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Richard Boone
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Richard Boone
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1917-06-18,Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

6.594

The Hobbit
1977-11-27

5.875

The Big Sleep
1978-03-13

6.9

Big Jake
1971-05-26

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

5.956

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953-12-02

The Garment Jungle

6.5

The Garment Jungle
1957-05-01

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

6.717

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16

6.3

Rio Conchos
1964-10-28

7.068

The Shootist
1976-07-21

I Bury the Living

6.151

I Bury the Living
1958-07-01

7.1

Hombre
1967-03-21

5.8

Winter Kills
1979-05-11

6.9

The Robe
1953-09-16

6.233

The War Lord
1965-11-17

7

The Tall T
1957-04-02

Man Without a Star

6.5

Man Without a Star
1955-03-24

6.1

Dragnet
1954-09-04

5.522

Vicki
1953-10-05

The Kremlin Letter

6

The Kremlin Letter
1970-02-01

5.883

Ten Wanted Men
1955-02-01

Halls of Montezuma

5.976

Halls of Montezuma
1951-01-04

The Night of the Following Day

5.992

The Night of the Following Day
1969-01-10

6

The Big Knife
1955-10-25

The Arrangement

6.586

The Arrangement
1969-11-18

5.409

Away All Boats
1956-08-16

The Last Dinosaur

6.5

The Last Dinosaur
1977-07-07

6.5

The Raid
1954-08-04

5.167

God's Gun
1976-02-01

A Thunder of Drums

5.712

A Thunder of Drums
1961-09-26

Against a Crooked Sky

5

Against a Crooked Sky
1975-12-01

Star in the Dust

5.1

Star in the Dust
1956-06-13

3.333

Kona Coast
1968-05-01

Red Skies of Montana

5.8

Red Skies of Montana
1952-01-23

The Bushido Blade

5.75

The Bushido Blade
1981-06-19

6.933

Lizzie
1957-04-04

5.667

Kangaroo
1952-05-16

The Century Turns

0

The Century Turns
1972-10-08

In Broad Daylight

5.818

In Broad Daylight
1971-10-16

Goodnight, My Love

7.1

Goodnight, My Love
1972-10-17

The Siege at Red River

6.2

The Siege at Red River
1954-05-01

5.9

Robbers' Roost
1955-05-30

City of Bad Men

6.214

City of Bad Men
1953-09-11

5.077

Madron
1970-12-01

6

The Right Man
1960-01-01

Return of the Texan

6.667

Return of the Texan
1952-02-13

Way of a Gaucho

5.727

Way of a Gaucho
1952-10-16

The Great Niagara

6.25

The Great Niagara
1974-09-24

6.372

Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10

7.1

The Alamo
1960-10-23

6.75

Call Me Mister
1951-02-01

Battle Stations

6.125

Battle Stations
1956-02-01

Man on a Tightrope

6.636

Man on a Tightrope
1953-05-21

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

7

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001-07-24

8

Deadly Harvest
1972-09-26

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

8.333

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992-06-06

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01

7.333

Hec Ramsey
1972-09-13

Have Gun, Will Travel

7.314

Have Gun, Will Travel
1957-09-14

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

Matinee Theater

5.286

Matinee Theater
1955-10-31

6.286

Medic
1954-09-13

5.083

Suspense
1949-01-06

The Richard Boone Show

7.5

The Richard Boone Show
1963-09-24

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957-07-29

The Ford Television Theatre

7.75

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Lux Video Theatre

6.714

Lux Video Theatre
1950-10-02

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.533

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8

The Mike Douglas Show
1961-12-11

What's My Line?

7.034

What's My Line?
1950-02-02

7.5

Frontier
1955-09-25

7

The Front Page
1949-09-29

5.654

Cimarron Strip
1967-09-07