Jim Boles

Jim Boles (February 28, 1914 – May 26, 1977) was an American actor.

Early life and career Born in Lubbock, Texas, Boles attended Fairfax High School and Los Angeles Junior College.

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.

Personal life and death From March 7, 1942, until her death on May 23, 1973, Boles was married to fellow character actor Athena Lorde. Their union produced two daughters and a son,

Survived by his three children, Boles died of a heart attack on May 26, 1977, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California at age 63.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1950 The Tattooed Stranger Fisher 1950-1951 One Man's Family Joe 9 episodes1950-1954 Rocky King Detective (1) Season 1 Episode 2 (1950)(2) Season 2 Episode 48: "All Tied Up" (1951)(3) Season 5 Episode 35: "Murder Will Out (1954)1951 The Man with My Face Meadows 1952-1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (2) Vic (1) Season 2 Episode 30: "Troubled Sands" (1952)(2) Season 4 Episode 38: "The Use of Dignity" (1954)1952-1956 Robert Montgomery Presents (2) Ed Marley(3) Fred Hansen (1) Season 3 Episode 17: "Storm" (1952)(2) Season 5 Episode 34: "Big Boy" (1954)(3) Season 7 Episode 17: "Three Men from Tomorrow" (1956)1954 Inner Sanctum (1) Lorbie(2) Postal Clerk(3) Gunner (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "The Stranger"(2) Season 1 Episode 21: "Handle With Care"(3) Season 1 Episode 30: "Reward for Janie"1954-1955 The Jackie Gleason Show (1) Bullets Durgom(2) Joe the Thug(3) Marty (1) Season 3 Episode 5: "The People's Choice" (1954)(2) Season 3 Episode 21: "The Honeymooners: The Great Jewel Robbery" (1955)(3) Season 3 Episode 32: "Stand-In for Murder: Part II" (1955)1957 Naked in the Sun Arthur Gillis 1958-1960 The United States Steel Hour (1) Matty Coombs(2) Tim Parker (1) Season 5 Episode 11: "Never Know the End" (1958)(2) Season 7 Episode 23: "Shadow of a Pale Horse" (1960)1959 The Phil Silvers Show Lieutenant Fletcher Season 4 Episode 27: "Guinea Pig Bilko"1960 Have Gun – Will Travel Billy the Hat Season 4 Episode 9: "The Poker Fiend"1960 The Pusher Newspaper Vendor 1961 The Defenders Court Clerk Season 1 Episode 8: "The Accident"1961-1962 Naked City (1) Sorin(2) Turnkey (1) Season 2 Episode 12: "Landscape with Dead Figures" (1961)(2) Season 3 Episode 14: "Portrait of a Painter" (1962)1961-1962 Cheyenne (1) Dalton(2) Perly Wilkens (1) Season 6 Episode 5: "Day's Pay" (1961)(2) Season 7 Episode 13: "Showdown at Oxbend" (1962) 1961-1963 The Twilight Zone (1) Dispatcher(2) Obed Miller (1) Season 3 Episode 2: "The Arrival" (1961)(2) Season 4 Episode 7: "Jess-Belle" (1963)1961-1963 Hawaiian Eye (1) George Cross(2) Curtis Childs (1) Season 2 Episode 33: "Father, Dear Father" (1961)(2) Season 4 Episode 22: "Gift of Love" (1963)1962 Bronco Jonathan Hawley Season 4 Episode 18: "Then the Mountains"1962-1963 The Lucy Show (1) Delivery Man(2) Mr. Harris (1) Season 1 Episode 11: "Lucy Builds a Rumpus Room" (1962)(2) Season 1 Episode 29: "Lucy and the Runaway Butterfly" (1963)1963 Temple Houston Season 1 Episode 1: "The Twisted Rope"1963 The Eleventh Hour George Wilbur Season 1 Episode 28: "I Feel Like a Rutabaga"1963 The Dick Powell Theatre Frank Beasley Season 2 Episode 29: "The Old Man and the City"1963-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1) Grocer(2) Sheriff Reynolds(3) Reverend Gilfoyle (1) Season 2 Episode 3: "Terror at Northfield" (1963)(2) Season 3 Episode 1: "The Return of Verge Likens" (1964)(3) Season 3 Episode 27: "The Second Wife" (1965)1963-1965 Perry Mason (1) Night Man(2) Estate Guard (1) Season 7 Episode 2: "The Case of the Shifty Shoebox" (1963)(2) Season 8 Episode 28: "The Case of the Grinning Gorilla" (1965)1963-1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1) Platt(2) Stagecoach Driver (1) Season 1 Episode 1: "A Killing at Sundial" (1963)(2) Season 4 Episode 16: "The Lady is My Wife" (1967)1963-1968 The Virginian (1) Mr. Goren(2) Henry Wirtz(3) Farmer (1) Season 2 Episode 4: "A Killer in Town" (1963)(2) Season 4 Episode 15: "Blaze of Glory" (1965)(3) Season 6 Episode 20: "The Good-Hearted Badman" (1968)1964 McHale's Navy Senator Block Season 2 Episode 20: "Evil-Eye Parker"1964 He Rides Tall Cowhand Uncredited1964 Fate Is the Hunter Airline Passenger Uncredited1964-1965 Profiles in Courage (1) President of US Senate(2) Millard Fillmore (1) Season 1 Episode 3: "Thomas Hart Benton" (1964)(2) Season 1 Episode 13: "Daniel Webster" (1965)1964-1967 Bonanza (1) Pete