Jim Boles

{{short description|American actor}}

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| name = Jim Boles

| image = Jim_Boles_in_The_Monkees_1966.jpg

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| caption = Jim Boles in The Monkees 1966

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1914|2|28}}

| birth_place = Lubbock, Texas

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1977|5|26|1914|2|28}}

| death_place = Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California

| occupation = Actor

| years_active =

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Jim Boles (February 28, 1914 – May 26, 1977) 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jim-boles-p7120 |title=Jim Boles |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2019-04-23}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/manchester-journal-inquirer-may-27-1977-p-89/ |title=Manchester Journal Inquirer Archives, May 27, 1977, p. 89 |publisher=Newspaperarchive.com |date=1977-05-27 |accessdate=2019-04-23}}