- The Richard Boone Show
Infobox Television
show_name = The Richard Boone Show
caption =
genre = Anthology
writer = Reuben BercovitchHarry Julian Fink
William D. Gordon
J.R. Littlefield
Joel Madison
E. Jack NeumanClifford Odets John Haase Dale Wasserman
Bob Wehling
director =Richard Boone
Robert ButlerRobert Gist Lamont Johnson
Buzz KulikHarry Morgan
presenter = Richard Boone
theme_music_composer =Henry Mancini
country = USA
language = English
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 25
list_episodes =
executive_producer =Mark Goodson Bill Todman
producer =Buck Houghton
runtime = 60 mins.
channel =NBC
first_aired =September 24 , 1963
last_aired =March 31 , 1964"The Richard Boone Show" is a short-lived, award-winning anthology television series. It aired on
NBC during the 1963-64 season.ynopsis
Richard Boone hosted the series and starred in about half of the episodes, garnering anEmmy nomination for himself and aGolden Globe award for the show. His repertory company of 15 actors included up-and-comers such asGuy Stockwell and Robert Blake as well as such established performers asBethel Leslie (who was nominated for anEmmy Award for her performance in the series),Warren Stevens andHarry Morgan . They rotated parts freely; each appeared in most episodes, and each starred in at least one. The regular writers includedRobert Dozier ,Rod Serling , andClifford Odets . ProducerBuck Houghton was overseen by the prolific team ofMark Goodson andBill Todman .Programmed against the very popular
CBS sitcom, "Petticoat Junction ", Boone's anthology show was unable to find or keep an audience. It was cancelled after only one season, and has not been syndicated or released on home video.External links
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