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Richard Boone

Cast & creator

Richard Boone

1917-06-18 (died at 63) Los Angeles, California, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, What's My Line?

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.

Also known as: Richard Allen Boone, ریچارد بون

Movies

55

film credits

Series

25

television credits

Career

77

1948–2001 · acting roles

Credit score

6.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self · 1950

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Paladin · 1957

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Director · 1957

Across film & television

Filmography (80)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

Self

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Paladin

Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

Director

Climax!

Climax!

Col. William Hughes

Climax!

Climax!

David Neff

Climax!

Climax!

Jarech

Climax!

Climax!

Detective Ed Brooks

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

Studio One

Studio One

John Wesley Hardin

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

The Ford Television Theatre

The Ford Television Theatre

Local Press

Suspense

Suspense

Mercer

Lux Video Theatre

Saxon

Lux Video Theatre

Vincent Giel

Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip

Sergeant Bill Disher

Frontier

Frontier

Everett Brayer

The Shootist

The Shootist

Mike Sweeney

Ocean's Eleven

Ocean's Eleven

Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)

The Richard Boone Show

The Richard Boone Show

The Richard Boone Show

The Richard Boone Show

Director

Medic

Medic

Dr. Konrad Styner

The Alamo

The Alamo

Gen. Sam Houston

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Abraham Lincoln

Hec Ramsey

Hec Ramsey

Hec Ramsey

Hombre

Hombre

Cicero Grimes

The Robe

The Robe

Pontius Pilate

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

Capt. Hermann Aldinger

The Hobbit

The Hobbit

Smaug (voice)

Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

Steve Miles

The Bushido Blade

The Bushido Blade

Matthew Perry

The War Lord

The War Lord

Bors

Big Jake

Big Jake

John Fain

The Arrangement

The Arrangement

Sam Arness

The Tall T

The Tall T

Frank Usher

God's Gun

God's Gun

The Sheriff

A Thunder of Drums

A Thunder of Drums

Capt. Stephen Maddocks

Star in the Dust

Star in the Dust

Sam Hall

Winter Kills

Winter Kills

Keifitz

Ten Wanted Men

Ten Wanted Men

Wick Campbell

The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

Lash Cansino

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

Thomas Rhys

Man on a Tightrope

Man on a Tightrope

Krofta

Kangaroo

Kangaroo

John W. Gamble

The Raid

The Raid

Capt. Lionel Foster

Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos

Lassiter

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle

Artie Ravidge

Halls of Montezuma

Halls of Montezuma

Lt. Col. Gilfillan

The Last Dinosaur

The Last Dinosaur

Masten Thrust Jr.

The Front Page

Wilson

City of Bad Men

City of Bad Men

John Ringo

In Broad Daylight

In Broad Daylight

Tony Chappel

Way of a Gaucho

Way of a Gaucho

Major Salinas

The Big Knife

The Big Knife

Narrator (Voice)

Away All Boats

Away All Boats

Lieut. Fraser

The Kremlin Letter

The Kremlin Letter

Ward

I Bury the Living

I Bury the Living

Robert Kraft

The Siege at Red River

The Siege at Red River

Brett Manning

Battle Stations

Battle Stations

The Captain

Against a Crooked Sky

Against a Crooked Sky

Russian

Red Skies of Montana

Red Skies of Montana

Richard 'Dick' Dryer

Vicki

Vicki

Lt. Ed Cornell

The Night of the Following Day

The Night of the Following Day

Leer

Lizzie

Lizzie

Dr. Neal Wright

Robbers' Roost

Robbers' Roost

Hank Hays

Dragnet

Dragnet

Capt .James E. Hamilton

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Return of the Texan

Return of the Texan

Rod Murray

The Century Turns

The Century Turns

Hec Ramsey

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

Sam Houston

Goodnight, My Love

Goodnight, My Love

Francis Hogan

Call Me Mister

Call Me Mister

Mess Sergeant

The Right Man

The Right Man

Abraham Lincoln

Deadly Harvest

Deadly Harvest

Anton Solca

Kona Coast

Kona Coast

Capt. Sam Moran

Kona Coast

Kona Coast

Executive Producer

The Great Niagara

The Great Niagara

Aaron Grant

Madron

Madron

Madron