Richard Boone Trivia

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Enjoyed weight lifting.

Cousin of Pat Boone.

Traces his ancestry directly back to legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone.

Turned down Robert Shaw`s role in The Sting (1973).

Turned down Jack Lord`s role in "Hawaii Five-O" (1968).

He directed the final scenes of The Night of the Following Day (1968) at the insistence of star Marlon Brando, as Brando could no longer tolerate what he considered the incompetence of director Hubert Cornfield

Boone returned to The Neighborhood Playhouse in New York — where he had once studied acting — to teach it, in the mid-1970s.

In 1965, he came third in the Laurel Award for Best Action Performance — Sean Connery won first place with Goldfinger and Burt Lancaster won second place with The Train.

During the 1970s, he wrote a newspaper column for the St. Augustine Record called, "It Seems To Me." He also gave acting lectures at Flagler College in 1972-1973.[

In the last year of his life, Boone was appointed Florida`s cultural ambassador

Theme Song Lyrics
("The Ballad of Paladin" sung by Johnny Western )

Have Gun Will Travel reads the card of a man.
A knight without armor in a savage land.

His fast gun for hire head`s the calling wind.
A soldier of fortune is the man called Paladin.

Paladin, Paladin
Where do you roam?
Paladin, Paladin,
Far, far from home.

He travels onto wherever he must.
A chest knight of silver is his badge of trust.
There are campfire lanterns that the flames men spears.
Of the man with the gun of the man called Paladin.

Paladin, Paladin
Where do you roam?
Paladin, Paladin,
Far, far from home.

Far from home,
Far from home

His last role was playing Commodore Matthew Perry, in "The Bushido Blade" (1981).

Cremated, Ashes scattered.
Specifically: Ashes Scattered in Hawaii