- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 18, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- January 10, 1981
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, 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…
Filmography
movieThe Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992 · Sam Houston
movieThe Bushido Blade
1981 · Matthew Perry
movieWinter Kills
1979 · Keifitz
movieThe Big Sleep
1978 · Lash Cansino
movieThe Hobbit
1977 · Smaug (voice)
movieThe Last Dinosaur
1977 · Masten Thrust Jr.
movieThe Shootist
1976 · Mike Sweeney
movieGod's Gun
1976 · The Sheriff
movieAgainst a Crooked Sky
1975 · Russian
movieThe Great Niagara
1974 · Aaron Grant
movieGoodnight, My Love
1972 · Francis Hogan
movieThe Century Turns
1972 · Hec Ramsey
movieDeadly Harvest
1972 · Anton Solca
tvHec Ramsey
1972 · Hec Ramsey
movieIn Broad Daylight
1971 · Tony Chappel
movieBig Jake
1971 · John Fain
movieMadron
1970 · Madron
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970 · Ward
movieThe Arrangement
1969 · Sam Arness
movieThe Night of the Following Day
1969 · Leer
movieKona Coast
1968 · Capt. Sam Moran, Executive Producer
tvCimarron Strip
1967 · Sergeant Bill Disher
movieHombre
1967 · Cicero Grimes
movieThe War Lord
1965 · Bors
movieRio Conchos
1964 · Lassiter
tvThe Richard Boone Show
1963 · , Director
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieA Thunder of Drums
1961 · Capt. Stephen Maddocks
movieThe Alamo
1960 · Gen. Sam Houston
movieOcean's Eleven
1960 · Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Right Man
1960 · Abraham Lincoln
movieI Bury the Living
1958 · Robert Kraft
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Paladin, Director
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
movieThe Garment Jungle
1957 · Artie Ravidge
movieLizzie
1957 · Dr. Neal Wright
movieThe Tall T
1957 · Frank Usher
movieAway All Boats
1956 · Lieut. Fraser
movieStar in the Dust
1956 · Sam Hall
movieBattle Stations
1956 · The Captain
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieThe Big Knife
1955 · Narrator (Voice)
tvFrontier
1955 · Everett Brayer
movieRobbers' Roost
1955 · Hank Hays
movieMan Without a Star
1955 · Steve Miles
movieTen Wanted Men
1955 · Wick Campbell
tvClimax!
1954 · Col. William Hughes, David Neff, Jarech, Detective Ed Brooks
tvMedic
1954 · Dr. Konrad Styner
movieDragnet
1954 · Capt .James E. Hamilton
movieThe Raid
1954 · Capt. Lionel Foster
movieThe Siege at Red River
1954 · Brett Manning
movieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953 · Thomas Rhys
movieVicki
1953 · Lt. Ed Cornell
movieThe Robe
1953 · Pontius Pilate
movieCity of Bad Men
1953 · John Ringo
movieMan on a Tightrope
1953 · Krofta
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Abraham Lincoln
movieWay of a Gaucho
1952 · Major Salinas
tvThe Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Local Press
movieKangaroo
1952 · John W. Gamble
movieReturn of the Texan
1952 · Rod Murray
movieRed Skies of Montana
1952 · Richard 'Dick' Dryer
movieThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · Capt. Hermann Aldinger
movieCall Me Mister
1951 · Mess Sergeant
movieHalls of Montezuma
1951 · Lt. Col. Gilfillan
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Saxon, Vincent Giel
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest, Self - Panelist
The Front Page
1949 · Wilson
tvSuspense
1949 · Mercer
tvStudio One
1948 · John Wesley Hardin
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self