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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 18, 1917
Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Richard Boone
Biography
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Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.
Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone, a corporate lawyer and 4th great-grandson of Squire Boone 1744–1815, a brother to frontiersman Daniel Boone. His mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Russia.
Richard Boone graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale, California. He attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he was a member of Theta Xi fraternity. He dropped out of Stanford prior to graduation and then worked as an oil-rigger, bartender, painter, and writer. In 1941 Boone joined the United States Navy and served on three ships in the Pacific during World War II, seeing combat as an aviation ordnance, aircrewman and tail gunner on Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers and ended his service with the rank of petty officer first class.
In his youth, Boone had attended the San Diego Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California, where he was introduced to theatre under the tutelage of Virginia Atkinson.
After the war, Boone used the G.I. Bill to study acting at the Actors Studio in New York.
In 1950, Boone made his screen debut as a Marine officer in Milestone's Halls of Montezuma (1951). Fox used him in military parts in Call Me Mister (1951) and The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951). He had bigger roles in Red Skies of Montana (1952), Return of the Texan (1952), Kangaroo (1952) (directed by Milestone), and Way of a Gaucho (1952).
Boone was married three times: to Jane Hopper (1937–1940), Mimi Kelly (1949–1950), and Claire McAloon (from 1951 until his death).
Richard Boone died at his home in St. Augustine, Florida, due to complications from throat cancer. His ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii. CLR
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Shootist: The Legend Lives On | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | John Wayne's 'The Alamo' | Sam Houston |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade | Matthew Perry |
| 1979 | Winter Kills | Keifitz |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep | Lash Cansino |
| 1977 | The Hobbit | Smaug (voice) |
| 1977 | The Last Dinosaur | Masten Thrust Jr. |
| 1976 | The Shootist | Mike Sweeney |
| 1976 | God's Gun | The Sheriff |
| 1975 | Against a Crooked Sky | Russian |
| 1974 | The Great Niagara | Aaron Grant |
| 1972 | The Century Turns | Hec Ramsey |
| 1972 | Goodnight, My Love | Francis Hogan |
| 1972 | Deadly Harvest | Anton Solca |
| 1971 | Big Jake | John Fain |
| 1971 | In Broad Daylight | Tony Chappel |
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Ward |
| 1970 | Madron | Madron |
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day | Leer |
| 1969 | The Arrangement | Sam Arness |
| 1968 | Kona Coast | Capt. Sam Moran |
| 1967 | Hombre | Cicero Grimes |
| 1965 | The War Lord | Bors |
| 1964 | Rio Conchos | Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter |
| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums | Capt. Stephen Maddocks |
| 1960 | The Right Man | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Alamo | Gen. Sam Houston |
| 1958 | I Bury the Living | Robert Kraft |
| 1957 | The Garment Jungle | Artie Ravidge |
| 1957 | The Tall T | Frank Usher |
| 1957 | Lizzie | Dr. Neal Wright |
| 1956 | Away All Boats | Lieut. Fraser |
| 1956 | Star in the Dust | Sam Hall |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | The Captain |
| 1955 | Man Without a Star | Steve Miles |
| 1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Wick Campbell |
| 1955 | The Big Knife | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1955 | Robbers' Roost | Hank Hays |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Capt .James E. Hamilton |
| 1954 | The Raid | Capt. Lionel Foster |
| 1954 | The Siege at Red River | Brett Manning |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Thomas Rhys |
| 1953 | The Robe | Pontius Pilate |
| 1953 | Vicki | Lt. Ed Cornell |
| 1953 | City of Bad Men | John Ringo |
| 1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Krofta |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | Richard 'Dick' Dryer |
| 1952 | Kangaroo | John W. Gamble |
| 1952 | Return of the Texan | Rod Murray |
| 1952 | Way of a Gaucho | Major Salinas |
| 1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Capt. Hermann Aldinger |
| 1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Lt. Col. Gilfillan |
| 1951 | Call Me Mister | Mess Sergeant |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey | Hec Ramsey |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Paladin |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | |
| 1955 | Frontier | Everett Brayer |
| 1954 | Climax! | Col. William Hughes |
| 1954 | Medic | Dr. Konrad Styner |
| 1954 | Climax! | David Neff |
| 1954 | Climax! | Jarech |
| 1954 | Climax! | Detective Ed Brooks |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Local Press |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Saxon |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Vincent Giel |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
| 1949 | Suspense | Mercer |
| 1949 | The Front Page | Wilson |
| 1948 | Studio One | John Wesley Hardin |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |