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Richard Basehart
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Birthday
1914-08-13,Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Gender
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, in the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson. One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat known as "the Fool" in the acclaimed Italian film La strada directed by Federico Fellini. He also appeared as the killer in the film noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), as a psychotic member of the Hatfield clan in Roseanna McCoy (1949), as Ishmael in Moby Dick (1956), and in the drama Decision Before Dawn (1951). He was married to Italian Academy Award-nominated actress Valentina Cortese, with whom he had one son before their divorce in 1960. Cortese and Basehart also costarred in Robert Wise's The House on Telegraph Hill (1951). Basehart was also noted for his deep, distinctive voice and was prolific as a narrator of many television and movie projects ranging from features to documentaries. In 1980, Basehart narrated the mini-series written by Peter Arnett called Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War that covered Vietnam and its battles from the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945 to the final American embassy evacuation on April 30, 1975. He appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Knight Rider as billionaire Wilton Knight. He is the narrator at the beginning of the show's credits. In 1971, Basehart played "Captain Sligo", a comical Irishman with a pet buffalo who negotiates a flawed but legal cattle purchase and unconventionally courts a widow with two children, played by Salome Jens, in CBS's western series, Gunsmoke, with James Arness. Basehart appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, and as Hannibal Applewood, an abusive schoolteacher in Little House on the Prairie in 1976. In 1972, he appeared in the Columbo episode Dagger of the Mind in which he and Honor Blackman played a husband-and-wife theatrical team who were loose parodies of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In the feature realm, he played a supporting role as a doctor in Rage (1972), a theatrical feature starring and directed by George C. Scott. He made a few TV movies including Sole Survivor (1970) and The Birdmen (1971). Both were based on true stories during World War II. He died at age 70 following a series of strokes. One month before his death, Basehart was an announcer for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Basehart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

7.921

La Strada
1954-09-23

7.616

Being There
1979-12-19

7

Moby Dick
1956-06-27

Decision Before Dawn

6.698

Decision Before Dawn
1951-12-21

He Walked by Night

6.678

He Walked by Night
1949-02-06

6.771

Tension
1949-11-25

The Island of Dr. Moreau

5.507

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977-07-13

Reign of Terror

6.842

Reign of Terror
1949-10-15

6.1

The Satan Bug
1965-03-26

Mansion of the Doomed

6.2

Mansion of the Doomed
1976-10-01

The House on Telegraph Hill

6.3

The House on Telegraph Hill
1951-05-12

Repeat Performance

6.065

Repeat Performance
1947-05-22

7.362

The Swindle
1955-10-07

The Brothers Karamazov

6.6

The Brothers Karamazov
1958-02-20

5.9

Cry Wolf
1947-08-19

6.6

Titanic
1953-04-11

7

Time Limit
1957-10-23

Fixed Bayonets!

6.5

Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21

The Good Die Young

6.3

The Good Die Young
1954-03-02

Portrait in Black

5.6

Portrait in Black
1960-07-27

City Beneath the Sea

4.1

City Beneath the Sea
1971-07-16

Kings of the Sun

6

Kings of the Sun
1963-12-18

21 Hours at Munich

6.184

21 Hours at Munich
1976-12-25

7.138

Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01

Outside the Wall

6

Outside the Wall
1950-02-08

6.381

Sole Survivor
1970-01-09

Canyon Crossroads

6

Canyon Crossroads
1955-01-01

Finger of Guilt

5.8

Finger of Guilt
1956-06-01

Miracles of Thursday

6.75

Miracles of Thursday
1957-08-22

6.7

Rage
1972-11-22

5.4

Hitler
1962-03-21

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley

6

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley
1975-01-12

The Great Bank Hoax

4.167

The Great Bank Hoax
1978-11-01

The Savage Guns

3.3

The Savage Guns
1961-11-01

0

The Rebels
1979-05-14

4.9

Flood!
1977-06-05

Four Days In November

6

Four Days In November
1964-10-07

6.5

Hans Brinker
1969-12-14

4.7

Visa to Canton
1960-12-26

7.5

The Birdmen
1973-11-08

6.1

Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12

6.6

The Extra Day
1956-01-01

Marilyn: The Untold Story

8.2

Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980-11-10

0

Maneater
1973-12-09

The Death of Me Yet

7

The Death of Me Yet
1971-10-26

The Stranger's Hand

6.8

The Stranger's Hand
1954-01-20

0

Jons und Erdme
1959-03-04

The Andersonville Trial

6.667

The Andersonville Trial
1970-05-17

Five Branded Women

6

Five Branded Women
1960-03-15

0

Jailbirds
1954-09-18

Love and Troubles

5.8

Love and Troubles
1958-12-19

The Golden Vein

5.5

The Golden Vein
1955-09-30

6.192

Time Travelers
1976-03-19

Assignment: Munich

0

Assignment: Munich
1972-04-30

The Ambitious One

6.5

The Ambitious One
1959-10-14

...And Millions Die!

4

...And Millions Die!
1973-01-01

For the Love of Mike

5

For the Love of Mike
1960-08-28

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

8

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968-03-06

5.5

The Bounty Man
1972-10-31

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

0

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1978-05-23

6.523

Chato's Land
1972-05-25

0

Valley Forge
1975-12-03

Trial at Nuremberg

7

Trial at Nuremberg
1964-12-09

0

Planet Mars
1979-01-01

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

0

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977-01-16

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

0

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982-12-25

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

6.3

Egypt: Quest for Eternity
1982-03-06

They've Killed President Lincoln!

0

They've Killed President Lincoln!
1971-02-12

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

5.5

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982-09-26

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

5.8

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002-07-02

5

Cartouche
1955-07-01

Love Is a Funny Thing

6.3

Love Is a Funny Thing
1969-12-12

Land of Celtic Ghosts

0

Land of Celtic Ghosts
1979-10-15

Knight Rider: Halloween Knight

0

Knight Rider: Halloween Knight
1985-07-14

Los Angeles Plays Itself

7.673

Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

0

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
1965-01-01

The Yanks Are Coming

0

The Yanks Are Coming
1963-11-04

6.433

Route 66
1960-10-07

7.533

Knight Rider
1982-09-26

The Streets of San Francisco

6.994

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

6.5

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5.333

Naked City
1958-09-30

4.4

Studio One
1948-11-07

7.577

Combat!
1962-10-02

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.768

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964-09-14

8.061

Columbo
1971-09-15

Little House on the Prairie

7.954

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

6.275

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

6.96

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

Arrest and Trial

5

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

6.9

Vega$
1978-09-20

7.075

Rawhide
1959-01-09

4.7

Mr. Merlin
1981-10-07

5.7

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

5

W.E.B.
1978-09-13

5

Medical Story
1975-09-04

7

Joe Forrester
1975-09-09

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.696

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.696

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.186

Masada
1981-04-05

Marcus Welby, M.D.

6.5

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969-09-23

The Critical List

0

The Critical List
1978-09-11

The Twilight Zone

8.441

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

National Geographic Specials

5.25

National Geographic Specials
1965-09-10

6.852

Ironside
1967-03-28