He said he had to come up with a stage name at a moment’s notice when he saw the movie poster and that if it had been a week later his name might be Michael 101 Dalmations.
Kelley was under contract to Paramount for years and was released from contract in the early 60s. While doing “Star Trek” Desilu was bought by Paramount, so Kelley was working for them again until the show was canceled. Years later they signed him for the first “Star Trek” movie and then kept rehiring him again and again until the early 90s.
That was The Big Valley he was on.