Acting
81
Man
18 June 1917
10 Jan 1981 (63)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Richard Boone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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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 | Sweeney |
1976 | God's Gun | The Sheriff |
1975 | Against a Crooked Sky | Russian |
1974 | The Great Niagara | Aaron Grant |
1972 | Goodnight, My Love | Francis Hogan |
1972 | Hec Ramsey | Hec Ramsey |
1972 | Deadly Harvest | Anton Solca |
1972 | The Century Turns | Hec Ramsey |
1971 | Big Jake | John Fain |
1971 | In Broad Daylight | Tony Chappel |
1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Ward |
1970 | Madron | Madron |
1969 | The Arrangement | Sam Arness |
1969 | The Night of the Following Day | Leer |
1968 | Kona Coast | Capt. Sam Moran |
1967 | Hombre | Cicero Grimes |
1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
1965 | The War Lord | Bors |
1964 | Rio Conchos | Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter |
1963 | The Richard Boone Show | |
1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
1961 | A Thunder of Drums | Capt. Stephen Maddocks |
1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
1960 | Ocean's Eleven | Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited) |
1960 | The Alamo | Gen. Sam Houston |
1960 | The Right Man | Abraham Lincoln |
1958 | I Bury the Living | Robert Kraft |
1957 | The Tall T | Frank Usher |
1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Paladin |
1957 | The Garment Jungle | Artie Ravidge |
1957 | Lizzie | Dr. Neal Wright |
1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self |
1956 | Star in the Dust | Sam Hall |
1956 | Away All Boats | Lieut. Fraser |
1956 | Battle Stations | The Captain |
1955 | Man Without a Star | Steve Miles |
1955 | The Big Knife | Narrator (Voice) |
1955 | Ten Wanted Men | Wick Campbell |
1955 | Robbers' Roost | Hank Hays |
1955 | Matinee Theater | |
1954 | The Raid | Capt. Lionel Foster |
1954 | Dragnet | Capt .James E. Hamilton |
1954 | Climax! | Col. William Hughes |
1954 | Climax! | David Neff |
1954 | Climax! | Jarech |
1954 | Climax! | Detective Ed Brooks |
1954 | The Siege at Red River | Brett Manning |
1954 | Medic | Dr. Konrad Styner |
1953 | The Robe | Pontius Pilate |
1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef | Thomas Rhys |
1953 | Man on a Tightrope | Krofta |
1953 | Vicki | Lt. Ed Cornell |
1953 | City of Bad Men | John Ringo |
1953 | General Electric Theater | Abraham Lincoln |
1952 | Way of a Gaucho | Major Salinas |
1952 | Kangaroo | John W. Gamble |
1952 | Red Skies of Montana | Richard 'Dick' Dryer |
1952 | Return of the Texan | Rod Murray |
1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Local Press |
1951 | The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel | Capt. Hermann Aldinger |
1951 | Halls of Montezuma | Lt. Col. Gilfillan |
1951 | Call Me Mister | Mess Sergeant |
1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Panelist |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Saxon |
1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Vincent Giel |
1950 | The Front Page | |
1949 | Suspense | Mercer |
1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Abraham Lincoln |
1948 | Studio One | John Wesley Hardin |
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1968 | Kona Coast | Executive Producer |
1963 | The Richard Boone Show | Director |
1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Director |