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Jim Boles

Acting

Born February 28, 1914 · Lubbock, Texas, USA

Died May 26, 1977

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.

Filmography30 titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Obed Miller

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Eldred Miller

Get Smart

1965as Dr. Ratton

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Reverend Gilfoyle

The Odd Couple

1970as Minister

Kung Fu

1972as Mooney

Perry Mason

1957as Estate Guard

Quincy, M.E.

1976as Gus

Lost in Space

1965as Smeek

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Dr. Lazarus

Adam-12

1968as Harold Tanner

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

1966as Pete

The Lucy Show

1962as Mr. Harris

Mannix

1967as Peters

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

1966as Billy Ray Fox

The Trouble with Angels

1966as Mr. Gottschalk

Gunsmoke

1955as Kesting

The Apple Dumpling Gang

1975as Easy Archie

The Monkees

1966as Preacher

Tales of Tomorrow

1951

With Six You Get Eggroll

1968as Pete (uncredited)

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968as Big Spring Townsman (uncredited)

The Love God?

1969as Amos Peacock

Waterhole #3

1967as Cpl. Blyth

The Pusher

1960as Newspaper Vendor

Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls

1973as Caretaker Franz

WUSA

1970as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

Once Is Not Enough

1975as Scotty

The Karate Killers

1967as Dr. True

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

1976as Mr. Ralston