Boone Narr

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]

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

Title	Year	Notes
Any Which Way You Can	1980
The Beastmaster	1982
Three Amigos	1986
Who's That Girl	1987	Cougars
The Accidental Tourist	1988	The 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	1989	Snakes ("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	1991	Principal animal trainer
L.A. Story	1991
Bingo	1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead	1991	dog trainer
Grand Canyon	1991
Falling Down	1993
Top Dog	1995	Trainer of the dog Reno
The Craft	1996
The Rock	1996
A Time to Kill	1996	Boon 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	1998	Twister (terrier mix) was adopted by Boone Narr from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1995^[9]
The Parent Trap	1998	Bob (golden retriever) and Nugget (terrier mix) were adopted by Boone Narr from the Lacy Street Animal Shelter in 1993 and 1994 respectively^[9]
Mumford	1999	Boon Narr adopted II (yellow Labrador retriever) from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1993^[9]
The Green Mile	1999	Boone Narr and his team bred and trained the mice^[10]
Girl, Interrupted	1999
Stuart Little	1999	Boone Narr was the animal stunt coordinator^[1]
The Kid	2000
The Crew	2000
The Cell	2000	David Allsberry was the head trainer
The Mexican	2001
Cats & Dogs	2001
America's Sweethearts	2001	doberman 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	2010	It 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

Mad About You (1992–99)
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001)
When Animals Attack! 3/4 (1997)
Grey's Anatomy (2005–2008)
Dollhouse (2009)
Sons of Anarchy (2008-2009)
Californication (2007-2009)
Private Practice (2008-2010)
House M.D. (2007-2010)
Sons of Tucson (2010)
True Blood (2008-2010)
Friends with Benefits (2011)
Enlightened (2011)

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]

References

^ ^a ^b Linda Sunshine, Rob Minkoff (2000). Stuart Little: The Art, the Artists, and the Story Behind the Amazing Movie. Newmarket Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-55704-407-5.
^ ^a ^b Sandra Choron, Harry Choron (2005). Planet Dog: A Doglopedia (illustrated ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 44. ISBN 978-0-618-51752-7.
^ Mills, Nancy (1997-12-18). "The Big Cheese 'Mouse Hunt's' Animal Trainer Helps Actions Squeak Louder Than Words". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-11-15.^{[dead link‍]}
^ "'Every which way but abuse' should be motto". Los Angeles Times.
^ Peterson, Dale (March 22, 1993). Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People. USA: Houghton Mifflin. p. 145. ISBN 978-0820322063.
^ "An Interview with Makeup Effects Artist and Author, William Munns".
^ https://www.slideshare.net/RussCase/lemony-snicket-by-russ
^ https://www.animalactors.co.uk/blog/films/indiana_jones.htm
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "A History of Animal Stars". American Humane Association. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
^ Robert J. Emery (2003). The directors: take four, Volume 4. Allworth Communications. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-58115-279-1.
^ Eve Light Honthaner (2010). The Complete Film Production Handbook. Focal Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-240-81150-5.
^ TV Guide, Volume 46. Triangle Publications, 1998.

External links

[stuart_linda_sunshine-1] Linda Sunshine, Rob Minkoff (2000). Stuart Little: The Art, the Artists, and the Story Behind the Amazing Movie. Newmarket Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-55704-407-5.

[Sandra_Choron,_Harry_Choron_2005_44-2] Sandra Choron, Harry Choron (2005). Planet Dog: A Doglopedia (illustrated ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 44. ISBN 978-0-618-51752-7.

[3] Mills, Nancy (1997-12-18). "The Big Cheese 'Mouse Hunt's' Animal Trainer Helps Actions Squeak Louder Than Words". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2012-11-15.^{[dead link‍]}

[4] "'Every which way but abuse' should be motto". Los Angeles Times.

[5] Peterson, Dale (March 22, 1993). Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People. USA: Houghton Mifflin. p. 145. ISBN 978-0820322063.

[6] "An Interview with Makeup Effects Artist and Author, William Munns".

[7] ttps://www.slideshare.net/RussCase/lemony-snicket-by-russ

[8] ttps://www.animalactors.co.uk/blog/films/indiana_jones.htm

[aha_history_stars-9] "A History of Animal Stars". American Humane Association. Archived from the original on 2009-02-10. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

[10] Robert J. Emery (2003). The directors: take four, Volume 4. Allworth Communications. p. 215. ISBN 978-1-58115-279-1.

[11] Eve Light Honthaner (2010). The Complete Film Production Handbook. Focal Press. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-240-81150-5.

[12] TV Guide, Volume 46. Triangle Publications, 1998.

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