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Richard Boone

Richard Boone
Richard Boone - 1967.jpg
Boone in 1967 film Hombre
Born Richard Allen Boone
(1917-06-18)June 18, 1917
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died January 10, 1981(1981-01-10) (aged 63)
St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.
Cause of death Pneumonia and throat cancer
Occupation Actor
Years active 1949–1980
Spouse(s) Jane H. Hopper (1937–1940; divorced)
Mimi Kelly (1949–1950; divorced)
Claire McAloon (1951–1981; his death; 1 child: Peter Boone)

Richard Allen Boone (18 June 1917 – 10 January 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for 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 well-to-do corporate lawyer. His father was a descendant of Squire Boone, brother to frontiersmen 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 prior to graduation and went to work in oil-rigging, bartending, painting, and writing. He joined the United States Navy in 1941 and served on three ships in the Pacific during World War II, seeing combat as an aviation ordnanceman, enlisted Naval Aircrewman and tail gunner on Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bombers.

In his youth, Boone had attended the San Diego Army and Navy Academy in Carlsbad, California, near Oceanside. There, Boone was introduced to theatre under the tutelage of Virginia Atkinson, who spawned theatre interest in many who eventually found their way to Hollywood. Robert Walker, another Academy graduate and member of the school’s theatre club, Masque & Wig, became a close acquaintance of Boone's.


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