Jim Boles
Acting
Born February 28, 1914, Lubbock, Texas, USA
Jim Boles was an American actor. He appeared in the films The Tattooed Stranger, The Man with My Face, Naked in the Sun, Fluffy, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Trouble with Angels, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Waterhole No. 3, With Six You Get Eggroll, Angel in My Pocket, The Love God?, Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls, Nightmare Honeymoon, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, and The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, among others. Boles also appeared in a number of television shows, including nine episodes of the televised version of the radio series One Man's Family. Other appearances occurred on notable programs such as The Phil Silvers Show, The United States Steel Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Rocky King Detective, Have Gun – Will Travel, Naked City, Cheyenne, The Twilight Zone, The Lucy Show, The Dick Powell Theatre, McHale's Navy, Profiles in Courage, Daniel Boone, Rawhide, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Lost in Space, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Monkees, Get Smart, The Virginian, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Mod Squad, Marcus Welby, M.D., The F.B.I., Gunsmoke, Love, American Style, Night Gallery, Adam-12, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Mannix, Days of Our Lives, The Odd Couple, Kung Fu, The Streets of San Francisco, Quincy, M.E., The Name of the Game, A Man Called Shenandoah, The Eleventh Hour, Hawaiian Eye, Bronco, Adventures in Paradise, Temple Houston, The Defenders, The Jackie Gleason Show, Little House on the Prairie, and numerous others. He died of a heart attack on May 26, 1977, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California at age 63.
Filmography
- Quincy, M.E. — Gus
- 1976The Great Texas Dynamite Chase — Mr. Ralston
- 1975F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood — Studio Guard
- 1975Once Is Not Enough — Scotty
- 1975Please Stand by for Murder — Announcer
- 1975The Apple Dumpling Gang — Easy Archie
- Harry O — Wrangler
- Little House on the Prairie — Eldred Miller, Garvey, Brewster
- 1974Nightmare Honeymoon — Uncle Everett
- 1974The Healers
- 1973Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies — Abraham
- 1973Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls — Caretaker Franz
- Ghost Story — Dr. Death
- Kung Fu — Mooney
- 1972When the Line Goes Through — Grandpa Rucker
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law — Jethroe Mason
- The Odd Couple — Minister, Sam
- 1970WUSA — Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- 1970Wild Women — Warden
- 1969The Lottery
- 1969The Love God? — Amos Peacock
- Adam-12 — Harold Tanner
- 1968P.J. — Landlord's Agent
- The Name of the Game — Larkin
- 1968The Shakiest Gun in the West — Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
- 1968With Six You Get Eggroll — Pete (uncredited)
- Mannix — Peters
- The Guns of Will Sonnett — Preacher
- 1967The Karate Killers — Dr. True
- 1967Waterhole #3 — Cpl. Blyth
- 1966A Big Hand for the Little Lady — Pete
- 1966The Ghost and Mr. Chicken — Billy Ray Fox
- The Monkees — Farmer Fisher, Preacher
- 1966The Trouble with Angels — Mr. Gottschalk
- 1965Fluffy — Pete
- Get Smart — Dr. Ratton
- 1965John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! — Air Force Colonel (uncredited)
- Lost in Space — Smeek
- 1964Fate Is the Hunter — Airline Passenger (uncredited)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Dr. Lazarus
- The Rogues — Samuel Bone
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Reverend Gilfoyle, Sheriff Reynolds
- The Lucy Show — Delivery Man, Mr. Harris
- Ripcord — Mr. Peterson
- 1960The Pusher — Newspaper Vendor
- The Detectives — Jethro Small (uncredited)
- The Twilight Zone — Dispatcher, Obed Miller
- The Untouchables — Marty Mattern (uncredited)
- 1957Naked In The Sun — Arthur Gillis
- Perry Mason — Estate Guard
- Gunsmoke — Kesting, Sutro
- Tales of Tomorrow
- 1951The Man with My Face — Meadows
- 1950The Tattooed Stranger — Fisher