Most Recent Role: Himself on The Merv Griffin Show
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: 6-18-1917
Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone
Date of Death: 1-10-1981
Cause of Death: Throat cancer
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Birthday: 6-18-1917
Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone
Date of Death: 1-10-1981
Cause of Death: Throat cancer
Boone stood 6'2" tall, weighed 200 lbs, and measured 44-34-38 (chest-waist-hips).(Time Magazine, March 30, 1959)
Seventh generation nephew of Daniel Boone.
He was married three times.
The first was to Jane Hopper in 1937 (divorced in 1940).
The second was to Mimi Kelly in 1949 (divorced in 1950).
The last was to Claire McAloon in 1951. They had one child, Peter, born in 1953....
Most Recent Appearance
April 2, 1976
Friday 2 April 1976 on Syndicated
Merv's guests are Victor Borge, Betty White, Richard Boone, pianist Mac Frampton, The Trenniers singing group and Animal trainer Ron Oxley with a 600-pound bear named Bruno.
His last theatrical film role was in The Bushido Blade (1979), a Japan--USA co-production.
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Richard was the voice of the minister at the eulogy in Ocean's Eleven (1960), though he did not appear on-screen or receive credit for the role.
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A Richard Boone "tribute" rifle was released in 2001 by the America Remembers Company.
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Richard turned down the lead role in a television pilot for "The Man" -- later retitled as Hawaii Five-O.
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Richard was appointed Cultural Ambassador for the State of Florida in 1980.
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(about directing Have Gun, Will Travel)
Richard Boone: When I direct a show, I'm pretty arbitrary. If I have a fault, it's that I see an end and go for it with all my energy; and if I'm bugged with people who don't see it or won't go for it, it looks as though I'm riding all over them.
(edit) (about leaving role of Paladin)
Richard Boone: Every time you go to the well, it's a little further down. It's sad, like seeing Sugar Ray Robinson after his best days are past. You wish he wouldn't fight any more, and you could just keep your memories. (edit)
Richard Boone: When I direct a show, I'm pretty arbitrary. If I have a fault, it's that I see an end and go for it with all my energy; and if I'm bugged with people who don't see it or won't go for it, it looks as though I'm riding all over them.
(edit) (about leaving role of Paladin)
Richard Boone: Every time you go to the well, it's a little further down. It's sad, like seeing Sugar Ray Robinson after his best days are past. You wish he wouldn't fight any more, and you could just keep your memories. (edit)
Other Appearances
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Paladin |
Hec Ramsey
Hector "Hec" Ramsey |
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Medic
Dr. Konrad Styner |
The Richard Boone Show
Host/Performer |
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| The Richard Boone Show |
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Actors Studio
The Midway |
Actors Studio
You're Breaking My Heart |
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Cimarron Strip
The Roarer Sgt. Bill Covington |
Climax
The Shadow of Evil David Neff |
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Climax
And Don't Ever Come Back Jarech |
Climax
Bailout at 43,000 Feet Colonel Hughes |
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Have Gun, Will Travel
Paladin was not your normal gunfighter. He was an educated and a traveled man. A West Point graduate, he served as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he went west and became a... more Hec Ramsey
Richard Boone starred as Hec Ramsey, gunfighter turned criminologist, in this turn of the century western. The show was one of the four rotating elements of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie for two... more Medic
One of the first doctor dramas and a pioneer in realism. To try and maintain as much realism as possible, many episodes were filmed in real hospitals and used real doctors and nurses as part of the... more The Richard Boone Show
NBC's The Richard Boone Show ! more
Paladin was not your normal gunfighter. He was an educated and a traveled man. A West Point graduate, he served as a Union officer during the Civil War. After the war, he went west and became a... more Hec Ramsey
Richard Boone starred as Hec Ramsey, gunfighter turned criminologist, in this turn of the century western. The show was one of the four rotating elements of the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie for two... more Medic
One of the first doctor dramas and a pioneer in realism. To try and maintain as much realism as possible, many episodes were filmed in real hospitals and used real doctors and nurses as part of the... more The Richard Boone Show
NBC's The Richard Boone Show ! more
