[eastforker]

. It was also in that year that Boone was cast in what is his best-known role, the cultured gunfighter Paladin in the highly regarded western series Have Gun - Will Travel (1957). Although a gun for hire, Paladin was usually a moral one, did the job and lived at the Hotel Carlton in San Francisco. Immensely popular, the show made Boone a star. The series lasted six years, and in addition to starring in it, Boone also directed some episodes. He still kept busy on the big screen during the series' run, appearing as Sam Houston in the John Wayne epic The Alamo (1960), and as a weary cavalry captain fighting Indians in A Thunder of Drums (1961). After Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) ended in 1963, Boone hosted a dramatic anthology series, The Richard Boone Show (1963), but it was not successful.

[eastforker]

Lots of pics at site.

[Tax-chick]

I loved him as the villain in John Wayne’s “Big Jake.”

[TADSLOS]

He played an excellent bad guy in Hombre starring Paul Newman.

[yarddog]

I watched a couple of episodes of “Have Gun Will Travel” this morning. When I was a kid and the show first came on, I thought his name was Wire Paladin.

[JBW1949]

I drank a beer with Richard Boone at Flagler College in St Augustine FL in the student center pub...That was in 1971...He was a down to earth cool guy...

[headstamp 2]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgvxu8QY01s

[deport]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Boone

Richard Boone Film and TV roles

[Proud White Trump Supporter]

One of his last movies was the cheesy flick “The Last Dinosaur”.

[Does so]

Didn't make much Navy rank (for wartime service). Should have arrived just before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class (AOM3c). "Aviation Ordnanceman are aircraft armament (weapons) specialists in charge of storing, servicing, inspecting and handling of all types of weapons and ammunition carried on Naval aircraft."

[SES1066]

I too enjoyed a lot of his work. One of his last TV efforts was as “Hec Ramsey” where he combined Paladin with a bit of Sherlock Holmes in the early 1900s Indian Territory (Oklahoma). I believe that the time slot was split between several shows so I kept missing these episodes as I had no interest in the other revolving programs.

He played a veteran lawman who was a good man with a gun but now was not afraid to use modern (1900s) science to solve crimes. His foil was the new, college-educated Police Chief (Rick Lenz) who had strong doubts based upon prior reputation. Also starred Harry Morgan as town doctor (prior to his Col.Potter role on M*A*S*H). Very well done in an honest effort to show the American West evolving into the modern civilization.

[doorgunner69]

Scary dude in "Hombre"

If I recall correctly it was him.

[arrogantsob]

Have Gun Will Travel was my favorite western even more so than Gunsmoke.

I loved him in “Big Jake” too. “Sting ‘em a little more.”

[G Larry]

Have Gun

Will Travel

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

His show “ Hec Ramsey” was the first real “forensics” based western or crime show that I can remember. Pretty neat for its time.

Another honorable WW2 veteran. Hollywood should be ashamed of what it has today.

[Maine Mariner]

He also starred in Hec Ramsey. He did a great job there!