Burnside(2) Fred Aldrich, Banker (1) Season 5 Episode 31: "The Dark Past" (1964)(2) Season 9 Episode 3: "The Conquistadores" (1967)1965 A Man Called Shenandoah Clay Season 1 Episode 14: "The Bell"1965 Rawhide Ephraim Kurtz Season 7 Episode 21: "The Winter Soldier"1965 Daniel Boone Parson Season 1 Episode 18: "The Sound of Fear"1965 John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! Air Force Colonel Uncredited1965 Fluffy Pete 1965-1967 The Big Valley (1) Barber(2) Storekeeper(3) Red (1) Season 1 Episode 10: "The Murdered Party" (1965)(2) Season 1 Episode 23: "The Fallen Hawk" (1966)(3) Season 3 Episode 6: "Ladykiller" (1967)1966 The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Billy Ray Fox 1966 The Trouble with Angels Mr. Gottschalk 1966 A Big Hand for the Little Lady Pete 1966-1967 Get Smart Dr. Ratton (1) Season 1 Episode 19: "Back to the Old Drawing Board" (1966)(2) Season 3 Episode 8: "When Good Fellows Get Together" (1967)1966-1967 The Monkees (1) Farmer Fisher(2) Preacher (1) Season 1 Episode 8: "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth" (1966)(2) Season 2 Episode 7: "Hillbilly Honeymoon" (1967)1966-1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1) Dr. Lazarus(2) Scientist(3) Dr. Simon True (1) Season 2 Episode 19: "The Waverly Ring Affair" (1966)(2) Season 3 Episode 4: "The Super-Colossal Affair" (1966)(3) Season 3 Episode 28: "The Five Daughters Affair: Part I" (1967)1967 Lost in Space Smeek Season 2 Episode 23: "Treasure of the Lost Planet"1967 The Reluctant Astronaut Bartender Uncredited1967 Waterhole No. 3 Corporal Blyth 1967-1968 The Guns of Will Sonnett (1) Preacher(2) Janney (1) Season 1 Episode 14: "Find a Sonnett, Kill a Sonnett" (1967)(2) Season 2 Episode 12: "Where There's Hope" (1968)1968 P.J. Landlord's Agent 1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West Big Spring Townsman Uncredited1968 With Six You Get Eggroll Pete Uncredited1968-1974 Mannix (1) Emil, Theatrical Mask Maker(2) Peters (1) Season 2 Episode 7: "Edge of the Knife" (1968)(2) Season 8 Episode 3: "A Fine Day for Dying" (1974)1969 Angel in My Pocket Corby Gresham 1969 The Love God? Amos Peacock 1969 Mod Squad Dr. Reston Season 1 Episode 22: "Child of Sorrow, Child of Light"1970 The Name of the Game (1) Larkin(2) Tim Tim (1) Season 2 Episode 20: "The King of Denmark"(2) Season 3 Episode 4: "Battle at Gannon's Bridge"1970 WUSA Hot Dog Vendor Uncredited1970-1971 Marcus Welby, M.D. (1) Mr. Householder(2) Buck Jensen (1) Season 2 Episode 12: "All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone" (1970)(2) Season 3 Episode 14: "Of Magic Shadow Shapes" (1971)1971 Skin Game Auction Clerk 1971-1972 Gunsmoke (1) Sutro(2) Kesting (1) Season 16 Episode 23: "Pike: Part 1" (1971)(2) Season 18 Episode 11: "The Sodbusters" (1972)1972 The F.B.I. News Vendor Season 8 Episode 6: "End of a Nightmare"1972-1973 Night Gallery (1) Bennett(2) Father (1) Season 2 Episode 16 (Segment: "Lindemann's Catch") (1972)(2) Season 3 Episode 12: "Death on a Barge" (1973)1972-1974 The Odd Couple (1) Minister(2) Sam (1) Season 3 Episode 9: "The First Baby" (1972)(2) Season 5 Episode 6: "Strike Up the Band or Else" (1974)1973 Love, American Style Minister Season 4 Episode 20 (Segment: "Love and the Baby Derby")1973 Adam-12 Harold Tanner Season 6 Episode 2: "Rampart Division: The Senior Citizens"1973 Barnaby Jones Man Season 2 Episode 7: "Divorce - Murderer's Style"1973 Cannon Sam Justin Season 3 Episode 8: "Perfect Alibi"1973 Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies Abraham 1973 Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls Caretaker Franz 1973 When the Line Goes Through 1973-1975 The Streets of San Francisco (1) Ed Davis, Pool Hall Operator(2) Maddox (1) Season 1 Episode 20: "Trail of the Serpent" (1973)(2) Season 3 Episode 16: "Letters from the Grave" (1975) 1974 Kung Fu Mooney Season 3 Episode 7: "Cry of the Night Beast"1974 Days of Our Lives Ralph Dennis Episode 21701974 Nightmare Honeymoon Uncle Everett 1975 Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough Scotty 1975 The Apple Dumpling Gang Easy Archie 1975-1976 Little House on the Prairie (1) Eldred Miller(2) Garvey(3) (4) Brewster (1) Season 1 Episode 23: "To See the World" (1975)(2) Season 2 Episode 18: "The Long Road Home" (1976)(3) Season 3 Episode 6: "Journey in the Spring: Part I" (1976)(4) Season 3 Episode 7: "Journey in the Spring: Part II" (1976)1976 Quincy, M.E. Gus Season 1 Episode 2: "Who's Who in Neverland"1976 The Great Texas Dynamite Chase Mr. Ralston