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Richard Boone often played in Westerns and action films.

Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 - January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over fifty films.

Boone was born in Los Angeles, California. He worked in several odd jobs, including boxing and painting, before serving in World War II in the US Navy. He later studied acting in New York, and in 1950, Boone made his screen debut as a Marine in Halls of Montezuma. He starred in three movies with John Wayne: The Alamo as Sam Houston, Big Jake and The Shootist.

From 1954 to 1956, Richard Boone starred in The Medic television show, receiving an Emmy nomination for Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series in 1955.

However, it was his second show that Boone became a national star with his Paladin character in Have Gun, Will Travel. The show ran from 1957 to 1963, with Boone receiving two more Emmy nominations in 1959 and 1960.

After Have Gun, Will Travel, Boone had his own anthology Television called The Richard Boone Show. Even though it only aired from 1963 to 1964, he received his fourth Emmy nomination in 1964. Along with The Danny Kaye Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Richard Boone Show won a Golden Globe for Best Show in 1964.

He continued to star in many more movies. In 1965, he won the third place Laurel Award for Action Performance (Sean Connery won first place with Goldfinger and Burt Lancaster won second place with The Train).

In his final role, he played Commodore Matthew Perry in Bushido Blade. He died soon afterward of throat cancer in St. Augustine, Florida


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Augustine, Florida. He was replaced in his role by Paul Ford. He died soon afterward of throat cancer in St. Calhern died in Tokyo of a heart attack while filming The Teahouse of the August Moon. In his final role, he played Commodore Matthew Perry in Bushido Blade. He is remembered for his role as Ambassador Trentino in the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup, but he reached the pinnacle of his career in the early 1950s when he starred in The Asphalt Jungle, The Magnificent Yankee (for which his performance as Oliver Wendell Holmes won him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor), Julius Caesar and Blackboard Jungle. In 1965, he won the third place Laurel Award for Action Performance (Sean Connery won first place with Goldfinger and Burt Lancaster won second place with The Train). Born in Brooklyn, New York, he played leads in silent films in the 1920s and was able to successfully transition to talkies, as well as starring on the stage.

He continued to star in many more movies. Louis Calhern (February 19, 1895 - May 12, 1956) was an American actor. Along with The Danny Kaye Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Richard Boone Show won a Golden Globe for Best Show in 1964. Even though it only aired from 1963 to 1964, he received his fourth Emmy nomination in 1964. After Have Gun, Will Travel, Boone had his own anthology Television called The Richard Boone Show.

The show ran from 1957 to 1963, with Boone receiving two more Emmy nominations in 1959 and 1960. However, it was his second show that Boone became a national star with his Paladin character in Have Gun, Will Travel. From 1954 to 1956, Richard Boone starred in The Medic television show, receiving an Emmy nomination for Best Actor Starring in a Regular Series in 1955. He starred in three movies with John Wayne: The Alamo as Sam Houston, Big Jake and The Shootist.

He later studied acting in New York, and in 1950, Boone made his screen debut as a Marine in Halls of Montezuma. He worked in several odd jobs, including boxing and painting, before serving in World War II in the US Navy. Boone was born in Los Angeles, California. Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 - January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over fifty films.