1917-06-18 ( 107 years old ) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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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
Movies
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
2001-07-24
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
1992-06-06
The Bushido Blade
1981-06-19
Winter Kills
1979-05-11
The Big Sleep
1978-03-13
The Hobbit
1977-11-27
The Last Dinosaur
1977-07-07
The Shootist
1976-07-21
God's Gun
1976-02-01
Against a Crooked Sky
1975-12-01
The Great Niagara
1974-09-24
Goodnight, My Love
1972-10-18
The Century Turns
1972-10-08
Deadly Harvest
1972-09-26
In Broad Daylight
1971-10-16
Big Jake
1971-05-26
Madron
1970-12-01
The Kremlin Letter
1970-02-01
The Arrangement
1969-11-18
The Night of the Following Day
1969-01-10
Kona Coast
1968-05-01
Hombre
1967-03-21
The War Lord
1965-11-17
Rio Conchos
1964-10-28
A Thunder of Drums
1961-09-26
The Alamo
1960-10-23
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
The Right Man
1960-01-01
I Bury the Living
1958-07-01
The Garment Jungle
1957-05-01
Lizzie
1957-04-04
The Tall T
1957-04-02
Away All Boats
1956-08-16
Star in the Dust
1956-06-13
Battle Stations
1956-02-01
The Big Knife
1955-10-25
Robbers' Roost
1955-05-30
Man Without a Star
1955-03-24
Ten Wanted Men
1955-02-01
Dragnet
1954-09-04
The Raid
1954-08-04
The Siege at Red River
1954-05-01
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953-12-02
Vicki
1953-10-05
The Robe
1953-09-16
City of Bad Men
1953-09-11
Man on a Tightrope
1953-05-21
Way of a Gaucho
1952-10-16
Kangaroo
1952-05-16
Return of the Texan
1952-02-13
Red Skies of Montana
1952-01-23
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
Call Me Mister
1951-02-01
Halls of Montezuma
1951-01-04
The Front Page
1950-06-08
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