Jim Boles
Born: 1914-02-28 in Lubbock, Texas, USA
Died: 1977-05-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jim Boles was an American actor. He appeared in the films The Tattooed Stranger, The Man with My Face, Naked in the Sun, Fluffy, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Trouble with Angels, A Big Hand for the Little Lady, Waterhole No. 3, With Six You Get Eggroll, Angel in My Pocket, The Love God?, Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies, Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls, Nightmare Honeymoon, Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough, and The Great Texas Dynamite Chase, among others. Boles also appeared in a number of television shows, including nine episodes of the televised version of the radio series One Man's Family. Other appearances occurred on notable programs such as The Phil Silvers Show, The United States Steel Hour, Robert Montgomery Presents, Rocky King Detective, Have Gun – Will Travel, Naked City, Cheyenne, The Twilight Zone, The Lucy Show, The Dick Powell Theatre, McHale's Navy, Profiles in Courage, Daniel Boone, Rawhide, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Lost in Space, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Bonanza, The Big Valley, The Monkees, Get Smart, The Virginian, The Guns of Will Sonnett, Mod Squad, Marcus Welby, M.D., The F.B.I., Gunsmoke, Love, American Style, Night Gallery, Adam-12, Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Mannix, Days of Our Lives, The Odd Couple, Kung Fu, The Streets of San Francisco, Quincy, M.E., The Name of the Game, A Man Called Shenandoah, The Eleventh Hour, Hawaiian Eye, Bronco, Adventures in Paradise, Temple Houston, The Defenders, The Jackie Gleason Show, Little House on the Prairie, and numerous others. He died of a heart attack on May 26, 1977, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California at age 63.
Filmography
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Gus
- The Great Texas Dynamite Chase as Mr. Ralston
1975
- The Apple Dumpling Gang as Easy Archie
- Once Is Not Enough as Scotty
- F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood as Studio Guard
- Please Stand by for Murder as Announcer
1974
- Little House on the Prairie as Eldred Miller
- Harry O as Wrangler
- The Healers
- Nightmare Honeymoon as Uncle Everett
1973
- Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies as Abraham
- Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls as Caretaker Franz
1972
- Ghost Story as Dr. Death
- Kung Fu as Mooney
- When the Line Goes Through as Grandpa Rucker
1971
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Jethroe Mason
1970
- The Odd Couple as Minister
- Wild Women as Warden
- WUSA as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
1969
- The Lottery
- The Love God? as Amos Peacock
1968
- Adam-12 as Harold Tanner
- The Name of the Game as Larkin
- P.J. as Landlord's Agent
- With Six You Get Eggroll as Pete (uncredited)
- The Shakiest Gun in the West as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)
1967
- Mannix as Peters
- Waterhole #3 as Cpl. Blyth
- The Karate Killers as Dr. True
1966
- The Monkees as Farmer Fisher
- A Big Hand for the Little Lady as Pete
- The Trouble with Angels as Mr. Gottschalk
- The Ghost and Mr. Chicken as Billy Ray Fox
1965
- Get Smart as Dr. Ratton
- Lost in Space as Smeek
- Fluffy as Pete
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! as Air Force Colonel (uncredited)
1964
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Dr. Lazarus
- The Rogues as Samuel Bone
- Fate Is the Hunter as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Reverend Gilfoyle
- The Lucy Show as Delivery Man
1960
- The Pusher as Newspaper Vendor
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Dispatcher
- The Untouchables as Marty Mattern (uncredited)
1957
- Perry Mason as Estate Guard
- Naked In The Sun as Arthur Gillis
1955
- Gunsmoke as Kesting
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow
- The Man with My Face as Meadows
1950
- The Tattooed Stranger as Fisher