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.

Фільмографія

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

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (6)

• 2001The Shootist: The Legend Lives On — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• Tonight Starring Jack Paar — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self