Richard Boone

Birth Name: Richard Allen Boone

Date of Birth: June 18, 1917

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: January 10, 1981

Place of Death: St. Augustine, Florida, U.S.

Ethnicity:
*father – English, Scottish, German, Welsh
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish

Richard Boone was an American actor.

He was the son of Cecile Lily (Beckerman) and Kirk Etna Boone. He was married to Claire McAloon, until his death, with whom he had a son.

Richard’s four times great-grandfather was George Boone, whose siblings were frontiersmen Daniel Boone and Squire Boone. Richard was a sixth cousin of singer and actor Pat Boone (Richard’s five times great-grandparents, Squire Boone and Sarah Morgan, were also Pat Boone’s five time great-grandparents). He was also a sixth cousin, twice removed, of Pat’s granddaughter, actress Tessa Ferrer.

Richard’s paternal grandfather was Bower Boone (the son of Peter Tribble Boone and Laura Bower). Richard’s grandfather Bower was born in Missouri. Peter was the son of Nestor W. Boone and Matilda Tribble/Tibble. Laura was the daughter of Gustavus Miller Bower and Catherine A. Long.

Richard’s paternal grandmother was Lola Ann Matthews (the daughter of Mack Matthews and Elizabeth Evaline Kelsay). Lola was born in California. Mack was the son of William Randolph Mathews and Martha J. Copsey. Elizabeth was the daughter of George W. Kelsay and Permelia Katherine/Catherine Millie Gibson/Gipson.

Richard’s maternal grandfather was named Harris Beckerman (the son of Jacob Z. Beckerman). Harris was a Russian Jewish immigrant.

Richard’s maternal grandmother was named Rosa Schakowitz (the daughter of William Schakowitz). Rosa was a Russian Jewish immigrant.