Richard Boone

Skådespelare, Regissör, Producent

18 juni 1917 — 10 januari 1981 (63 år)
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.

Filmer och Serier på Plex

  • Storslam i Las Vegas
    Storslam i Las Vegas1960
  • Alamo
    Alamo1960
  • De laglösas gisslan
    De laglösas gisslan1957
  • The Big Sleep - Den stora sömnen
    The Big Sleep - Den stora sömnen1978
  • Det blodiga gänget
    Det blodiga gänget1976
  • Strid på havets botten
    Strid på havets botten1953
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • Against a Crooked Sky
    Against a Crooked Sky1975
  • Överfallet vid Röda floden
    Överfallet vid Röda floden1954
  • Känguru
    Känguru1952
  • Madron
    Madron1970
  • In Broad Daylight
    In Broad Daylight1971
  • Television: The First Fifty Years
    Television: The First Fifty Years1999

Känd för

  • Big Jake
    Big Jake1971
  • Den siste gunfightern
    Den siste gunfightern1976
  • Hombre
    Hombre1967
  • Have Gun, Will Travel
    Have Gun, Will Travel6 seasons
  • Hobbit
    Hobbit1977
  • De laglösas gisslan
    De laglösas gisslan1957
  • I Bury the Living
    I Bury the Living1958
  • Den purpurröda manteln
    Den purpurröda manteln1953
  • Rio Conchos
    Rio Conchos1964
  • The Big Sleep - Den stora sömnen
    The Big Sleep - Den stora sömnen1978
  • De grymma och de tappra
    De grymma och de tappra1965
  • Natt utan nåd
    Natt utan nåd1969
  • The Last Dinosaur
    The Last Dinosaur1977
  • Massaker i gryningen
    Massaker i gryningen1961
  • Rommel - ökenräven
    Rommel - ökenräven1951
  • Mannen utan öde
    Mannen utan öde1955
  • Against a Crooked Sky
    Against a Crooked Sky1975
  • Brevet till Kreml
    Brevet till Kreml1970
  • Det blodiga gänget
    Det blodiga gänget1976
  • Tio desperados
    Tio desperados1955

Filmografi

2005
1999
Television: The First Fifty Years · as PaladinPå Plex
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 CansinoPå Plex
1977
The Hobbit · as Smaug (voice)
1977
The Last Dinosaur · as Masten Thrust Jr.På Plex
1976
The Shootist · as Mike Sweeney
1976
God's Gun · as The SheriffPå Plex
1975
Against a Crooked Sky · as RussianPå 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 ChappelPå Plex
1971
Big Jake · as John Fain
1970
Madron · as MadronPå 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 HoustonPå Plex
1960
Ocean's Eleven · as Voice Of Minister (voice) (uncredited)På 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 UsherPå 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 ManningPå Plex
1953
The Robe · as Pontius Pilate
1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · as Thomas RhysPå 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. GamblePå 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

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