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Richard Boone
Actor, Director, Producer
Died January 10, 1981 (63 years)
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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
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
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Filmography
| 2005 | Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That · as Frank Usher |
| 1999 | Television: The First Fifty Years · as Paladin |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade · as Matthew Perry |
| 1979 | Winter Kills · as Keifitz |
| 1978 | The Big Sleep · as Lash Cansino |
| 1977 | The Hobbit · as Smaug (voice) |
| 1977 | The Last Dinosaur · as Masten Thrust Jr. |
| 1976 | The Shootist · as Mike Sweeney |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Against a Crooked Sky · as Russian |
| 1974 | The Great Niagara · as Aaron Grant |
| 1972 | Goodnight, My Love · as Francis Hogan |
| 1972 | Hec Ramsey (TV Series) · as Hec Ramsey |
| 1972 | Deadly Harvest · as Anton Solca |
| 1971 | In Broad Daylight · as Tony Chappel |
| 1971 | Big Jake · as John Fain |
| 1970 | Madron · as Madron |
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter · as Ward |
| 1969 | The Arrangement · as Sam Arness |
| 1969 | The Night of the Following Day · as Leer |
| 1968 | Kona Coast · as Capt. Sam Moran |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip (TV Series) |
| 1967 | Hombre · as Cicero Grimes |
| 1965 | The War Lord · as Bors |
| 1964 | Rio Conchos · as Maj. James 'jim' Lassiter |
| 1963 | The Richard Boone Show (TV Series) |
| 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) |
| 1959 | CBS Reports (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1958 | I Bury the Living · as Robert Kraft |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Paladin |
| 1957 | The Garment Jungle · as Artie Ravidge |
| 1957 | The Tall T · as Frank Usher |
| 1957 | Lizzie · as Dr. Neal Wright |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · 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 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Frontier (TV Series) · 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! (TV Series) · as David Neff |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · 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 Manning |
| 1953 | The Robe · as Pontius Pilate |
| 1953 | Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Thomas Rhys |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Al Craoli |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Abraham Lincoln |
| 1952 | Way of a Gaucho · as Major Salinas |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Local Press |
| 1952 | Return of the Texan · as Rod Murray |
| 1952 | |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Vincent Giel |
| 1949 | Suspense (TV Series) · as Mercer |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as John Wesley Hardin |
| 1948 | Actors Studio (TV Series) · as Chick |