Richard Boone Patricia Medina Have Gun Will Travel 1959

Patricia Paz Maria Medina (19 July 1919 – 28 April 2012) was a British actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the films ''

Phantom of the Rue Morgue ''Phantom of the Rue Morgue'' is a 1954 American mystery horror film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, Claude Dauphin and Patricia Medina. The film is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 1841 short story ''The Murders in the Ru ...

'' (1954) and ''

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'' (1955).

Early life

Medina was the daughter of Laureano Ramón Medina Nebot, a

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lawyer and opera singer from the

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, and an

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mother, Edith May Strode. Patricia had two sisters, Piti (Pepita) and Gloria. Born in

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, her sisters and she grew up at a mansion in Stanmore. Medina began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s, and worked her way up to leading roles in the mid-1940s, when she left London for Hollywood.

Career

In 1950's '' Fortunes of Captain Blood'', she teamed with British actor

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. They subsequently appeared together in 1951's '' The Lady and the Bandit'', ''

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'', and '' Captain Pirate'' from 1952. Darkly beautiful, Medina was often typecast in period melodramas such as '' The Black Knight''. Two of her more notable films were

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's ''Stranger at My Door'' and

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' ''

'', based on episodes of the radio series ''

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'', itself derived from ''

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'' film. Although prolific during the early 1950s, her film career faded by the end of the decade. In 1958, she performed in four episodes as Margarita Cortazar on

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series, ''

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''. In 1958, she also appeared as "The Lady" Diana Coulter in

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series, '' Have Gun, Will Travel''. She was then cast in an episode of Darren McGavin's

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Western series, ''

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''. In 1960, she was cast as different characters in two episodes ("Fair Game" and "The Earl of Durango") of the ABC Western series, '' The Rebel''. Medina also made television appearances on ''

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'' ("The Case of the Lucky Loser", 27 September 1958); '' Bonanza'' ("The Spanish Grant", 6 February 1960), Thriller ("

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", 1961), ''

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'' ("See the Monkey Dance", 9 November 1964) and ''

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'' ("The Foxes and Hounds Affair", 8 October 1965). Medina guest starred as Ruthanne Harper in "Incident of the Boomerang" in 1961 and Ilona Calvin in "Incident at Jacob's Well" in 1959, on '' Rawhide''. She guest-starred in the '' Branded'' episode "Yellow for Courage" in 1966 and the '' Burke's Law'' (Gene Barry as Amos Burke) TV episode "Don Pablo" in 1967. In 1968, she returned to the big screen in ''

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'', Robert Aldrich's adaptation of the

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-themed drama of the same name. Medina and her husband, American actor

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, toured together in several plays and on

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in the murder mystery ''Calculated Risk''.

Autobiography

In 1998, she published an autobiography, ''Laid Back in Hollywood''.

Personal life

Medina married British actor

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on 24 December 1941, in St. James's Church, Spanish Place, London; they divorced in 1951. Medina married Joseph Cotten on 20 October 1960, in Beverly Hills at the home of David O. Selznick and

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. Cotten and she bought a historic 1935 home in the Mesa neighborhood of Palm Springs, California, where they lived from 1985 to 1992. No children were born from either marriage.

Death

Medina died at age 92 on 28 April 2012, from natural causes at the Barlow Respiratory Hospital in Los Angeles, California. She was interred at

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, beside the remains of her husband, Cotten.

Complete filmography

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Dinner at the Ritz ''Dinner at the Ritz'' is a 1937 British mystery romance film directed by Harold D. Schuster and starring David Niven, Annabella, and Paul Lukas. It was produced by the British branch of 20th Century Fox, and shot at Denham Studios. Synopsis T ...

'' (1937) – (uncredited) * '' Mr. Satan'' (1938) – A Girl * ''

Simply Terrific ''Simply Terrific'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Claude Hulbert, Reginald Purdell and Patricia Medina.Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. p.96 It was made at Teddi ...

'' (1938) – Heather Carfax * '' Double or Quits'' (1938) – Caroline * ''

This Man Is News ''This Man is News'' is a 1938 British comedy mystery film directed by David MacDonald and starring Barry K. Barnes, Valerie Hobson, Alastair Sim and Edward Lexy. The screenplay concerns a journalist who solves a crime of which he himself is su ...

