Richard Boone

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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

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1917-06-18
  • event Death Date 1981-01-10
  • school Known for: Acting
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  • info Birth Place Los Angeles, California, USA
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6.6

The Hobbit

1977-11-27

5.9

The Big Sleep

1978-03-13

6.8

Big Jake

1971-05-26

5.8

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953-12-02

6.4

The Garment Jungle

1957-05-01

6.7

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951-10-16

6.2

Rio Conchos

1964-10-28

7

The Shootist

1976-07-21

6.2

I Bury the Living

1958-07-01

7

Hombre

1967-03-21

5.8

Winter Kills

1979-05-11

6.8

The Robe

1953-09-16

6.3

The War Lord

1965-11-17

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The Tall T

1957-04-02

6.4

Man Without a Star

1955-03-24

6.2

Dragnet

1954-09-04

5.5

Vicki

1953-10-05

6.1

The Kremlin Letter

1970-02-01

5.8

Ten Wanted Men

1955-02-01

5.9

Halls of Montezuma

1951-01-04

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The Night of the Following Day

1969-01-10

5.9

The Big Knife

1955-10-25

6.7

The Arrangement

1969-11-18

5.1

Away All Boats

1956-08-16

6.5

The Last Dinosaur

1977-07-07

6.5

The Raid

1954-08-04

5.1

God's Gun

1976-02-01

5.4

A Thunder of Drums

1961-09-26

4.9

Against a Crooked Sky

1975-12-01

4.6

Star in the Dust

1956-06-13

3.2

Kona Coast

1968-05-01

5.2

Red Skies of Montana

1952-01-23

5.4

The Bushido Blade

1981-06-19

6.9

Lizzie

1957-04-04

5.2

Kangaroo

1952-05-16

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The Century Turns

1972-10-08

5.8

In Broad Daylight

1971-10-16

6.8

Goodnight, My Love

1972-10-18

5.9

The Siege at Red River

1954-05-01

5.8

Robbers' Roost

1955-05-30

5.8

City of Bad Men

1953-09-11

5.1

Madron

1970-12-01

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The Right Man

1960-01-01

6

Return of the Texan

1952-02-13

5.6

Way of a Gaucho

1952-10-16

6

The Great Niagara

1974-09-24

6.4

Ocean's Eleven

1960-08-10

7.2

The Alamo

1960-10-23

6.7

Call Me Mister

1951-02-01

5.6

Battle Stations

1956-02-01

6.5

Man on a Tightrope

1953-05-21

7

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

2001-07-24

6

Deadly Harvest

1972-09-26

6

John Wayne's 'The Alamo'

1992-06-06

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The Front Page

1950-06-08

4.8

Studio One

1948-11-07

6

General Electric Theater

1953-02-01

6.8

Hec Ramsey

1972-09-13

7.4

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957-09-14

5.1

Cimarron Strip

1967-09-07

6

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

3

Climax!

1954-10-07

4.6

Matinee Theater

1955-10-31

5.6

Medic

1954-09-13

4.6

Suspense

1949-01-06

7

The Richard Boone Show

1963-09-24

6.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957-07-29

7

The Ford Television Theatre

1952-10-02

6.7

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

6.7

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948-06-20

6

Lux Video Theatre

1950-10-02

6.7

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

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Climax!

1954-10-07

3

Climax!

1954-10-07

3

Climax!

1954-10-07

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962-10-01

5.2

The Mike Douglas Show

1961-12-11

6.7

What's My Line?

1950-02-02

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