Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television, video game, and film actor and voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning portrayal of Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones and his turns as TV detective Philip Marlowe in the 1980s, Cy Tolliver on Deadwood, "Curly Bill" Brocius in Tombstone, Vice-President and subsequently President Noah Daniels on 24, and Lamar Wyatt in Nashville. Boothe, the youngest of three boys, was born on a cotton farm in Snyder, Texas to Kathryn Emily (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe, a rancher. His father named him after his best friend, who had been killed in the Second World War. Boothe attended Snyder High School, where he played football and appeared in drama productions. He was the first in his family to attend college, going to Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos for his undergraduate degree and later earning his master's degree in drama from Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas. Boothe married his college sweetheart Pam Cole in 1969 and they remained married until his death. They had two children, Parisse and Preston. Boothe died aged 68 in Los Angeles on the morning of May 14, 2017 from the effects of pancreatic cancer. His body was buried in Deadwood Cemetery in rural Deadwood, located in Panola County east of Carthage in east Texas.

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