{{Short description|American actor and writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Brendon Boone | birth_name = Norman Brendon Boone Jr. | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = Meridian, Mississippi, U.S. | education = University of Southern Mississippi | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Shirley Errington|1971|1980|reason=divorce}} * {{marriage|Karen Jensen|1999}} }} | children = 1 }}
'''Norman Brendon Boone Jr.''' is an American actor and writer.
==Early life and education== Born in Meridian, Mississippi,<ref>{{cite news |title=Ape Over Gorillas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100192458/brendon-boone/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 |work=Florida Today |date=February 25, 1968 |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> on 26 February 1938. Boone is the son of Rev. Norman Boone<ref name="cp">{{cite news |last1=Case |first1=Mauri |title=The Star Shines In Prime Time |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100123018/brendon-boone/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |work=Columbian-Progress |date=May 25, 1978 |location=Mississippi, Columbia |page=10|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> and Leola Speed Boone.<ref name="swmgs">{{cite web |title=Brendon Boone |url=http://authors.southernwritersmagazine.com/brendon-boone.html |website=Southern Writers Magazine Gallery of Stars |publisher=The Authors Gallery of Stars By Southern Writers |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419055842/http://authors.southernwritersmagazine.com/brendon-boone.html |archive-date=April 19, 2021}}</ref> His father was a pastor in the United Methodist Church.<ref name="wedding">{{cite news |title=Brendon Boone Weds Shirley Errington |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100117293/brendon-boone/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |work=The Clarion-Ledger |date=May 2, 1971 |location=Mississippi, Jackson |page=D 3|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> Boone was a student at Columbia High School<ref name="cp" /> before he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi. He also had dramatic training at Rollins College for a year.<ref name="cl2">{{cite news |last1=Ross |first1=Mona |title=TV Star Brendon Boone Appreciates 'Free Spirit' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100191310/brendon-boone/ |access-date=April 21, 2022 |work=The Clarion-Ledger |date=July 18, 1968 |location=Mississippi, Jackson |page=16|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
== Career == On television, Boone portrayed Chief on ''Garrison's Gorillas''<ref name="brooks">{{cite book|last1=Brooks|first1=Tim|last2=Marsh|first2=Earle|title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present|date=1999|publisher=The Ballentine Publishing Group|location=New York|isbn=0-345-42923-0|pages=377–378|edition=7th}}</ref> 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.<ref name="cp" /> He also won a four-day trip to Italy on an episode of ''The Dating Game''.<ref name="cl2" /> Films in which he appeared include ''The Big Game'' (1972), ''Death Race'' (1973), and ''The Hanged Man'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web |title=Brendon Boone |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/brendon-boone-p120760 |website=AllMovie |access-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421183920/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/brendon-boone-p120760 |archive-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref> On stage, he portrayed Tommy in ''Tenderloin'' in Oceanside, California.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Brendon Boone |journal=Classic Images |date=October 2021 |issue=554 |pages=24–27}}</ref>
Boone wrote a novel, ''Preacher and Co,'' and its accompanying screenplay, with a plot focusing on "love, brotherhood, loyalty and redemption".<ref name="swmgs" />
Boone was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Actor in a Television Series in 1968.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brendon Boone |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/brendon-boone |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418061159/https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/brendon-boone |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |access-date=April 21, 2022 |website=Golden Globe Awards |publisher=Hollywood Foreign Press Association}}</ref> He won the Hollywood Stars of Tomorrow Best Young Actor in a Television Series award for 1967–1968 for his work on ''Garrison's Gorillas''.<ref name="cp" />
== Personal life == Boone married Shirley Errington on May 1, 1971, in Jackson, Mississippi,<ref name="wedding" /> and they had a son.<ref name="cp" /> In 1999, he married Karen Jensen.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1966 |''Fantastic Voyage'' |Military Policeman |Uncredited |- |1973 |''The Big Game'' |Jim Handley | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1964 |''The Creeping Terror'' |Barney the Deputy |Television film |- |1965 |''Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' |Sailor |3 episodes |- |1965 |''Rawhide'' |Roman Bedford |Episode: "Duel at Daybreak" |- |1966 |''Bonanza'' |Pvt. Lowell |Episode: "The Last Mission" |- |1966 |''The Virginian'' |Griff |Episode: "An Echo of Thunder" |- |1967–1968 |''Garrison's Gorillas'' |Chief |26 episodes |- |1969 |''Gunsmoke'' |Hawk |Episode: "Hawk" |- |1971 |''Cade's County'' |Kevin Wallach |Episode: "The Mustangers" |- |1973 |''Death Race'' |Pvt. Huffman | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1974 |''The Hanged Man'' |Billy Irons |- |1974–1978 |''Emergency!'' |Various roles |4 episodes |- |1975 |''Switch'' |Police Detective |Episode: "Las Vegas Roundabout" |- |1977 |''The Hostage Heart'' |Dr. Charles Michaels |Television film |- |1978 |''Fantasy Island'' |Joe Matthews |Episode: "Charlie's Cherubs/Stalag 3" |- |1979 |''Hanging by a Thread'' |Marty | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1980 |''The Night the Bridge Fell Down'' |Marty |- |1980–1982 |''Quincy, M.E.'' |Various roles |3 episodes |- |1981 |''Code Red'' |Police Detective Evans |Episode: "A Saved Life" |- |1983, 1984 |''Lottery!'' |Poker Player |2 episodes |- |1985 |''Knight Rider'' |Motel Clerk |Episode: "The Nineteenth Hole" |- |1985 |''Airwolf'' |Security Guard |Episode: "Eagles" |- |1986 |''Falcon Crest'' |Bill Pike |Episode: "The Cataclysm" |- |1986 |''Who Is Julia?'' |Reporter |Television film |- |1991 |''Jake and the Fatman'' |Lt. Simons / Paul |2 episodes |}
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