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