Randy Boone

Clyde Randall Boone (born 17 January 1942) is an American actor and country music singer.

He was a guest performer in Hee Haw.

Early Life
Boone was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to Rhumel E. and Clyde Wilson Boone. He is related to frontiersman Daniel Boone, actor Richard Boone, and singer Pat Boone and his daughter Debby Boone. Randy Boone graduated from Fayetteville Senior High School. 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.

Acting Career
At twenty, Boone co-starred in his first acting role as Vern Hodges in the 1962–1963 NBC comedy-drama It's a Man's World, based on the activities of four young men living on a houseboat on the Ohio River.

After It's a Man's World, Boone's career skyrocketed. He guest starred in the episode "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans" of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Thereafter he appeared in Wagon Train, and The Twilight Zone episode "The 7th Is Made Up of Phantoms".

In 1963, Boone joined The Virginian cast as the singing cowboy Randy Benton. Boone appeared in 46 episodes over two seasons and composed original songs that were featured in the series. He won the Bronze Wrangler award from the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in 1966 for his acting in the episode titled "The Horse Fighter".

He guest starred in David Janssen's ABC series The Fugitive. He also starred in the film Country Boy. After The Virginian, Boone guest starred in episodes of Bonanza and Hondo and appeared in Combat! in the season 5 episode "The Letter" as Jim Hummel.

From 1967 to 1968, Boone co-starred in the western series Cimarron Strip as photographer Francis Wilde, who is also a part-time deputy to Marshal Jim Crown. After Cimarron Strip, Boone made a few television appearances, including NBC's Emergency! and ABC's Kolchak: The Night Stalker with Darren McGavin, and appeared in the cult movie Terminal Island in 1973. The following year, he appeared as Deputy Dickie Haycroft in the television movie Savages and starred in Dr. Minx in 1975.

His last role was as Farkas in the 1987 film The Wild Pair.

Music
During his time in The Virginian, Boone landed a recording contract with Decca Records. His first album was with co-star Roberta Shore, titled Presenting Randy Boone and Roberta Shore the singing stars of the Virginian. Boone's second album was a solo album titled Ramblin Randy. After leaving Decca, he signed a deal with Gregar Records, resulting in a couple of more albums. None of his albums were commercially successful.

In 2011, Randy Boone was inducted into the Fayetteville Music Hall of Fame.