Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Richard Allen BOONE
Source: Boone Family Web Page
He attended the San Diego Army and Navy Academy from 1929-1932.(a) An aerial gunner in the U.S. Navy, he was on 3 different ships, all of which were hit.
He was an actor on a short-lived series in 1949-1950 called "The Front Page" which was based on the movie of the same name. He had one of the first medical dramas ever---"The Medic"---which showed the birth of a human baby on television for the first time and delved into topics never before covered.
Then there was his wildly popular hit series "Have Gun-Will Travel (1958-1963). After which he created another first; the only repertory theater to come to television, called, appropriately, "The Richard Boone Show". It starred the same troupe of actors in different plays each week.
"Hec Ramsey" which rotated with those other NBC Mystery Theater shows.
Boone was a college student, boxer, painter and oil-field laborer before ending up in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he used the G.I. Bill to study acting with the Actor's Studio in New York. Serious and methodical, Boone would debut on Broadway in the stage play "Medea". Other plays would follow as would occasional Television work. In 1950, 20th Century Fox would sign him to a contract and he would make his screen debut in 'Halls of Montezuma (1950)', playing a marine. Tall and craggy, Boone would go on being cast in a number of war and western movies. He would also tackle roles such as Pontius Pilate in 'The Robe (1953)' and the cop in 'Vicki (1953)'. In 1954, he would be cast as Dr. Styner in the Television Series "Medic", which was a critical success, but not a ratings success. This role would last for two years, but in the meantime, he continued to appear in westerns and war movies. In 1957, he would play Dr. Wright who treats Elizebeth for her memory lapses in 'Lizzie'. It was also 1957 that Boone would be cast as Paladin in the Television Series "Have Gun Will Travel" (1957). Paladin was a cultured gun for hire, but usually a moral one, would did the job and lived at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Immensely popular, Boone became a star. The series would last 6 years and he would also try his hand at directing some of the episodes. During that time, he would appear in westerns as a General in 'The Alamo (1960)' and as a Captain in Thunder of Drums, A (1961). After "Have Gun Will Travel" (1957) ended in 1963, Boone hosted a dramatic anthology with the Television Series "The Richard Boone Show (1963)". This show was not successful and he would move to Hawaii for the next seven years. During this time, he made a few Westerns including 'Rio Conchos (1964)', but was largely absent from the screen. In the 70's he would move to Florida and come back in big screen and small screen movies. In 1972, he would again appear on Series Television in the Jack Webb production of "Hec Ramsey" (1972). Hec was an old frontier sheriff and it would air for two years. Boone would continue working until the end of the decade and would die from throat cancer in 1981.
According to an article on TV westerns in Time Magazine (March 30, 1959), Boone stood 6'2" tall, weighed 200 lbs, and had chest-waist-hips measurements of 44-34-38
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