
Jim Boles
Known For
Acting
Born
1914-02-28 in Lubbock, Texas, USA
Died
1977-05-26
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.
Most Known For

Perry Mason
as Estate Guard

The Twilight Zone
as Dispatcher

The Twilight Zone
as Obed Miller

Little House on the Prairie
as Brewster

Little House on the Prairie
as Eldred Miller

Little House on the Prairie
as Garvey

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Reverend Gilfoyle

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Sheriff Reynolds

Quincy, M.E.
as Gus

Get Smart
as Dr. Ratton

Adam-12
as Harold Tanner

Mannix
as Peters

The Untouchables
as Marty Mattern (uncredited)

Lost in Space
as Smeek

The Odd Couple
as Minister

The Odd Couple
as Sam

The Lucy Show
as Delivery Man

The Lucy Show
as Mr. Harris

Gunsmoke
as Kesting

Gunsmoke
as Sutro