Richard Boone - Paladin

Died: January 10, 1981
Born: June 8, 1916

Actor. He is best remembered for his role of Paladin in the
television series, "Have Gun, Will Travel" (1957 to 1963).
After fighting in World War II, he used his GI Bill to study
acting at the Actor's Studio in New York. He began on
Broadway in the play "Medea," and in 1950, he signed a
movie contract with Twentieth Century Fox. His first movie
was "Halls of Montezuma," playing a marine. Tall, lean
and craggy, he was an instant pick for war and western
movies. His greatest success came with the casting as
Paladin (no first name ever mentioned) in the television
series, "Have Gun, Will Travel" (1957), in which he played
a cultured gunman for hire. His last role was playing
Commodore Matthew Perry, in "The Bushido Blade" (1981).

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