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Richard Basehart
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Richard Basehart
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Acting
Birthday
1914-08-31,Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

7.905

La Strada
1954-09-23

7.595

Being There
1979-12-19

7.067

Moby Dick
1956-06-27

Decision Before Dawn

6.8

Decision Before Dawn
1951-12-21

He Walked by Night

6.721

He Walked by Night
1949-02-06

The Island of Dr. Moreau

5.691

The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977-07-13

6.768

Tension
1949-11-25

Reign of Terror

6.817

Reign of Terror
1949-10-15

6.112

The Satan Bug
1965-03-26

They've Killed President Lincoln!

0

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

Mansion of the Doomed

6.3

Mansion of the Doomed
1976-10-01

The House on Telegraph Hill

6.441

The House on Telegraph Hill
1951-05-12

7.305

The Swindle
1955-10-07

Repeat Performance

6.1

Repeat Performance
1947-05-22

The Brothers Karamazov

6.56

The Brothers Karamazov
1958-02-20

6.1

Cry Wolf
1947-08-19

6.6

Titanic
1953-04-11

7.25

Time Limit
1957-10-23

The Good Die Young

6.351

The Good Die Young
1954-03-02

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

5

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

Portrait in Black

5.611

Portrait in Black
1960-07-27

Fixed Bayonets!

6.6

Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21

City Beneath the Sea

4.471

City Beneath the Sea
1971-07-16

Kings of the Sun

6.112

Kings of the Sun
1963-12-18

21 Hours at Munich

6.283

21 Hours at Munich
1976-12-25

7.26

Fourteen Hours
1951-04-01

Outside the Wall

6.071

Outside the Wall
1950-02-08

6.458

Sole Survivor
1970-01-09

Canyon Crossroads

6.333

Canyon Crossroads
1955-01-01

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

5.8

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

The Intimate Stranger

6.167

The Intimate Stranger
1956-06-01

Miracles of Thursday

6.839

Miracles of Thursday
1957-08-22

6.729

Rage
1972-11-22

5.806

Hitler
1962-03-21

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

5.25

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

The Great Bank Hoax

5.125

The Great Bank Hoax
1978-11-01

The Savage Guns

5

The Savage Guns
1961-11-01

Four Days In November

6.375

Four Days In November
1964-10-07

5.1

Flood!
1977-06-05

5.75

Cartouche
1955-07-01

6.917

Hans Brinker
1969-12-14

4.964

Visa to Canton
1960-12-26

7.667

The Birdmen
1973-11-08

6.071

Roseanna McCoy
1949-10-12

7.1

The Extra Day
1956-01-01

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

0

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

Marilyn: The Untold Story

6.875

Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980-11-10

The Yanks Are Coming

10

The Yanks Are Coming
1963-11-04

The Death of Me Yet

7.5

The Death of Me Yet
1971-10-27

7

Maneater
1973-12-08

The Stranger's Hand

6.8

The Stranger's Hand
1954-01-20

9

Jons und Erdme
1959-03-04

The Andersonville Trial

7.2

The Andersonville Trial
1970-05-17

Five Branded Women

6.095

Five Branded Women
1960-03-15

5.5

Jailbirds
1954-09-18

Love Is a Funny Thing

6.279

Love Is a Funny Thing
1969-12-12

Land of Celtic Ghosts

0

Land of Celtic Ghosts
1979-10-15

The Golden Vein

6.667

The Golden Vein
1955-09-30

Love and Troubles

6.278

Love and Troubles
1958-12-19

6.344

Time Travelers
1976-03-19

Assignment: Munich

8

Assignment: Munich
1972-04-30

The Ambitious One

7.75

The Ambitious One
1959-10-14

...and millions will die!

5.2

...and millions will die!
1973-01-01

For the Love of Mike

6

For the Love of Mike
1960-08-28

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

9

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

6.25

The Bounty Man
1972-10-31

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

7

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

6.5

Chato's Land
1972-05-25

7

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?

9

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

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

9

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

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

6.75

Egypt: Quest for Eternity
1982-03-06

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

8

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967-01-01

The First Woman President

0

The First Woman President
1974-04-14

7

So Soon to Die
1957-01-17

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

0

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960-03-22

8.1

Columbo
1971-09-15

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

7.737

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

Little House on the Prairie

7.937

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

6.3

The Love Boat
1977-09-24

7.172

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.53

Knight Rider
1982-09-26

6.725

Route 66
1960-10-07

Tales of the Unexpected

6.776

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

5.667

Naked City
1958-09-30

Arrest and Trial

8.25

Arrest and Trial
1963-09-15

6.679

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5.385

Studio One
1948-11-07

7.8

Combat!
1962-10-02

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.978

Vega$
1978-09-20

5.25

Mr. Merlin
1981-10-07

5.867

Ben Casey
1961-10-02

6

W.E.B.
1978-09-13

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

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

7

Joe Forrester
1975-09-09

The Twilight Zone

8.5

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.75

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

National Geographic Specials

7.125

National Geographic Specials
1965-09-10

6.855

Ironside
1967-03-28

Marcus Welby, M.D.

6.575

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

The Critical List

9

The Critical List
1978-09-11

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962-09-20

How the West Was Won

6.955

How the West Was Won
1977-02-06

Marcus Welby, M.D.

6.575

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

7.167

Dan August
1970-09-23

The Streets of San Francisco

7.01

The Streets of San Francisco
1972-09-23

7.04

Masada
1981-04-05

10

The Rebels
1979-05-13

5

Medical Story
1975-09-04