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Richard Boone
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Director, Actor Born: June 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, CA Death: January 10, 1981 in St. Augustine, FL Biography:Rough-hewn American leading man Richard Boone was thrust into the cold cruel world when he was expelled from Stanford University, for a minor infraction. He worked as a oil-field laborer, boxer, painter and free-lance writer before settling upon acting as a profession. After serving in World War II, Boone used his GI Bill to finance his theatrical training at the Actors' Studio, making his belated Broadway debut at age 31, playing Jason in Judith Anderson's production of "Medea". Signed to a 20th Century-Fox contract in 1951, Boone was given good billing in his first feature, "Halls of Montezuma"; among his Fox assignments was the brief but telling role of Pontius Pilate in "The Robe" (1953). Boone launched the TV-star phase of his career in the weekly semi-anthology "Medic", playing Dr. Konrad Steiner. From 1957 through 1963, Boone portrayed Paladin, erudite western soldier of fortune, on the popular... Full Biography
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