Richard Boone [16420] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.0992 Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA Birthday: 1917-06-18 Deathday: 1981-01-10 Age: 63 years Movies: 54 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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, 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 The Shootist: The Legen2001-07-24 John Wayne's 'The Alamo1992-06-06 The Bushido Blade1981-06-19 Winter Kills1979-05-11 The Big Sleep1978-03-13 The Hobbit1977-11-27 The Last Dinosaur1977-07-07 The Shootist1976-07-21 God's Gun1976-02-01 Against a Crooked Sky1975-12-01 The Great Niagara1974-09-24 Goodnight, My Love1972-10-18 The Century Turns1972-10-08 Deadly Harvest1972-09-26 In Broad Daylight1971-10-16 Big Jake1971-05-26 Madron1970-12-01 The Kremlin Letter1970-02-01 The Arrangement1969-11-18 The Night of the Follow1969-01-10 Kona Coast1968-05-01 Hombre1967-03-21 The War Lord1965-11-17 Rio Conchos1964-10-28 A Thunder of Drums1961-09-26 The Alamo1960-10-23 Ocean's Eleven1960-08-10 The Right Man1960-01-01 I Bury the Living1958-07-01 The Garment Jungle1957-05-01 Lizzie1957-04-04 The Tall T1957-04-02 Away All Boats1956-08-16 Star in the Dust1956-06-13 Battle Stations1956-02-01 The Big Knife1955-10-25 Robbers' Roost1955-05-30 Man Without a Star1955-03-24 Ten Wanted Men1955-02-01 Dragnet1954-09-04 The Raid1954-08-04 The Siege at Red River1954-05-01 Beneath the 12-Mile Ree1953-12-02 Vicki1953-10-05 The Robe1953-09-16 City of Bad Men1953-09-11 Man on a Tightrope1953-05-21 Way of a Gaucho1952-10-16 Kangaroo1952-05-16 Return of the Texan1952-02-13 Red Skies of Montana1952-01-23 The Desert Fox: The Sto1951-10-16 Call Me Mister1951-02-01 Halls of Montezuma1951-01-04