Acting
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.
Filmography
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Film · 2001
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Film · 1992
The Bushido Blade
Film · 1981
Winter Kills
Film · 1979
The Big Sleep
Film · 1978
The Hobbit
Film · 1977
The Last Dinosaur
Film · 1977
The Shootist
Film · 1976
God's Gun
Film · 1976
Against a Crooked Sky
Film · 1975
The Great Niagara
Film · 1974
The Century Turns
Film · 1972
Goodnight, My Love
Film · 1972
Deadly Harvest
Film · 1972
Hec Ramsey
Series · 1972
Big Jake
Film · 1971
In Broad Daylight
Film · 1971
The Kremlin Letter
Film · 1970
Madron
Film · 1970
The Night of the Following Day
Film · 1969
The Arrangement
Film · 1969
Kona Coast
Film · 1968
Hombre
Film · 1967
Cimarron Strip
Series · 1967
The War Lord
Film · 1965
Rio Conchos
Film · 1964
The Richard Boone Show
Series · 1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
A Thunder of Drums
Film · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Right Man
Film · 1960
Ocean's Eleven
Film · 1960
The Alamo
Film · 1960
I Bury the Living
Film · 1958
The Garment Jungle
Film · 1957
The Tall T
Film · 1957
Lizzie
Film · 1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Series · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
Away All Boats
Film · 1956
Star in the Dust
Film · 1956
Battle Stations
Film · 1956
Man Without a Star
Film · 1955
Ten Wanted Men
Film · 1955
The Big Knife
Film · 1955
Robbers' Roost
Film · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Frontier
Series · 1955
Dragnet
Film · 1954
The Raid
Film · 1954
The Siege at Red River
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Medic
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Film · 1953
The Robe
Film · 1953
Vicki
Film · 1953
City of Bad Men
Film · 1953
Man on a Tightrope
Film · 1953
General Electric Theater
Series · 1953
Red Skies of Montana
Film · 1952
Kangaroo
Film · 1952
Return of the Texan
Film · 1952
Way of a Gaucho
Film · 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
Series · 1952
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Film · 1951
Halls of Montezuma
Film · 1951
Call Me Mister
Film · 1951
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
Lux Video Theatre
Series · 1950
What's My Line?
Series · 1950
Suspense
Series · 1949
The Front Page
Series · 1949
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Series · 1948