'' (1938) – Waitress in teashop (uncredited) * ''

Crook's Tour ''Crook's Tour'' is a 1941 black and white British film directed by John Baxter featuring Charters and Caldicott. It is adapted from a BBC radio serial of the same name. Plot Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East (Saudi Arabia) ...

'' (1941) – Hotel Receptionist (uncredited) * ''

The Day Will Dawn ''The Day Will Dawn'', released in the US as ''The Avengers'', is a 1942 British war film set in Norway during World War II. It stars Ralph Richardson, Deborah Kerr, Hugh Williams and Griffith Jones, and was directed by Harold French from a sc ...

'' (1942) – Ingrid * ''

The First of the Few ''The First of the Few'' (US title ''Spitfire'') is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft. David Niven co ...

'' (1942) – Venetian Girl (uncredited) * ''

They Met in the Dark ''They Met in the Dark'' is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Karel Lamač and starring James Mason, Joyce Howard and Edward Rigby. The screenplay concerns a cashiered Royal Naval officer and a young woman who join forces to solv ...

'' (1943) – Mary – Manicurist * ''

Hotel Reserve ''Hotel Reserve'' is a 1944 British spy film starring James Mason as an innocent man caught up in pre-Second World War espionage. Other cast members include Lucie Mannheim, Raymond Lovell and Herbert Lom. It was based on Eric Ambler's 1938 novel ...

'' (1944) – Odette Roux * ''

Don't Take It to Heart ''Don't Take It to Heart'' is a 1944 British comedy film directed by Jeffrey Dell and starring Richard Greene, Alfred Drayton, Patricia Medina, Moore Marriott and Richard Bird. It was shot at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets de ...

'' (1944) – Mary * '' Kiss the Bride Goodbye'' (1945) – Joan Dodd * ''

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'' (1945) – Cenci Prohaska * ''

The Secret Heart ''The Secret Heart'' is a 1946 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon and June Allyson. Plot Lee (Claudette Colbert) is engaged to marry Larry Adams (Richard Derr), a spendthrift widower with two childr ...

'' (1946) – Kay Burns; first American role * ''

The Beginning or the End ''The Beginning or the End'' is a 1947 American docudrama film about the development of the atomic bomb in World War II, directed by Norman Taurog, starring Brian Donlevy, Robert Walker, and Tom Drake, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. T ...

'' (1947) – Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) – Audrey Ashton * ''

The Foxes of Harrow ''The Foxes of Harrow'' is a 1947 American adventure film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Rex Harrison, Maureen O'Hara, and Richard Haydn. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Production Design ( Lyle R. Wheeler, Mau ...

'' (1947) – Desiree * ''

The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' (french: Les Trois Mousquetaires, links=no, ) is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight ...

'' (1948) – Kitty * '' The Fighting O'Flynn'' (1949, opposite then husband,

) – Fancy Free * '' Children of Chance'' (1949) – Agostina * ''

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'' (1950) – Maureen Gelder * '' Fortunes of Captain Blood'' (1950) – Isabelita Sotomayor * ''

Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion ''Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion'' is a black and white 1950 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont and starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. It is set in the French Sahara with the heroes having joined the Frenc ...

'' (1950) – Nicole Dupre * ''

The Jackpot ''The Jackpot'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Walter Lang, with James Stewart and Barbara Hale in the lead roles. It features a young Natalie Wood. The screenplay was based on a John McNulty article, "The Jackpot", in ''The New York ...

'' (1950) – Hildegarde Jonet / Hilda Jones * '' Valentino'' (1951) – Lila Reyes * '' The Lady and the Bandit'' (1951) – Joyce Greene * '' The Magic Carpet'' (1951) – Lida * ''

Aladdin and His Lamp ''Aladdin and His Lamp'' is a 1952 film directed by Lew Landers and starring Johnny Sands and Patricia Medina. Plot A poor young man finds a lamp with a genie trapped inside. The genie promises to grant the man three wishes if he frees him fro ...

'' (1952) – Princess Jasmine * ''

Lady in the Iron Mask ''Lady in the Iron Mask'' is a 1952 American adventure film''Lady in the Iron Mask''
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'' (1952) – Princess Anne / Princess Louise * '' Captain Pirate'' (1952) – Dona Isabella * ''

Desperate Search ''Desperate Search'' is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Joseph H. Lewis from a novel by Arthur Mayse. It stars Howard Keel, Jane Greer, Patricia Medina and Keenan Wynn in a drama revolving around two lost children in the Canadian north ...

