Richard Boone
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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
Acted in
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Sam Houston
The Bushido Blade
1981
as Matthew Perry
Winter Kills
1979
as Keifitz
The Big Sleep
1978
as Lash Cansino
The Hobbit
1977
as Smaug (voice)
The Last Dinosaur
1977
as Masten Thrust Jr.
The Shootist
1976
as Mike Sweeney
God's Gun
1976
as The Sheriff
Against a Crooked Sky
1975
as Russian
The Great Niagara
1974
as Aaron Grant
Goodnight, My Love
1972
as Francis Hogan
The Century Turns
1972
as Hec Ramsey
Deadly Harvest
1972
as Anton Solca
Hec Ramsey
1972
as Hec Ramsey
In Broad Daylight
1971
as Tony Chappel
Big Jake
1971
as John Fain
Madron
1970
as Madron
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Ward
The Arrangement
1969
as Sam Arness
The Night of the Following Day
1969
as Leer
Kona Coast
1968
as Capt. Sam Moran
Cimarron Strip
1967
Hombre
1967
as Cicero Grimes
The War Lord
1965
as Bors
Rio Conchos
1964
as Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter
The Richard Boone Show
1963
A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Capt. Stephen Maddocks
The Alamo
1960
as Gen. Sam Houston
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
The Right Man
1960
as Abraham Lincoln
I Bury the Living
1958
as Robert Kraft
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Paladin
The Garment Jungle
1957
as Artie Ravidge
Lizzie
1957
as Dr. Neal Wright
The Tall T
1957
as Frank Usher
Away All Boats
1956
as Lieut. Fraser
Star in the Dust
1956
as Sam Hall
Battle Stations
1956
as The Captain
Matinee Theater
1955
The Big Knife
1955
as Narrator (Voice)
Frontier
1955
as Everett Brayer
Robbers' Roost
1955
as Hank Hays
Man Without a Star
1955
as Steve Miles
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Wick Campbell
Climax!
1954
as Col. William Hughes
Climax!
1954
as David Neff
Climax!
1954
as Jarech
Climax!
1954
as Detective Ed Brooks
Medic
1954
as Dr. Konrad Styner
Dragnet
1954
as Capt .James E. Hamilton
The Raid
1954
as Capt. Lionel Foster
The Siege at Red River
1954
as Brett Manning
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Thomas Rhys
Vicki
1953
as Lt. Ed Cornell
The Robe
1953
as Pontius Pilate
City of Bad Men
1953
as John Ringo
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Krofta
General Electric Theater
1953
as Abraham Lincoln
Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Major Salinas
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Local Press
Kangaroo
1952
as John W. Gamble
Return of the Texan
1952
as Rod Murray
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Richard 'Dick' Dryer
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
Call Me Mister
1951
as Mess Sergeant
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as Lt. Col. Gilfillan
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Saxon
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Vincent Giel
The Front Page
1950
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Panelist
Suspense
1949
as Mercer
Studio One
1948
as John Wesley Hardin