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
The Hobbit
(Smaug (voice))
The Big Sleep
(Lash Cansino)
Big Jake
(John Fain)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
(Thomas Rhys)
The Garment Jungle
(Artie Ravidge)
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
(Capt. Hermann Aldinger)
Rio Conchos
(Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter)
The Shootist
(Mike Sweeney)
I Bury the Living
(Robert Kraft)
Hombre
(Cicero Grimes)
Winter Kills
(Keifitz)
The Robe
(Pontius Pilate)
The War Lord
(Bors)
The Tall T
(Frank Usher)
Man Without a Star
(Steve Miles)
Dragnet
(Capt .James E. Hamilton)
Vicki
(Lt. Ed Cornell)
The Kremlin Letter
(Ward)
Ten Wanted Men
(Wick Campbell)
Halls of Montezuma
(Lt. Col. Gilfillan)
The Night of the Following Day
(Leer)
The Big Knife
(Narrator (Voice))
The Arrangement
(Sam Arness)
Away All Boats
(Lieut. Fraser)
The Last Dinosaur
(Masten Thrust Jr.)
The Raid
(Capt. Lionel Foster)
God's Gun
(The Sheriff)
A Thunder of Drums
(Capt. Stephen Maddocks)
Against a Crooked Sky
(Russian)
Star in the Dust
(Sam Hall)
Kona Coast
(Capt. Sam Moran)
Red Skies of Montana
(Richard 'Dick' Dryer)
The Bushido Blade
(Matthew Perry)
Lizzie
(Dr. Neal Wright)
Kangaroo
(John W. Gamble)
The Century Turns
(Hec Ramsey)
In Broad Daylight
(Tony Chappel)
Goodnight, My Love
(Francis Hogan)
The Siege at Red River
(Brett Manning)
Robbers' Roost
(Hank Hays)
City of Bad Men
(John Ringo)
Madron
(Madron)
The Right Man
(Abraham Lincoln)
Return of the Texan
(Rod Murray)
Way of a Gaucho
(Major Salinas)
The Great Niagara
(Aaron Grant)
Ocean's Eleven
(Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited))
The Alamo
(Gen. Sam Houston)
Call Me Mister
(Mess Sergeant)
Battle Stations
(The Captain)
Man on a Tightrope
(Krofta)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
Deadly Harvest
(Anton Solca)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
(Sam Houston)
The Front Page
Studio One
(John Wesley Hardin)
General Electric Theater
(Abraham Lincoln)
Hec Ramsey
(Hec Ramsey)
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Paladin)
Cimarron Strip
Lux Video Theatre
(Saxon)
Climax!
(Col. William Hughes)
Matinee Theater
Medic
(Dr. Konrad Styner)
Suspense
(Mercer)
The Richard Boone Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
(Self)
The Ford Television Theatre
(Local Press)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
Lux Video Theatre
(Vincent Giel)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Climax!
(David Neff)
Climax!
(Jarech)
Climax!
(Detective Ed Brooks)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)
Frontier
(Everett Brayer)