Richard Boone

Attore, Regista, Produttore

18 giugno 1917 — 10 gennaio 1981 (63 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Colpo grosso
    Colpo grosso1960
  • La battaglia di Alamo
    La battaglia di Alamo1960
  • I 3 banditi
    I 3 banditi1957
  • Marlowe indaga
    Marlowe indaga1978
  • Diamante Lobo
    Diamante Lobo1976
  • Tempeste sotto i mari
    Tempeste sotto i mari1953
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • Sfida a Crooked Sky
    Sfida a Crooked Sky1975
  • Il terrore delle Montagne Rocciose
    Il terrore delle Montagne Rocciose1954
  • Kangarù
    Kangarù1952
  • La valle dei comanches
    La valle dei comanches1970
  • In piena luce
    In piena luce1971
  • Television: The First Fifty Years
    Television: The First Fifty Years1999

Famoso per

  • Il grande Jake
    Il grande Jake1971
  • Il pistolero
    Il pistolero1976
  • Hombre
    Hombre1967
  • Have Gun - Will Travel
    Have Gun - Will Travel6 stagioni
  • Lo Hobbit
    Lo Hobbit1977
  • I 3 banditi
    I 3 banditi1957
  • I Bury the Living - Seppellisco i vivi
    I Bury the Living - Seppellisco i vivi1958
  • La tunica
    La tunica1953
  • Rio Conchos
    Rio Conchos1964
  • Marlowe indaga
    Marlowe indaga1978
  • Il principe guerriero
    Il principe guerriero1965
  • La notte del giorno dopo
    La notte del giorno dopo1969
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • I trecento di Fort Canby
    I trecento di Fort Canby1961
  • Rommel la volpe del deserto
    Rommel la volpe del deserto1951
  • L'uomo senza paura
    L'uomo senza paura1955
  • Sfida a Crooked Sky
    Sfida a Crooked Sky1975
  • Lettera al Kremlino
    Lettera al Kremlino1970
  • Diamante Lobo
    Diamante Lobo1976
  • La banda dei dieci
    La banda dei dieci1955

Filmografia

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 CansinoSu Plex
1977
The Hobbit · as Smaug (voice)
1977
The Last Dinosaur · as Masten Thrust Jr.Su Plex
1976
The Shootist · as Mike Sweeney
1976
God's Gun · as The SheriffSu Plex
1975
Against a Crooked Sky · as RussianSu 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 ChappelSu Plex
1971
Big Jake · as John Fain
1970
Madron · as MadronSu 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 HoustonSu Plex
1960
Ocean's Eleven · as Voice Of Minister (voice) (uncredited)Su Plex
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 UsherSu 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 ManningSu Plex
1953
The Robe · as Pontius Pilate
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Thomas RhysSu 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. GambleSu 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
1949
Suspense · as Mercer
1948
Studio One · as John Wesley Hardin
1948
Actors Studio · as Chick

1987
Bloopermania · as Self
1973
AFI Life Achievement Award · as Self - Speaker
1962
1962
1961
1961
Password · as Self - Celebrity Contestant
1959
CBS Reports · as Self
1957
1952
House Party · as Self
1952
I've Got a Secret · as Self - Guest Star
1950
1950
Truth or Consequences · as Self - Guest Star
1950
What's My Line? · as Self - Panelist
1948

1968
Kona Coast · as Executive Producer