Brendon Boone
Norman Brendon Boone Jr. is an American actor and writer.
Early years
Born in Meridian, Mississippi,[1] Boone is the son of Rev. Norman Boone[2] and Leola Speed Boone.[3] His father was a pastor in the United Methodist Church.[4] Boone was a student at Columbia High School[2] before he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. He also had dramatic training at Rollins College for a year.[5]
Career
On television, Boone portrayed Chief on Garrison's Gorillas[6] and Roman Bedford on Rawhide. He also appeared on other programs, including Gunsmoke; The Red Skelton Show; Bonanza; Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.; The Virginian, and other series.[2] He also won a four-day trip to Italy on an episode of The Dating Game.[5] Films in which he appeared include The Big Game (1972), Death Race (1973), and The Hanged Man (1974).[7] On stage, he portrayed Tommy in Tenderloin in Oceanside, California.[8]
Boone wrote a novel, Preacher and Co, and its accompanying screenplay, with a plot focusing on "love, brotherhood, loyalty and redemption".[3]
Personal life
Boone married Shirley Errington on May 1, 1971, in Jackson, Mississippi,[4] and they had a son.[2]
Recognition
Boone was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Actor In A Television Series in 1968.[9] He won the Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Best Young Actor in a Television Series award for 1967-68 for his work on Garrison's Gorillas.[2]
References
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