
Acting
Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns and for starring in the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel.
Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone, a corporate lawyer and 4th great-grandson of Squire Boone 1744–1815, a brother to frontiersman Daniel Boone. His mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Russia.
Richard Boone graduated from Hoover High School in Glendale, California. He attended Stanford University in Palo Al…

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
as Sam Houston

The Bushido Blade
as Matthew Perry

Winter Kills
as Keifitz

The Big Sleep
as Lash Cansino

The Hobbit
as Smaug (voice)

The Last Dinosaur
as Masten Thrust Jr.

The Shootist
as Mike Sweeney

God's Gun
as The Sheriff

Against a Crooked Sky
as Russian

Hec Ramsey
as Hec Ramsey · 11 ep.

Cimarron Strip
as Sergeant Bill Disher · 1 ep.

The Richard Boone Show
1 ep.

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1 ep.

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1 ep.

Have Gun, Will Travel
as Paladin · 225 ep.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 1 ep.

Matinee Theater
1 ep.

Frontier
as Everett Brayer · 1 ep.

Climax!
as Detective Ed Brooks · 1 ep.
The Hobbit
1977