Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsPrimetime EmmysToronto Int'l Film FestivalFall TV GuideMost Anticipated This MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayTrending peopleCelebrity news
    IMDb LabsHelp centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
    Some content may be auto-translated
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
Back
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro
Earl Boen in Hotel (1983)

Trivia

Earl Boen

  • Besides Arnold Schwarzenegger, he is the only actor to appear in the first three "Terminator" films: The Terminator (1984), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)). He portrayed the character of Dr. Peter Silberman in all three films. Neither he nor Schwarzenegger appeared in the fourth film Terminator Salvation (2009) but Schwarzenegger returned for Terminator Genisys (2015).
  • Has played a psychologist five times: The first three Terminator movies, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000).
  • Supposedly retired from screen acting in December 2003, but continued to do voice acting in radio, animated series and video games.
  • Has appeared with his late wife Carole Kean in the comedy film Stewardess School (1986).
  • Has appeared in two movies which end in nuclear war: Miracle Mile (1988) and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003). The former has a character named after Harlan Ellison who was also given a writing credit for The Terminator (1984).
  • He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Terminator (1984) & Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
  • Voiced the characters Dr. Regis Blackgaard and Edwin Blackgaard on the long-running Christian radio program Adventures in Odyssey.
  • Survived by his wife, Cathy, one daughter, Ruby, three grandchildren, Kimmy, Abaricia, and Kimo Harbin.
  • Created and directed a dinner show ("Murder By Night") with his late wife Carole Kean that ran at The Cock & Bull restaurant on Sunset Blvd for several years and featured a young D.C. Douglas as the cross-dressing murderer.

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More from this person

More to explore

Recently viewed

You have no recently viewed pages
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2026 by IMDb.com, Inc.