stewart Was a Two Star General in the |u.S. Military In 1940, Jimmy Stewart was drafted into the United States Army, but ended up being rejected due to being five pounds under the required weight, given his height (at the time he weighed 143 pounds). Not to be dissuaded, Stewart then sought out the help of Don Loomis, who was known to be able to help people add or subtract pounds. Once he had gained a little weight, he enlisted with the Army Air Corps in March of 1941 and was eventually accepted, once he convinced the enlisting officer to re-run the tests. Much to his chagrin, due to his celebrity status and extensive flight expertise, Stewart was initially assigned to various "behind the lines" type duties such as training pilots and making promotional videos in the states. Eventually, when he realized they were not going to ever put him in the front line, he appealed to his commanding officer and managed to get himself assigned to a unit overseas. In August of 1943, he found himself with the 703rd Bombardment Squadron, initially as a first officer, and shortly thereafter as a Captain. During combat operations over Germany, Stewart found himself promoted to the rank of Major. By July of 1944, Stewart was promoted chief of staff of the 2nd Combat Bombardment wing of the Eighth Air Force. Shortly thereafter, he was promoted to the rank of colonel, becoming one of only a handful of American soldiers to ever rise from private to colonel within a four year span. On July 24, 1959, he attained the rank of brigadier general (one star general). He finally retired from the Air Force on May 31, 1968 after 27 years of service and was subsequently promoted to Major General (two star general). Uncle Phil From 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' Was Shredder James Avery, the actor who played Uncle Phil in the hit TV Series "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" was also the voice of Shredder in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoon series. He is also the voice of James Rhodes in the 1990s Iron Man series. Woody Harrelson's Father Was a Contract Killer Woody Charles Voyde Harrelson, is most noted for having been convicted of assassinating U.S. District Judge John H. Wood, Jr. outside of a Harrelson's father, parking lot in San Antonio, Texas, as well as being convicted of killing a grain dealer, Sam Degalia, Jr., for money. In the latter case, Harrelson received 15 years in prison, but was paroled and released from prison within 5 years, released in 1978. One year later, he was arrested for allegedly killing Judge John Wood. He was POLICE DEPT. HOUSTON TEXAS t0 5116 5-20-60 then convicted and sentenced to two life sentences. The Only Member of ZZ Top That Doesn't Have a Beard is Frank Beard The only member of ZZ Top that doesn't have a beard is Frank Beard. Beard is the drummer for ZZ Top and former band member of the Cellar Dwellers, The Hustlers, The Warlocks, and American Blues. ZZ Top was originally formed in 1969, in Houston Texas. The band, with the original members, is still making records and touring today, which makes them the second longest rur band that still has the same members as when they started. Those members are Frank Beard (drums), Billy Gibbons (lead vocals and guitar), and Dusty Hill (vocals, bass, and keyboards). David Letterman Started His Broadcasting Career as a Radio Newscaster David Letterman started out his broadcasting career as a radio newscaster. WBST radio station, which, at the This was at the time, was a college run 10 watt radio station and is now an Indiana After being public radio station. fired from that radio station for making fun of classical music, he helped found another campus radio station, WAGO AM 570, which is today WCRD FM 91.3. graduating Letterman took another radio job After college, as a radio talk show host on AM WNTS and more famously as a weatherman on the TV station WLWI in Indianapolis, which is now WTHR. After doing numerous small-time local TV shows in Indiana, he moved to L.A. in 1975, where he pursued a career in standup comedy and comedy writing. His big break came in 1977 when he did a pilot for a game show called "The Riddlers" that was ultimately not picked up. DESIGNED BY: NOREEN SEQUEIRA O TODAYIFOUNDOUT.COM