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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 18, 1917
Died
January 10, 1981
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Richard Allen Boone
- ریچارد بون
Richard Boone
1.2 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
🎬
6.0
Sam Houston
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
5.4
Matthew Perry
The Bushido Blade
1981
5.8
Keifitz
Winter Kills
1979
5.9
Lash Cansino
The Big Sleep
1978
6.5
Smaug (voice)
The Hobbit
1977
6.3
Masten Thrust Jr.
The Last Dinosaur
1977
7.1
Mike Sweeney
The Shootist
1976
5.2
The Sheriff
God's Gun
1976
4.9
Russian
Against a Crooked Sky
1975
Credits
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
7.0
🎬
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Sam Houston
1992
6.0
The Bushido Blade
as Matthew Perry
1981
5.4
Winter Kills
as Keifitz
1979
5.8
The Big Sleep
as Lash Cansino
1978
5.9
The Hobbit
as Smaug (voice)
1977
6.5
The Last Dinosaur
as Masten Thrust Jr.
1977
6.3
The Shootist
as Mike Sweeney
1976
7.1
God's Gun
as The Sheriff
1976
5.2
Against a Crooked Sky
as Russian
1975
4.9
The Great Niagara
as Aaron Grant
1974
6.0
Goodnight, My Love
as Francis Hogan
1972
6.7
The Century Turns
as Hec Ramsey
1972
0.0
Deadly Harvest
as Anton Solca
1972
6.0
Hec Ramsey
as Hec Ramsey
1972
6.8
In Broad Daylight
as Tony Chappel
1971
5.2
Big Jake
as John Fain
1971
6.9
Madron
as Madron
1970
5.1
The Kremlin Letter
as Ward
1970
6.0
The Arrangement
as Sam Arness
1969
6.5
The Night of the Following Day
as Leer
1969
6.0
Kona Coast
as Capt. Sam Moran
1968
2.9
Cimarron Strip
as Sergeant Bill Disher
1967
5.5
Hombre
as Cicero Grimes
1967
7.0
The War Lord
as Bors
1965
6.2
Rio Conchos
as Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter
1964
6.3
The Richard Boone Show
1963
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
A Thunder of Drums
as Capt. Stephen Maddocks
1961
5.5
The Alamo
as Gen. Sam Houston
1960
7.1
Ocean's Eleven
as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
1960
6.4
The Right Man
as Abraham Lincoln
1960
6.0
I Bury the Living
as Robert Kraft
1958
6.1
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Paladin
1957
7.3
🎬
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
7.0
The Garment Jungle
as Artie Ravidge
1957
6.4
Lizzie
as Dr. Neal Wright
1957
6.9
The Tall T
as Frank Usher
1957
7.0
Away All Boats
as Lieut. Fraser
1956
5.1
Star in the Dust
as Sam Hall
1956
4.8
Battle Stations
as The Captain
1956
5.6
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The Big Knife
as Narrator (Voice)
1955
6.0
Frontier
as Everett Brayer
1955
5.0
Robbers' Roost
as Hank Hays
1955
5.8
Man Without a Star
as Steve Miles
1955
6.4
Ten Wanted Men
as Wick Campbell
1955
5.8
Climax!
as Col. William Hughes
1954
3.3
Climax!
as David Neff
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Jarech
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Detective Ed Brooks
1954
3.3
Medic
as Dr. Konrad Styner
1954
5.7
Dragnet
as Capt .James E. Hamilton
1954
6.1
The Raid
as Capt. Lionel Foster
1954
6.5
The Siege at Red River
as Brett Manning
1954
5.9
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
as Thomas Rhys
1953
5.9
Vicki
as Lt. Ed Cornell
1953
5.4
The Robe
as Pontius Pilate
1953
6.8
City of Bad Men
as John Ringo
1953
5.8
Man on a Tightrope
as Krofta
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Abraham Lincoln
1953
6.4
Way of a Gaucho
as Major Salinas
1952
5.6
The Ford Television Theatre
as Local Press
1952
7.3
Kangaroo
as John W. Gamble
1952
5.2
Return of the Texan
as Rod Murray
1952
6.0
Red Skies of Montana
as Richard 'Dick' Dryer
1952
5.2
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
1951
6.7
Call Me Mister
as Mess Sergeant
1951
6.7
Halls of Montezuma
as Lt. Col. Gilfillan
1951
5.9
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Saxon
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Vincent Giel
1950
6.3
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
1950
6.9
🎬
The Front Page
as Wilson
1949
0.0
Suspense
as Mercer
1949
4.9
Studio One
as John Wesley Hardin
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8