Richard Boone

Actor, Director, Productor

18 de junio de 1917 — 10 de enero de 1981 (63 años)
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.

Películas y series en Plex

  • Los cautivos
    Los cautivos1957
  • Detective privado
    Detective privado1978
  • Seis balas... una venganza... una oración
    Seis balas... una venganza... una oración1976
  • Duelo en el fondo del mar
    Duelo en el fondo del mar1953
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • La venganza de los cheyennes
    La venganza de los cheyennes1975
  • Asedio en rio rojo
    Asedio en rio rojo1954
  • La ley del látigo
    La ley del látigo1952
  • Madron
    Madron1970
  • A pleno día
    A pleno día1971
  • Television: The First Fifty Years
    Television: The First Fifty Years1999

Conocido por

  • El gran Jack
    El gran Jack1971
  • El último pistolero
    El último pistolero1976
  • Hombre
    Hombre1967
  • El pistolero de San Francisco
    El pistolero de San Francisco6 seasons
  • El Hobbit
    El Hobbit1977
  • Los cautivos
    Los cautivos1957
  • Entierro a los vivos
    Entierro a los vivos1958
  • La túnica sagrada
    La túnica sagrada1953
  • Rio Conchos
    Rio Conchos1964
  • Detective privado
    Detective privado1978
  • El señor de la guerra
    El señor de la guerra1965
  • La noche del dia siguiente
    La noche del dia siguiente1969
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • Fort Comanche
    Fort Comanche1961
  • Rommel, el zorro del desierto
    Rommel, el zorro del desierto1951
  • La pradera sin ley
    La pradera sin ley1955
  • La venganza de los cheyennes
    La venganza de los cheyennes1975
  • La carta del Kremlin
    La carta del Kremlin1970
  • Seis balas... una venganza... una oración
    Seis balas... una venganza... una oración1976
  • Diez Forajidos
    Diez Forajidos1955

Filmography

2005
1999
1993
TV's Western Heroes · as Paladin
1981
The Bushido Blade · as Matthew Perry
1979
Winter Kills · as Keifitz
1978
The Big Sleep · as Lash CansinoEn Plex
1977
The Hobbit · as Smaug (voice)
1977
The Last Dinosaur · as Masten Thrust Jr.En Plex
1976
The Shootist · as Mike Sweeney
1976
God's Gun · as The SheriffEn Plex
1975
Against a Crooked Sky · as RussianEn Plex
1974
The Great Niagara · as Aaron Grant
1972
Goodnight, My Love · as Francis Hogan
1972
Hec Ramsey · as Hec Ramsey
1972
Deadly Harvest · as Anton Solca
1971
In Broad Daylight · as Tony ChappelEn Plex
1971
Big Jake · as John Fain
1970
Madron · as MadronEn Plex
1970
1969
The Arrangement · as Sam Arness
1969
1968
Kona Coast · as Capt. Sam Moran
1967
Cimarron Strip · as Sergeant Bill Disher
1967
Hombre · as Cicero Grimes
1965
The War Lord · as Bors
1964
Rio Conchos · as Lassiter
1963
1962
John Brown's Body · as Narrator
1961
A Thunder of Drums · as Capt. Stephen Maddocks
1960
The Alamo · as Gen. Sam Houston
1960
Ocean's Eleven · as Voice Of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
1958
I Bury the Living · as Robert Kraft
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel · as Paladin
1957
The Garment Jungle · as Artie Ravidge
1957
The Tall T · as Frank UsherEn Plex
1957
Lizzie · as Dr. Neal Wright
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Col. Henry Pleasants
1956
Away All Boats · as Lieut. Fraser
1956
Star in the Dust · as Sam Hall
1956
Battle Stations · as The Captain
1955
The Big Knife · as Narrator (voice)
1955
1955
Frontier · as Everett Brayer
1955
Robbers' Roost · as Hank Hays
1955
Man Without a Star · as Steve Miles
1955
Ten Wanted Men · as Wick Campbell
1954
Climax! · as Jarech
1954
Medic · as Dr. Konrad Styner
1954
Dragnet · as Capt .james E. Hamilton
1954
The Raid · as Capt. Lionel Foster
1954
The Siege at Red River · as Brett ManningEn Plex
1953
The Robe · as Pontius Pilate
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Thomas RhysEn Plex
1953
1953
City of Bad Men · as John Ringo
1953
Vicki · as Lt. Ed Cornell
1953
Man on a Tightrope · as Krofta
1953
General Electric Theater · as Abraham Lincoln
1952
Way of a Gaucho · as Major Salinas
1952
1952
Return of the Texan · as Rod Murray
1952
Kangaroo · as John W. GambleEn Plex
1952
Red Skies of Montana · as Richard 'dick' Dryer
1951
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel · as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
1951
Call Me Mister · as Mess Sergeant
1951
Halls of Montezuma · as Lt. Col. Gilfillan
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Vincent Giel
1949
Suspense · as Mercer
1948
Studio One · as John Wesley Hardin
1948
Actors Studio · as Chick

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