Intense, menacing character actor who began his career in the 1950s; popular on TV's "Have Gun Will Travel" (1957-63), as Paladin.
- Also Credited As:
Richard Allen Boone
- Born:
June 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died:
January 10, 1981.
-
Job Titles:
Actor, Author, Bartender, Oil fieldhand, Painter, Prizefighter
Education
-
Stanford University, Stanford, California, liberal arts and drama
-
Actors Studio, New York, New York
Milestones
-
1947 Stage acting debut
-
1950 Made film debut in Lewis Milestone s Halls of Montezuma after the director saw Boone s failed screen test eor Elia Kazan s A Streetcar Named Desire