Richard Boone

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1917-06-18

Deathday 1981-01-10 (63 years old)

Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, USA

Also Known As Richard Allen Boone

Richard Boone

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Known For

Actor

2001
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992
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
God's Gun

as The Sheriff

1975
1974
The Great Niagara

as Aaron Grant

1972
Goodnight, My Love

as Francis Hogan

1972
The Century Turns

as Hec Ramsey

1972
Deadly Harvest

as Anton Solca

1972
Hec Ramsey

as Hec Ramsey

1971
In Broad Daylight

as Tony Chappel

1971
Big Jake

as John Fain

1970
Madron

as Madron

1970
1969
The Arrangement

as Sam Arness

1968
Kona Coast

as Capt. Sam Moran

1967
Hombre

as Cicero Grimes

1965
The War Lord

as Bors

1964
Rio Conchos

as Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter

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)

1960
The Right Man

as Abraham Lincoln

1958
I Bury the Living

as Robert Kraft

1957
The Garment Jungle

as Artie Ravidge

1957
Lizzie

as Dr. Neal Wright

1957
The Tall T

as Frank Usher

1957
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
Robbers' Roost

as Hank Hays

1955
Man Without a Star

as Steve Miles

1955
Ten Wanted Men

as Wick Campbell

1954
Dragnet

as Capt .James E. Hamilton

1954
The Raid

as Capt. Lionel Foster

1954
The Siege at Red River

as Brett Manning

1954
Climax!

as Col. William Hughes

1954
Climax!

as David Neff

1954
Climax!

as Jarech

1954
Climax!

as Detective Ed Brooks

1954
Medic

as Dr. Konrad Styner

1953
1953
Vicki

as Lt. Ed Cornell

1953
The Robe

as Pontius Pilate

1953
City of Bad Men

as John Ringo

1953
1953
General Electric Theater

as Abraham Lincoln

1952
Way of a Gaucho

as Major Salinas

1952
Kangaroo

as John W. Gamble

1952
Return of the Texan

as Rod Murray

1952
Red Skies of Montana

as Richard 'Dick' Dryer

1952
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
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Vincent Giel

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

1949
Suspense

as Mercer

1948
Studio One

as John Wesley Hardin

1948
The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Abraham Lincoln

Director

1963
1957

Producer

1968
Kona Coast

as Executive Producer