Richard Boone

Augustine, Florida. Most Caine impressions repeat the catchphrase "...and not a lot of people know that", which was never actually used by Caine, except more recently when sending up himself and the mimics who established the catchphrase. He died soon afterward of throat cancer in St. Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a distinctive yet fairly easy to copy voice. In his final role, he played Commodore Matthew Perry in Bushido Blade. Unlike some actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working. 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). He was created Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992 for services to drama, and in 2000 a Knight Bachelor, becoming Sir Maurice Micklewhite.

He continued to star in many more movies. He has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film, Hannah and Her Sisters, his second in 1999 for The Cider House Rules, in both cases as a supporting actor (in common with his contemporary Sean Connery, Caine now plays supporting roles). 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. By this time Caine's reputation as an icon was assured, and recent performances in Little Voice (1998), Last Orders (2001) and others have rehabilitated his critical reputation. Even though it only aired from 1963 to 1964, he received his fourth Emmy nomination in 1964. However, I have seen the house that it paid for, and it is superb". After Have Gun, Will Travel, Boone had his own anthology Television called The Richard Boone Show. Of the former, Caine famously said "I have not seen the film, but I hear it is terrible.

The show ran from 1957 to 1963, with Boone receiving two more Emmy nominations in 1959 and 1960. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s Caine alternated between acclaimed performances in films such as Educating Rita (1983) and Mona Lisa (1986), and unashamedly mercenary roles in notorious duds such as Jaws: The Revenge (1987) and On Deadly Ground (1994). However, it was his second show that Boone became a national star with his Paladin character in Have Gun, Will Travel. The 1970s proved to be a lean period for Caine, with successes such as Sleuth (1972) and The Man Who Would Be King (1975) overshadowed by disasters such as The Swarm (1978) and Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979). 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. After ending the 1960s with the equally iconic The Italian Job Caine entered the 1970s with Get Carter, one of the best British gangster films. He starred in three movies with John Wayne: The Alamo as Sam Houston, Big Jake and The Shootist. His trademark horn-rimmed glasses did not prevent him becoming a pin-up.

He later studied acting in New York, and in 1950, Boone made his screen debut as a Marine in Halls of Montezuma. He went on to play Palmer in a further two films. He worked in several odd jobs, including boxing and painting, before serving in World War II in the US Navy. Zulu was closely followed by his two best-known roles: the spy "Harry Palmer", in The Ipcress File (1965), and the woman-chasing Alfie (1966). Boone was born in Los Angeles, California. At the time, Caine's working-class cockney, just as with The Beatles Liverpudlian accents, seemed like a breath of fresh air. Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 - January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over fifty films. This proved to be ironic, as Caine was quickly to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the 'BBC English' hitherto considered proper for film actors.

After several minor roles, Caine came into the public eye as an upper-class British army officer in the 1963 film, Zulu. He once joked to an interviewer that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as Michael 101 Dalmatians. Looking around for inspiration, he noted that The Caine Mutiny was being shown at the Odeon cinema, and so he decided to change his name to Michael Caine. His agent insisted that he come up with a new name immediately.

He happened to be speaking to his agent in a telephone box in London's Leicester Square when he was informed that he had to change his name again because another actor was already using the name Michael Scott. During the Second World War he was evacuated to Norfolk. When Michael Caine first became an actor he changed his name to Michael Scott. He was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in Rotherhithe, South London and grew up in nearby Camberwell. Michael Caine (born March 14, 1933) is a British film actor.

Zulu (1964). The Ipcress File (1965). Alfie (1966). The Wrong Box (1966).

Gambit (1966). Funeral in Berlin (1966). Hurry Sundown (1967). Woman Times Seven (1967).

Billion Dollar Brain (1967). Deadfall (1968). The Magus (1968). Play Dirty (1968).

The Italian Job (1969). Battle of Britain (1969). Too Late the Hero (1970). The Last Valley (1971).

Get Carter (1972). Kidnapped (1972). Sleuth (1972). The Romantic Englishwoman (1975).

The Man Who Would Be King (1975). The Eagle Has Landed (1976). Dressed to Kill (1980). Deathtrap (1982).

Educating Rita (1983). Hannah and Her Sisters (1986). Half Moon Street (1986). The Fourth Protocol (1987).

Without a Clue (1988). Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988). Jekyll & Hyde (1990). A Shock to the System (1990).

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Bullet to Beijing (1997). Petersburg (1997). Midnight in St.