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Shatner earned a Bachelor's degree from McGill University in 1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.. Trained as a classical Shakespearean actor, he performed at the Stratford Festival of CanadaThe Stratford Festival of Canada is an summer-long celebration of theatre. It is held each year in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Theatergoers, actors, and playwrights flock to Stratford to take part many of the greatest American and Canadian actors play rol in Stratford, OntarioStratford ( 2001 population 29,676) is a city on the Avon River in Perth County, in southwestern Ontario, Canada. Both the city and the river were named when it was first settled in 1832 after Stratford-upon-Avon, England, of Shakespearean fame. Stratford before going to the United StatesThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in to work. In 1959 he was given good reviews when he took on the role of Robert Lomax in a theatrical production of The World of Suzie WongThe World of Suzie Wong is a 1957 book written by Richard Mason which has since been adapted into both a play and a film. The book is about an English artist Robert Lomax who visits Hong Kong and falls in love with the mysterious prostitute Suzie Wong.. His movie debut was in the classic MGM film The Brothers KaramazovThe Brothers Karamazov is the last novel of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was serialized in The Russian Herald in 1879, and it was first published in book form in 1880. The Brothers Karamazov is the story of three brothers widely different in cha with Yul Brynner in which Shatner starred as the pious brother Alexei. He also appeared in the Stanley Kramer film Judgment at Nuremberg.
William Shatner was first cast as James T. Kirk for the second pilot of Star Trek, entitled "Where No Man Has Gone Before". He subsequently was contracted to play Captain James Kirk for the Star Trek series and held the role from 1966 to 1969. In 1972, Shatner returned to the role of Captain Kirk, albeit only in voice, in the animated Star Trek series. He was slated to assume the role of Kirk for , a follow-up series regarding the second five year mission of the Enterprise, but Star Trek: Phase II was cancelled in pre-production and expanded into .
Between 1979 and 1991, William Shatner played Captain Kirk in the six Star Trek films and directed the fifth one. In 1994, he returned to the role of Captain Kirk in Star Trek Generations. This was to be his character's final role as the character of Captain Kirk was killed in the film.
In the summer of 2004, rumors began circulating that the producers of were considering bringing William Shatner back to Star Trek. Reports in the media indicated that the idea is being given serious thought, with series producer Manny Coto indicating in Star Trek Communicator magazine's October 2004 issue that he is preparing a three-episode story arc for Shatner. However, it is not known if Shatner would be playing James T. Kirk, an ancestor of Kirk's, or an unrelated character. Playing Kirk again seems unlikely given he is more than 10 years older than he was when he last played the role (making some sort of pre-Generations appearance by Kirk problematic). One potential stumbling block is his current commitment to another series on a rival network.