Boothe, Powers 1949(?)–

PERSONAL

Full name, Powers Allen Booth; born June 1, 1949 (some sources cite 1948), in Snyder, TX; son of Merrill V. and Emily K. Booth; married Pamela Cole, 1968; children: Parisse Ashley (an actress), Preston Allen. Education: Attended Southwest Texas State University and Southern Methodist University.

Addresses: Agent—Paradigm, 360 North Crescent Dr., North Building, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career: Actor and painter.

Member: Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Lambda Chi Alpha.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award, outstanding lead actor in a limited series or special, 1980, for Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones; ShoWest New Star of the Year Award, National Association of Theatre Owners, 1981; CableACE Award nomination, actor in a dramatic presentation, 1983, for Philip Marlowe, Private Eye; CableACE Award nomination, actor in a movie or miniseries, 1989, for Into the Homeland.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Bolivian, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.

Actor in Richard III cast, The Goodbye Girl (also known as Neil Simon's "The Goodbye Girl"), Warner Bros., 1977.

David, The Cold Eye (My Darling, Be Careful) (also known as The Cold Eye), Artistic License Films/ Berlin Cinematheque, 1980.

Hanky salesperson, Cruising (also known as William Friedkin's "Cruising"), United Artists, 1980.

Rifleman Charles Hardin, Southern Comfort, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981.

Colonel Andy Tanner, Red Dawn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984.

Michael Walker, A Breed Apart, Orion, 1984.

Bill Markham, The Emerald Forest, Embassy Pictures/Films Incorporated, 1985.

Cash Bailey, Extreme Prejudice, TriStar, 1987.

Stalingrad, Warner Bros./Mosfilm/Grio Entertainment Group, 1990.

Lieutenant Mace Ryan, Rapid Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992.

Curly Bill Brocius, Tombstone, Buena Vista, 1993.

Angely smerti, Ganemfilm/MF Svak-Bank/Mosfilm/Vakhdat, 1993.

Vince Johnson, Blue Sky, Orion, 1994.

Frost, Bio-Force I (also known as Mutant Species), WT Entertainment, 1995.

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Nixon, Buena Vista, 1995.

Joshua Foss, Sudden Death, Universal, 1995.

Sheriff Virgil Potter, U-Turn (also known as Stray Dogs and U Turn—Ici commence l'enfer), TriStar, 1997.

Captain Pullman, Men of Honor (also known as Men of Honour and Navy Diver), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

FBI agent Wesley Doyle, Frailty (also known as Damonisch and Nessuno e al sicuro), Lions Gate Films, 2001.

Senator Roark, Sin City (also known as Frank Miller's "Sin City"), Dimension Films, 2005.

Film Work:

Set designer, The Cold Eye (My Darling, Be Careful) (also known as The Cold Eye), Artistic License Films/Berlin Cinematheque, 1980.

Creator of paintings, Fear, Anxiety, and Depression, Samuel Goldwyn, 1989.

Director, Overture, 1990.

Television Appearances; Series:

Jim Whalen, Skag, NBC, 1980.

Title role and narrator, Philip Marlowe, Private Eye, HBO, 1983, 1986.

Cy Tolliver, Deadwood, HBO, 2004–.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Reverend Jim Jones, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1980.

John A. Walker, Jr., Family of Spies: The Walker Spy Ring (also known as A Family of Spies), CBS, 1990.

Bartlett McClure, True Women, CBS, 1997.

Jacques d'Arc, Joan of Arc (also known as Jeanne d'Arc), CBS, 1999.

Flavius Aetius, Attila (also known as Attila the Hun), USA Network, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Dick Hawkins, The Plutonium Incident, CBS, 1980.

Tony Bonnell, A Cry for Love, NBC, 1980.

Jackson Swallow, Into the Homeland (also known as Swallows Come Back and When the Swallows Come Back), HBO, 1987.

Major Cassidy, By Dawn's Early Light (also known as The Grand Tour), HBO, 1990.

"Sapphire Man," Showtime 30-Minute Movie, Showtime, 1991.

Preacher, Wild Card (also known as Preacher), USA Network, 1992.

Mace "Sandman" Moutron, Marked for Murder (also known as Hard Time and The Sandman), NBC, 1993.

Dr. Phillip Benesch, Web of Deception (also known as Mind over Matter), NBC, 1994.

Sam Creekmouth, Dalva, ABC, 1996.

Bram, The Spree, The Movie Channel, 1998.

Ben Pierce, A Crime of Passion, CBS, 1999.

Kelton Reed, Second Nature, TNT, 2003.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Narrator, "Eternal Enemies: Lions and Hyenas," National Geographic Specials, PBS, 1992.

Attila: The Making of an Epic Miniseries (documentary), USA Network, 2001.

Himself, Making "Deadwood": The Show Behind the Show (documentary), HBO, 2004.

Himself, Making "Deadwood": Season Two (documentary), HBO, 2005.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Himself, The 32nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, NBC, 1980.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Jessica Lange: On Her Own Terms," Biography (also known as A & E Biography: Jessica Lange), Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Voice of Gorilla Grodd, "The Brave and the Bold: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, and Justice League of America), Cartoon Network, 2002.

Himself, "Frailty," Anatomy of a Scene, Sundance Channel, c. 2002.

Voice of Gorilla Grodd, "Secret Society: Parts 1 & 2," Justice League (animated; also known as JL, JLA, and Justice League of America), Cartoon Network, 2003.

Voice of Gorilla Grodd, "I Am Legion," Justice League: Unlimited (animated; also known as JL, JLA, Justice League, and Justice League of America), Cartoon Network, beginning 2005.

Voice of Gorilla Grodd, "To Another Shore," Justice League: Unlimited (animated; also known as JL, JLA, Justice League, and Justice League of America), Cartoon Network, beginning 2005.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Jim Whalen, Skag, NBC, 1980.

Cy Tolliver, "Deadwood," Deadwood, HBO, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Herbert, citizen, guard, and lord, Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Lincoln Center, Mitzi E. New-house Theater, New York City, 1974.

Roderigo, Othello, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1978.

Roy, Lone Star [and] understudy for Natwick, Pvt. Wars (double-bill; produced as Lone Star & Pvt. Wars), Century Theatre, New York City, 1979.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

(Uncredited) Himself, The Making of "Frailty" (documentary), LIVE Home Video, 2002.

Video Games:

Voice of Major Bridges, Area 51, Midway Manufacturing Corporation, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Shock Cinema, issue 29, 2005, pp. 8-10, 46.