Richard Boone

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-06-18 (64 years old)

Deathday

1981-01-10

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Richard Boone

Biography

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, Califo...

Acting

1977

The Hobbit

as Smaug (voice)

1978

The Big Sleep

as Lash Cansino

1971

Big Jake

as John Fain

1953

1957

The Garment Jungle

as Artie Ravidge

1951

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

as Capt. Hermann Aldinger

1964

Rio Conchos

as Maj. James 'Jim' Lassiter

1976

The Shootist

as Mike Sweeney

1958

I Bury the Living

as Robert Kraft

1967

Hombre

as Cicero Grimes

1979

Winter Kills

as Keifitz

1953

The Robe

as Pontius Pilate

1965

1957

The Tall T

as Frank Usher

1955

Man Without a Star

as Steve Miles

1954

Dragnet

as Capt .James E. Hamilton

1953

Vicki

as Lt. Ed Cornell

1955

Ten Wanted Men

as Wick Campbell

1951

Halls of Montezuma

as Lt. Col. Gilfillan

1955

The Big Knife

as Narrator (Voice)

1969

The Arrangement

as Sam Arness

1956

Away All Boats

as Lieut. Fraser

1977

The Last Dinosaur

as Masten Thrust Jr.

1954

The Raid

as Capt. Lionel Foster

1976

God's Gun

as The Sheriff

1961

A Thunder of Drums

as Capt. Stephen Maddocks

1975

1956

Star in the Dust

as Sam Hall

1968

Kona Coast

as Capt. Sam Moran

1952

Red Skies of Montana

as Richard 'Dick' Dryer

1981

The Bushido Blade

as Matthew Perry

1957

Lizzie

as Dr. Neal Wright

1952

Kangaroo

as John W. Gamble

1972

The Century Turns

as Hec Ramsey

1971

In Broad Daylight

as Tony Chappel

1972

Goodnight, My Love

as Francis Hogan

1954

The Siege at Red River

as Brett Manning

1955

Robbers' Roost

as Hank Hays

1953

City of Bad Men

as John Ringo

1970

Madron

as Madron

1960

The Right Man

as Abraham Lincoln

1952

Return of the Texan

as Rod Murray

1952

Way of a Gaucho

as Major Salinas

1974

The Great Niagara

as Aaron Grant

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as Voice of Minister (voice) (uncredited)

1960

The Alamo

as Gen. Sam Houston

1951

Call Me Mister

as Mess Sergeant

1956

Battle Stations

as The Captain

1953

2001

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1972

Deadly Harvest

as Anton Solca

1992

Production

1968

Kona Coast

as Executive Producer

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