Boone Narr

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Boone Narr (born January 30, 1948) is an animal stunt coordinator [1] and trainer. [2] He founded Boone's Animals for Hollywood animal training facility located in Castaic, California in 1998. It operated until 2023. Narr is a Vietnam veteran and got into the entertainment industry in 1971. [3]

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Training

Boone Narr, a native of Seattle, has been credited as an animal trainer, wrangler and supplier for a number of films and television programmes.

Animals trained at Boone's Animals for Hollywood have also been featured in many other television series, including CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Ugly Betty and Criminal Minds .

Boone's Animals for Hollywood has also trained and supplied animals for a number of television commercials, including such brands as Budweiser, Disneyland, Walmart, John Deere, McDonald's, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Hewlett-Packard and American Express, among others.[ citation needed ]

It was reported in the Los Angeles Times that on the set of Narr's first film Any Which Way You Can , Clint Eastwood's sidekick orangutan "Clyde" (originally named "Buddha") was "trained with a can of mace and a pipe wrapped in newspaper." [4] The article actually drew from a book by Dale Peterson and Jane Goodall, who claimed that information from three observers suggested that the orangutan was frequently beaten, and that, some time toward the completion of the film, Buddha was punished for having stolen doughnuts from the set. They state that he was beaten for 20 minutes with a three-and-a-half foot ax handle, and that, after his death some months later, an autopsy suggested evidence of a cerebral hemorrhage. [5] Makeup effects artist William Munns has cast doubt on these claims, saying that Narr was "truly one of the best and kindest trainers I knew." [6]

Films

Filmography List
TitleYearNotes
Any Which Way You Can 1980
The Beastmaster 1982
Three Amigos 1986
Who's That Girl 1987Cougars
The Accidental Tourist 1988The Cardigan Welsh Corgi dog Edward, which is trained in the film by Geena Davis, was trained in real life by Boone Narr [2]
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989Snakes ("Indy's flashback" segment) and Lion. He trained them along with David J. McMillan. Jules Sylvester (who supplied these snakes), [7] Hubert Wells of Thousand Oaks, California's Animal Actors of Hollywood and Sled Reynolds of Lebec, California's Gentle Jungle trained Sudan the Lion with Narr for that same scene. Wells generously supplied Sudan for this scene. This sequence was supervised by Michael Culling of London's Animal Actors UK. [8]
Flatliners 1990
Edward Scissorhands 1990
White Fang 1991Principal animal trainer
L.A. Story 1991
Bingo 1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991dog trainer
Grand Canyon 1991
Falling Down 1993
Top Dog 1995Trainer of the dog Reno
The Craft 1996
The Rock 1996
A Time to Kill 1996Boon Narr adopted II (yellow Labrador retriever) from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1993 [9]
Buddy 1997
Mouse Hunt 1997
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie 1997
Paulie 1998Twister (terrier mix) was adopted by Boone Narr from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1995 [9]
The Parent Trap 1998Bob (golden retriever) and Nugget (terrier mix) were adopted by Boone Narr from the Lacy Street Animal Shelter in 1993 and 1994 respectively [9]
Mumford 1999Boon Narr adopted II (yellow Labrador retriever) from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1993 [9]
The Green Mile 1999Boone Narr and his team bred and trained the mice [10]
Girl, Interrupted 1999
Stuart Little 1999Boone Narr was the animal stunt coordinator [1]
The Kid 2000
The Crew 2000
The Cell 2000David Allsberry was the head trainer
The Mexican 2001
Cats & Dogs 2001
America's Sweethearts 2001doberman trainer
Rat Race 2001
The Majestic 2001
The Ring 2002
Stuart Little 2 2002
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl 2003
Open Range 2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003
Peter Pan 2003
Willard 2003
Catwoman 2004
Christmas with the Kranks 2004
Must Love Dogs 2005
Everything Is Illuminated 2005
Elizabethtown 2005
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 2006
The Holiday 2006
The Number 23 2007
Firehouse Dog 2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End 2007
Underdog 2007
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008
Tropic Thunder 2008
Hachiko: A Dog's Story 2009
Shutter Island 2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2010It took six months to cast the animals for the film; the Boone's Animals for Hollywood ended up with 80 different animals and 18 to 26 trainers at any time [11]
You Again 2010
Due Date 2010
The Conjuring 2013
The Dognapper 2013
Daddy's Home 2015

Television

Maui, who played Murray the dog in Mad About You, was discovered by Boone Narr at the Castaic Animal Shelter along with its mother Bingo, who starred in the 1991 film Bingo . [9] Maui was twice voted the most popular dog by the readers of TV Guide . [12]

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