[4] Boone was a student at Columbia High School[2] before he graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi.
[5] 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.
[8] Boone wrote a novel, Preacher and Co, and its accompanying screenplay, with a plot focusing on "love, brotherhood, loyalty and redemption".
[9] 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.