Richard Boone (I)

Richard Boone in 'Winter Kills'

Richard Boone (1917 - 1981) 

Film Deaths

• Man on a Tightrope (1953) [Krofta]: Shot to death by Hansi.
• Siege at Red River (1954) [Brett Manning]: Stabbed in the stomach in a knife fight with Van Johnson.
• Ten Wanted Men (1955) [Wick Campbell]: Shot to death in a gunfight with Randolph Scott.
• Star in the Dust (1956) [Sam Hall]: Hanged when Leif Erikson accidentally startles Richard's horse as Richard is about to be executed, thus hanging him before the execution was actually supposed to be carried out.
• The Tall T (1957) [Frank Usher]: Shot to death in a gunfight with Randolph Scott.
• Rio Conchos (1964) [Major Jim Lassiter]: Killed in an explosion (along with Jim Brown) after a wagon full of munitions catches fire.
• Hombre (1967) [Cicero Grimes]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Paul Newman.
• Madron (1970) [Madron]: Killed by renegade Apache warriors, after he attacks their camp as a distraction so that Leslie Caron can escape.
• Big Jake (1971) [John Fain]: Shot to death by Christopher Mitchum as Richard is about to kill John Wayne.
• Deadly Harvest (1972) [Anton Solca]: Shot to death (off-screen) by KGB assassins as he tries to hold them off so that Patty Duke can escape; we only hear the shots as Patty runs away.
• The Shootist (1976) [Mike Sweeney]: Shot to death in a gunfight with John Wayne.

• The Big Sleep (1978) [Lash Canino]: Shot to death by Robert Mitchum.
• Winter Kills (1979) [Keifitz]: Shot to death in a gunfight with Jeff Bridges in John Huston's office.

TV Deaths

• Cimarron Strip: The Roarer (1967) [Sergeant Bill Disher]: Shot in the stomach by Stuart Whitman, dying shortly after while talking to Stuart.
• The Hobbit (1977) [Smaug]: Providing the voice of a dragon he is shot in the chest with an arrow by Bard (John Stephenson).

Notable Connections

Cousin of Pat Boone