The Motion Picture & Television Fund plans to grant its Golden Boot Award posthumously to Kelley at a ceremony on August 7. The Golden Boot, established in 1982, is considered the Academy Award of the Westerns, according to the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

By receiving the Golden Boot, Kelley will join such stars as Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Clint Eastwood, who have received the award in past years.

Before joining the cast of Star Trek in 1966, Kelley appeared in at least nine Western movies, including the 1957 production of Gunfight at the OK Corral, in which he played Morgan Earp, brother of Wyatt Earp. That film starred Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday.

Kelley also appeared in at least 20 Western shows on television, including the Lone Ranger, Gunsmoke and Bonanza.

During the ceremony, the Motion Picture & Television Fund will hold a silent auction of Western artifacts and memorabilia to raise money for the fund, which provides health care, child care and retirement care for longtime members of the film and television community. Kelley was hospitalized at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital for several months before his death from stomach cancer.