Earl Boen

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Earl Boen

Boen as Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator

Born

Earl Boen
August 8, 1941
New York City, New York

Died

January 5, 2023 (Age 81)
Hawaii

Characters played

Magneto
Red Skull
Beyonder

Most Known Character

Earl Boen (born August 8, 1941; died January 5, 2023) was an actor who played Magneto on "Pryde of the X-Men" and Beyonder and Red Skull on Spider-Man.

On "Pryde of the X-Men" he was credited as Earl Bowen. He is the first to voice Beyonder outside the comics.

Biography[]

He is most known as psychiatrist Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator franchise, appearing in The Terminator, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines as well as the theme part attraction T2 3-D: Battle Across Time. He appeared alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Paul Winfield, Lance Henriksen, and Robert Patrick. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was his last live-action appearance, only working voice work afterwards. Archive footage of Boen from the second film was featured in Terminator: Dark Fate.

Other notable works include The Taming of the Shrew, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii Five-O, Wonder Woman, Police Woman, Lou Grant with Edward Asner, Barnaby Jones, The Jeffersons, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, 9 to 5, The Dukes of Hazzard, Soap, M*A*S*H, Barney Miller, It's a Living, Three's Company, Airplane II: The Sequel with Robert Hays, Fantasy Island, Benson, St. Elsewhere, Night Court, Family Ties, G. I. Joe, The Jetsons, Newhart, Remington Steele, Growing Pains, Punky Brewster, Who's the Boss?, ALF, Thirtysomething, Mama's Family, Dallas, Miracle Mile, Webster, Alien Nation, Star Trek: The Next Generation, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, My Stepmother Is an Alien, The Further Adventures of SuperTed, Murder, She Wrote, Fantastic Max, Baywatch, Paddington Bear, Tales from the Crypt, Matlock, Seinfeld, The Wonder Years, The New WKRP in Cincinnati, Family Matters, Get a Life, Santa Barbara, Porco Rosso, The Golden Girls, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, L. A. Law, The Addams Family, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Blue Skies, Batman: The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Ellen, Wing Commander Academy, California Dreams, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Pokemon, Extreme Ghostbusters, Zorro, The New Batman Adventures, The Odd Couple II, The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Cow and Chicken, Boy Meets World, Nutty Professor II: The Klumps, The Zeta Project, The West Wing, Johnny Bravo, The Majestic, Family Law, Dexter's Laboratory, State of Grace, Justice League, Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Practice, Call of Duty, Megas XLR, X-Men: Legends, World of Warcraft, Kim Possible, and Level Up Norge.

In the fall of 2022, Boen was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer. He passed away on January 5th, 2023 in Hawaii at the age of eight-one. He was survived by his wife Cathy, daughter, and two grandchildren.^[1]

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