x

Login

Remember me
Forget password ?

Or via social

x

sign up

person_profile-Richard Boone

Richard Boone Died at age: 63

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Richard Boone

Date of Birth:

Jun 18, 1917

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 10, 1981

Biography of

Richard Boone

    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

Photos of

Richard Boone

Photos ( 4 Photos

Filmography of

Richard Boone

Found 52 Movies in total

The Bushido Blade

Matthew Perry ( Actor )

... 1981

Winter Kills

Keifitz ( Actor )

... 1979

The Big Sleep

Lash Cansino ( Actor )

... 1978

The Hobbit

Smaug ( Actor )

... 1977

The Last Dinosaur

Masten Thrust Jr. ( Actor )

... 1977

The Shootist

Sweeney ( Actor )

... 1976

God's Gun

The Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1976

Against a Crooked Sky

Russian ( Actor )

... 1975

The Great Niagara

Aaron Grant ( Actor )

... 1974

Goodnight, My Love

Francis Hogan ( Actor )

... 1972

The Century Turns

Hec Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1972

Deadly Harvest

Anton Solca ( Actor )

... 1972

In Broad Daylight

Tony Chappel ( Actor )

... 1971

Big Jake

John Fain ( Actor )

... 1971

Madron

Madron ( Actor )

... 1970

The Kremlin Letter

Ward ( Actor )

... 1970

The Arrangement

Sam Arness ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

Kona Coast

Capt. Sam Moran ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1968

Hombre

Cicero Grimes ( Actor )

... 1967

The War Lord

Bors ( Actor )

... 1965

Rio Conchos

Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter ( Actor )

... 1964

A Thunder of Drums

Capt. Stephen Maddocks ( Actor )

... 1961

The Alamo

Gen. Sam Houston ( Actor )

... 1960

Ocean's Eleven

Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

The Right Man

Abraham Lincoln ( Actor )

... 1960

I Bury the Living

Robert Kraft ( Actor )

... 1958

The Garment Jungle

Artie Ravidge ( Actor )

... 1957

Lizzie

Dr. Neal Wright ( Actor )

... 1957

The Tall T

Frank Usher ( Actor )

... 1957

Away All Boats

Lieut. Fraser ( Actor )

... 1956

Star in the Dust

Sam Hall ( Actor )

... 1956

Battle Stations

The Captain ( Actor )

... 1956

The Big Knife

Narrator (Voice) ( Actor )

... 1955

Robbers' Roost

Hank Hays ( Actor )

... 1955

Man Without a Star

Steve Miles ( Actor )

... 1955

Ten Wanted Men

Wick Campbell ( Actor )

... 1955

Dragnet

Capt .James E. Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1954

The Raid

Capt. Lionel Foster ( Actor )

... 1954

The Siege at Red River

Brett Manning ( Actor )

... 1954

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Thomas Rhys ( Actor )

... 1953

Vicki

Lt. Ed Cornell ( Actor )

... 1953

The Robe

Pontius Pilate ( Actor )

... 1953

City of Bad Men

John Ringo ( Actor )

... 1953

Man on a Tightrope

Krofta ( Actor )

... 1953

Way of a Gaucho

Major Salinas ( Actor )

... 1952

Kangaroo

John W. Gamble ( Actor )

... 1952

Return of the Texan

Rod Murray ( Actor )

... 1952

Red Skies of Montana

Richard 'Dick' Dryer ( Actor )

... 1952

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Capt. Hermann Aldinger ( Actor )

... 1951

Call Me Mister

Mess Sergeant ( Actor )

... 1951

Halls of Montezuma

Lt. Col. Gilfillan ( Actor )

... 1951