Boone Narr


Boone Narr is an animal stunt coordinator and trainer. 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.

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.
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" was "trained with a can of mace and a pipe wrapped in newspaper." 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. 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."

Films

TitleYearNotes
Any Which Way You Can1980
The Beastmaster1982
Three Amigos1986
Who's That Girl1987Cougars
The Accidental Tourist1988The Cardigan Welsh Corgi dog Edward, which is trained in the film by Geena Davis, was trained in real life by Boone Narr
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade1989Snakes and Lion. Jules Sylvester supplied and handled the garter snakes for this cinematic production. Hubert Wells of Thousand Oaks, California's Animal Actors of Hollywood and Sled Reynolds of Lebec, California's Gentle Jungle trained Dandy the Lion with Boone Narr for this scene. Wells generously supplied Dandy for this scene. This sequence was supervised by Michael Culling of London's Animal Actors UK.
Flatliners1990
Edward Scissorhands1990
White Fang1991Principal animal trainer
L.A. Story1991
Bingo1991
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead1991dog trainer
Grand Canyon1991
Falling Down1993
Top Dog1995Trainer of the dog Reno
The Craft1996
The Rock1996
A Time to Kill1996Boon Narr adopted II from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1993
Buddy1997
Mouse Hunt1997
Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie1997
Paulie1998Twister was adopted by Boone Narr from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1995
The Parent Trap1998Bob and Nugget were adopted by Boone Narr from the Lacy Street Animal Shelter in 1993 and 1994 respectively
Mumford1999Boon Narr adopted II from the Castaic Animal Shelter in 1993
The Green Mile1999Boone Narr and his team bred and trained the mice
Girl, Interrupted1999
Stuart Little1999Boone Narr was the animal stunt coordinator
The Kid2000
The Crew2000
The Cell2000David Allsberry was the head trainer
The Mexican2001
Cats & Dogs2001
America's Sweethearts2001doberman trainer
Rat Race2001
The Majestic2001
The Ring2002
Stuart Little 22002
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl2003
Open Range2003
Looney Tunes: Back in Action2003
Peter Pan2003
Willard2003
Catwoman2004
Christmas with the Kranks2004
Must Love Dogs2005
Everything Is Illuminated2005
Elizabethtown2005
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest2006
The Holiday2006
The Number 232007
Firehouse Dog2007
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End2007
Underdog2007
Forgetting Sarah Marshall2008
Tropic Thunder2008
Hachiko: A Dog's Story2009
Shutter Island2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore2010It 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
You Again2010
Due Date2010
The Conjuring2013
The Dognapper2013
Daddy's Home2015

Television

  • Mad About You
  • Walker, Texas Ranger
  • When Animals Attack! 3/4
  • Grey's Anatomy
  • Dollhouse
  • Sons of Anarchy
  • Californication
  • Private Practice
  • House M.D.
  • Sons of Tucson
  • True Blood
  • Friends with Benefits
  • Enlightened
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. Maui was twice voted the most popular dog by the readers of TV Guide.