- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 31, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- Died
- September 17, 1984
Richard Basehart
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 ma…
Filmography
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002 · Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982 · Self
movieKnight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982 · Wilton Knight
tvKnight Rider
1982 · Wilton Knight
movieEgypt: Quest for Eternity
1982 · Narrator (Self)
tvMr. Merlin
1981
tvMasada
1981 · Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)
movieMarilyn: The Untold Story
1980 · Johnny Hyde
movieBeing There
1979 · Vladimir Skrapinov
movieLand of Celtic Ghosts
1979 · Himself
tvThe Rebels
1979 · Duke of Kentland
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Slade
moviePlanet Mars
1979 · Narrator
movieThe Great Bank Hoax
1978 · Manny Benchly
tvVega$
1978
W.E.B.
1978
tvThe Critical List
1978 · Matt Kinsella
movieA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1978 · King Arthur
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Stan Ellis
movieThe Island of Dr. Moreau
1977 · Sayer of the Law
movieFlood!
1977 · John Cutler
tvHow the West Was Won
1977 · Colonel Flint
movieStonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977 · Elliott Osborn
movie21 Hours at Munich
1976 · Willy Brandt
movieMansion of the Doomed
1976 · Dr. Leonard Chaney
movieTime Travelers
1976 · Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871)
movieValley Forge
1975 · Gen. Washington
tvJoe Forrester
1975
tvMedical Story
1975 · Dr. Charles Galpin
movieJudgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975 · George Latimer
tvLittle House on the Prairie
1974 · Hannibal Applewood
movieThe First Woman President
1974 · Woodrow Wilson
movieManeater
1973 · Carl Brenner
movieThe Birdmen
1973 · Schiller
movie...and millions will die!
1973 · Dr Douglas Pruitt
movieRage
1972 · Dr. Roy Caldwell
movieThe Bounty Man
1972 · Angus Keough
tvThe Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Bishop Tim Farrow
movieChato's Land
1972 · Nye Buell
movieAssignment: Munich
1972 · Maj. Barney Caldwell
movieThe Death of Me Yet
1971 · Robert Barnes
tvColumbo
1971 · Nicholas Framer
movieCity Beneath the Sea
1971 · The President
movieThey've Killed President Lincoln!
1971 · Host / Narrator
tvDan August
1970 · Prof. Theodore Rye
movieThe Andersonville Trial
1970 · Henry Wirz
movieSole Survivor
1970 · Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner
movieHans Brinker
1969 · Dr. Boeker
movieLove Is a Funny Thing
1969 · Acteur
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Professor Andrew Kirkcastle, Reece Sutton
tvHawaii Five-O
1968 · Murdock
movieThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968 · Narrator
tvIronside
1967 · Noel Seymour
movieJacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
tvNational Geographic Specials
1965 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Satan Bug
1965 · Dr. Gregor Hoffman
movieLet My People Go: The Story of Israel
1965 · Narrator (voice)
movieTrial at Nuremberg
1964 · Narrator
movieFour Days In November
1964 · Narrator (voice)
tvVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964 · Adm. Harriman Nelson
movieKings of the Sun
1963 · Ah Min
The Yanks Are Coming
1963 · Narrator (voice)
tvArrest and Trial
1963
tvCombat!
1962 · Capt. Steiner
tvThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Philip Townsend, Miles Crawford
movieHitler
1962 · Adolf Hitler
movieThe Savage Guns
1961 · Steve Fallon
tvBen Casey
1961
movieVisa to Canton
1960 · Don Benton
tvRoute 66
1960
movieFor the Love of Mike
1960 · Father Phelan
moviePortrait in Black
1960 · Howard Mason
moviePlayhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960 · Martin Lambert
movieFive Branded Women
1960 · Eric Reinhardt
movieThe Ambitious One
1959 · George Rancourt
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Adam Cook
movieJons und Erdme
1959 · Wittkuhn
tvRawhide
1959 · Tod Stone
movieLove and Troubles
1958 · Paolo Martelli
tvNaked City
1958 · Lester Bergson
movieThe Brothers Karamazov
1958 · Ivan Karamazov
movieTime Limit
1957 · Maj. Harry Cargill
movieMiracles of Thursday
1957 · Martino
movieSo Soon to Die
1957 · Lionel Amblin
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · David Manning
movieMoby Dick
1956 · Ishmael
movieThe Intimate Stranger
1956 · Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson
movieThe Extra Day
1956 · Joe Blake
movieThe Swindle
1955 · Carlo
movieThe Golden Vein
1955 · Ing. Stefano Manfredi
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Captain Aron Sligo
movieCartouche
1955 · Il conte Jacques de Maudy
movieCanyon Crossroads
1955 · Larry Kendall
movieLa Strada
1954 · Il 'Matto'
Jailbirds
1954 · Doctor Stefano Luprandi
movieThe Good Die Young
1954 · Joe Halsey
movieThe Stranger's Hand
1954 · Joe Hamstringer
movieTitanic
1953 · George S. Headley
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Conway, General Washington
movieDecision Before Dawn
1951 · Lt. Dick Rennick
movieFixed Bayonets!
1951 · Cpl. Denno
movieThe House on Telegraph Hill
1951 · Alan Spender
movieFourteen Hours
1951 · Robert Cosick
movieOutside the Wall
1950 · Larry Nelson
movieTension
1949 · Warren Quimby
movieReign of Terror
1949 · Maximilian Robespierre
movieRoseanna McCoy
1949 · Mounts Hatfield
movieHe Walked by Night
1949 · Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
tvStudio One
1948 · Matt Donovan
movieCry Wolf
1947 · James Caldwell Demarest
movieRepeat Performance
1947 · William Williams