Richard Boone
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.
Fotos
Películas (54)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Sam Houston
The Bushido Blade
1981 · Matthew Perry
Winter Kills
1979 · Keifitz
The Big Sleep
1978 · Lash Cansino
The Hobbit
1977 · Smaug (voice)
The Last Dinosaur
1977 · Masten Thrust Jr.
The Shootist
1976 · Mike Sweeney
God's Gun
1976 · The Sheriff
Against a Crooked Sky
1975 · Russian
The Great Niagara
1974 · Aaron Grant
Goodnight, My Love
1972 · Francis Hogan
The Century Turns
1972 · Hec Ramsey
Deadly Harvest
1972 · Anton Solca
In Broad Daylight
1971 · Tony Chappel
Big Jake
1971 · John Fain
Madron
1970 · Madron
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Ward
The Arrangement
1969 · Sam Arness
The Night of the Following Day
1969 · Leer
Kona Coast
1968 · Capt. Sam Moran, Executive Producer
Hombre
1967 · Cicero Grimes
The War Lord
1965 · Bors
Rio Conchos
1964 · Lassiter
A Thunder of Drums
1961 · Capt. Stephen Maddocks
The Alamo
1960 · Gen. Sam Houston
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
The Right Man
1960 · Abraham Lincoln
I Bury the Living
1958 · Robert Kraft
The Garment Jungle
1957 · Artie Ravidge
Lizzie
1957 · Dr. Neal Wright
The Tall T
1957 · Frank Usher
Away All Boats
1956 · Lieut. Fraser
Star in the Dust
1956 · Sam Hall
Battle Stations
1956 · The Captain
The Big Knife
1955 · Narrator (Voice)
Robbers' Roost
1955 · Hank Hays
Man Without a Star
1955 · Steve Miles
Ten Wanted Men
1955 · Wick Campbell
Dragnet
1954 · Capt .James E. Hamilton
The Raid
1954 · Capt. Lionel Foster
The Siege at Red River
1954 · Brett Manning
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Thomas Rhys
Vicki
1953 · Lt. Ed Cornell
The Robe
1953 · Pontius Pilate
City of Bad Men
1953 · John Ringo
Man on a Tightrope
1953 · Krofta
Way of a Gaucho
1952 · Major Salinas
Kangaroo
1952 · John W. Gamble
Return of the Texan
1952 · Rod Murray
Red Skies of Montana
1952 · Richard 'Dick' Dryer
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Capt. Hermann Aldinger
Call Me Mister
1951 · Mess Sergeant
Halls of Montezuma
1951 · Lt. Col. Gilfillan
Series (19)
Hec Ramsey
1972 · Hec Ramsey
Cimarron Strip
1967 · Sergeant Bill Disher
The Richard Boone Show
1963 · Director
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Paladin, Director
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Matinee Theater
1955
Frontier
1955 · Everett Brayer
Climax!
1954 · Col. William Hughes, David Neff, Jarech, Detective Ed Brooks
Medic
1954 · Dr. Konrad Styner
General Electric Theater
1953 · Abraham Lincoln
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Local Press
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Saxon, Vincent Giel
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Front Page
1949 · Wilson
Suspense
1949 · Mercer
Studio One
1948 · John Wesley Hardin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self