Richard Boone
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1917-06-18
- Died
- 1981-01-10
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Allen Boone · ریچارد بون
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.
Known For
TV Shows (19)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Matinee Theater
1955
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest / Self - Panelist
Climax!
1954
as Col. William Hughes / David Neff / Jarech / Detective Ed Brooks
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Paladin
Studio One
1948
as John Wesley Hardin
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Suspense
1949
as Mercer
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Saxon / Vincent Giel
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Local Press
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Sergeant Bill Disher
Medic
1954
as Dr. Konrad Styner
Frontier
1955
as Everett Brayer
The Richard Boone Show
1963
General Electric Theater
1953
as Abraham Lincoln
The Front Page
1949
as Wilson
Hec Ramsey
1972
as Hec Ramsey
Movies (54)
Ocean's Eleven
1960
as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
Hombre
1967
as Cicero Grimes
The Alamo
1960
as Gen. Sam Houston
The Robe
1953
as Pontius Pilate
Away All Boats
1956
as Lieut. Fraser
The Shootist
1976
as Mike Sweeney
The Hobbit
1977
as Smaug (voice)
Big Jake
1971
as John Fain
Winter Kills
1979
as Keifitz
The Bushido Blade
1981
as Matthew Perry
Way of a Gaucho
1952
as Major Salinas
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951
as Capt. Hermann Aldinger
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
as Thomas Rhys
Star in the Dust
1956
as Sam Hall
The War Lord
1965
as Bors
Kangaroo
1952
as John W. Gamble
The Big Knife
1955
as Narrator (Voice)
Rio Conchos
1964
as Lassiter
Man on a Tightrope
1953
as Krofta
Halls of Montezuma
1951
as Lt. Col. Gilfillan
City of Bad Men
1953
as John Ringo
The Big Sleep
1978
as Lash Cansino
Ten Wanted Men
1955
as Wick Campbell
Lizzie
1957
as Dr. Neal Wright
Battle Stations
1956
as The Captain
Man Without a Star
1955
as Steve Miles
The Arrangement
1969
as Sam Arness
Against a Crooked Sky
1975
as Russian
The Last Dinosaur
1977
as Masten Thrust Jr.
God's Gun
1976
as The Sheriff
The Raid
1954
as Capt. Lionel Foster
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Ward
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Richard 'Dick' Dryer
The Garment Jungle
1957
as Artie Ravidge
I Bury the Living
1958
as Robert Kraft
The Siege at Red River
1954
as Brett Manning
The Tall T
1957
as Frank Usher
The Century Turns
1972
as Hec Ramsey
In Broad Daylight
1971
as Tony Chappel
Kona Coast
1968
as Capt. Sam Moran
Madron
1970
as Madron
The Night of the Following Day
1969
as Leer
A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Capt. Stephen Maddocks
Deadly Harvest
1972
as Anton Solca
Goodnight, My Love
1972
as Francis Hogan
Dragnet
1954
as Capt .James E. Hamilton
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992
as Sam Houston
Vicki
1953
as Lt. Ed Cornell
Robbers' Roost
1955
as Hank Hays
The Right Man
1960
as Abraham Lincoln
The Great Niagara
1974
as Aaron Grant
Call Me Mister
1951
as Mess Sergeant
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Return of the Texan
1952
as Rod Murray
About 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, Calif… With 73 credits spanning from 1948 to 2001, Richard Boone has appeared in 54 films and 19 TV shows.
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Most Popular Richard Boone Movies
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) — as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
- Hombre (1967) — as Cicero Grimes
- The Alamo (1960) — as Gen. Sam Houston
- The Robe (1953) — as Pontius Pilate
- Away All Boats (1956) — as Lieut. Fraser
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