Home >

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Birthday: 1917-06-18 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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

...

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1978
The Big Sleep

as    Lash Cansino

1977
The Last Dinosaur

as    Masten Thrust Jr.

1977
The Hobbit

as    Smaug (voice)

1977
God's Gun

as    The Sheriff

1976
The Shootist

as    Mike Sweeney

1975
Against a Crooked Sky

as    Russian

1972
Goodnight, My Love

as    Francis Hogan

1972
Hec Ramsey

as    Hec Ramsey

1971
Big Jake

as    John Fain

1971
In Broad Daylight

as    Tony Chappel

1970
Madron

as    Madron

1970
The Kremlin Letter

as    Ward

1969
1969
The Arrangement

as    Sam Arness

1967
Hombre

as    Cicero Grimes

1965
The War Lord

as    Bors

1964
Rio Conchos

as    Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter

1961
A Thunder of Drums

as    Capt. Stephen Maddocks

1960
The Right Man

as    Abraham Lincoln

1958
I Bury the Living

as    Robert Kraft

1957
The Garment Jungle

as    Artie Ravidge

1957
The Tall T

as    Frank Usher

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel

as    Paladin

1956
Away All Boats

as    Lieut. Fraser

1956
Star in the Dust

as    Sam Hall

1956
Battle Stations

as    The Captain

1955
Robbers' Roost

as    Hank Hays

1955
Man Without a Star

as    Steve Miles

1954
Dragnet

as    Capt .James E. Hamilton

1954
Medic

as    Dr. Konrad Styner