CLYDE WILSON RANDALL BOONE, JR., known as Randy Boone, is a former actor who co- starred in two of the three 90-minute westerns telecast during the 1960s on the national television networks, NBC's "The Virginian" and CBS's "Cimarron Strip." He also guest starred three times on the third 90-minute western, "Wagon Train," at the time on ABC. Boone is the cousin of singer- actress Debby Boone; his uncle is her father, actor-singer Pat Boone. Another uncle was actor Richard Boone, star of the CBS series "Have Gun, Will Travel." All four claim kinship to the American frontiersman Daniel Boone.
In 1960, Boone entered North Carolina State University at Raleigh but dropped out to tour the country and play his guitar, spending a lot of time in his early adulthood in coffeehouses.
After his acting ended, Randy Boone returned to Fayetteville, from where he also engages in Country music and attends occasional music and film festivals. In July 2003, he was a guest at the Western Film Fair in Charlotte, North Carolina, along with his "The Virginian" co-stars James Drury, Roberta Shore, Clu Gulager and Gary Clarke. In 2011, Randy Boone was inducted into the Fayetteville Music Hall of Fame.
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