---
name: "Richard Boes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-boes"
fi1m_id: "richard-boes"
imdb_id: "nm0091369"
tmdb_id: 4811
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 October 1949"
died: "21 February 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T23:39:24.619745+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Richard Boes

## Identity

Richard Boes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-boes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-boes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0091369
- **TMDB ID:** 4811
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4811

Actor. Born 8 October 1949. Died 21 February 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 October 1949
- **Died:** 21 February 2009
- **Active:** 1984–1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 75 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $5m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0091369/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4811

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Stranger Than Paradise*](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Boes was an American actor. He appeared in a number of independent films, often in small roles.

His credits include *Permanent Vacation* (1980), *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), *Down by Law* (1986), *Mystery Train* (1989), *Night on Earth* (1991), *Dead Man* (1995) and *Trees Lounge* (1996). He died on 21 February 2009 in Albany, New York.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dead Man* (1995), Fi1m 81, as Man with Wrench — [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Down by Law* (1986), Fi1m 83, as Detective — [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)
- *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), Fi1m 82, as Factory Worker — [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Trees Lounge* (1996), as Freddie
- *Dead Man* (1995), as Man with Wrench — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dead-man.md)
- *Condition Red* (1995), as Boyce
- *In the Soup* (1992), as Nietzche
- *Last Supper* (1992), as Homeless Man
- *Night on Earth* (1991), as Cab Driver New York
- *Johnny Suede* (1991), as Man in Tuxedo
- *Mystery Train* (1989), as 2nd Man in Diner
- *Leningrad Cowboys Go America* (1989), as Rockpromotor
- *Down by Law* (1986), as Detective — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/down-by-law.md)
- *Sleepwalk* (1986), as The Thief
- *Stranger Than Paradise* (1984), as Factory Worker — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/stranger-than-paradise.md)
- *Permanent Vacation* (1981), as War Vet

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