His father, Merrill, a sharecropping farmer, and mother, Emily, taught their sons the value of hard work. Powers Allen Boothe (born June 1, 1948) was an American television and film actor. Powers Boothe, a character actor on screens large and small, died Sunday, May 14, 2017, of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles, according to multiple news sources. } Powers Boothe, a prolific character actor on the small and big screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles. cursor: pointer; Received a Western Star Walk of Fame on Main Street in Newhall, California. Directors Stephen Gyllenhaal Starring Powers Boothe, Lesley Ann Warren, Graham Beckel Genres Drama, Suspense, Military and War Subtitles English [CC] Audio languages English Pam Cole Boothe is the mother of the couple's two kids, Parisse and Preston Boothe. Con Air. Other notable film roles include Cruising (1980), Red Dawn (1984), Blue Sky (1994), Sudden Death (1995), Sin City (2005), and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014). Powers Boothe has passed away at the age of 69. var mainContentMetaInfo = '