Jim Boles

Jim Boles (February 28, 1914 – May 26, 1977) was an American actor born in Lubbock, Texas. He attended Fairfax High School and Los Angeles Junior College before pursuing a career in performance that spanned stage, film, and television.

Boles made his Broadway appearance in 1943 in the comedy Goodbye Again. His stage work preceded a lengthy career in Hollywood, where he accumulated credits across a wide range of film productions. Among his screen appearances were 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.

Television occupied a significant portion of Boles's career. He appeared in nine episodes of the televised adaptation of the radio series One Man's Family and accumulated guest credits on an extensive list of programs. These included 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, and Little House on the Prairie, among others.

On March 7, 1942, Boles married fellow character actor Athena Lorde, with whom he remained until her death on May 23, 1973. The couple had three children — two daughters and a son — two of whom, Barbara and Eric Boles, went on to work as actors. Boles died of a heart attack on May 26, 1977, in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, at the age of 63, survived by his three children.