'' (1952) – Nora Stead * ''

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'' (1952) – Sally Munroe * ''

Siren of Bagdad ''Siren of Bagdad'' is a 1953 Technicolor fantasy adventure film produced by Sam Katzman and directed by Richard Quine set in the medieval Persian Empire. It stars Paul Henreid as a travelling Master magician who seeks to recover his troop of be ...

'' (1953) – Princess Zendi * '' Sangaree'' (1953) – Martha Darby * ''

Plunder of the Sun ''Plunder of the Sun'' is a 1949 novel written by David F. Dodge about a hunt for ancient Peruvian treasure. It was adapted for the November 8, 1949 episode of the radio series ''Escape'' and later into the 1953 film noir of the same title, star ...

'' (1953) – Anna Luz * ''

'' (1954) – Jeanette * ''

Drums of Tahiti ''Drums of Tahiti'' is a 1954 American South Seas (genre), south seas adventure film directed by William Castle and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Patricia Medina and Francis L. Sullivan. ''Drums of Tahiti'' was released in 3D film, 3-D, and was one of ...

'' (1954) – Wanda Spence * '' The Black Knight'' (1954) – Linet * '' Pirates of Tripoli'' (1955) – Princess Karjan * ''

'' (1955) – Mily * ''

Duel on the Mississippi ''Duel on the Mississippi'' is a 1955 American Western film directed by William Castle and starring Lex Barker and Patricia Medina. Plot Andre Tulane (Barker), descendant of a plantation family in 1820 Louisiana, is bound to Lili Scarlet (Medi ...

'' (1955) – Lili Scarlet * ''

The Red Cloak ''The Red Cloak'' (Italian: ''Il mantello rosso'') is a 1955 French-Italian historical adventure film directed by Giuseppe Maria Scotese and starring Patricia Medina, Fausto Tozzi and Jean Murat.Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908–1990 p.1 ...

'' (1955) – Laura Lanfranchi * ''

Uranium Boom ''Uranium Boom'' is a 1956 American adventure film directed by William Castle and starring Dennis Morgan and Patricia Medina. Plot Becoming mining partners after first getting into a fistfight, two men strike uranium pay dirt in remote Colorad ...

'' (1956) – Jean Williams * '' Stranger at My Door'' (1956) – Peg Jarret * ''

The Beast of Hollow Mountain ''The Beast of Hollow Mountain'' is a 1956 Weird West horror film about an American rancher living in Mexico who discovers that his missing cattle are being preyed upon by a dinosaur. Plot In southern Mexico at the turn of the 20th century, ta ...

'' (1956) – Sarita * '' Miami Exposé'' (1956) – Lila Hodges * ''

The Buckskin Lady ''The Buckskin Lady'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Carl K. Hittleman and starring Patricia Medina in the titular role and Richard Denning as her leading man. The supporting cast features Gerald Mohr, Henry Hull, and Hank Worden. ...

'' (1957) – Angela Medley * '' Battle of the V-1'' (1958) – Zofia * '' Count Your Blessings'' (1959) – Albertine * ''

Snow White and the Three Stooges ''Snow White and the Three Stooges'' is a 1961 American comedy, fantasy film. It is the second feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and "Cu ...

'' (1961) – Queen / Witch / Gypsy Matilda * ''

'' (1968) – Betty Thaxter * '' Latitude Zero'' (1969) – Lucretia * ''Keene'' (1969) * '' Timber Tramps'' (1975) – Miami Lills * ''El llanto de los pobres'' (1978) – (final film role)

Selected television roles

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'' (1956) * ''

'' (1957) * '' The Californians'' in episode "Lola Montez" (NBC-TV, 1958) – Lola Montez *

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in “The Case of the Lucky Loser” (1958) – Harriet Belfour * '' Rawhide'' (CBS-TV, 1960) * '' Bonanza'' (1960) – Isabella Maria Ynez Y Castro De La Cuesta / Rosita Morales in the episode The Spanish Grant * '' Thriller'' (NBC-TV, 1961; 2 episodes) – Victorine Lafourcade / Nadja * ''

Have Gun – Will Travel ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series starring Richard Boone was rated number t ...

'' (1957–1963) – Diana Coulter / Sabina – Unforgiving Minute / * ''

'' (1964) – Wife * ''

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'' (1965) – Lucia Belmont * '' Branded'' (NBC-TV, 1966) – Dr. Karen L. Miller

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