Richard Basehart
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
as Wilton Knight
Egypt: Quest for Eternity
1982
as Narrator (Self)
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982
as Self
Knight Rider
1982
as Wilton Knight
Mr. Merlin
1981
Masada
1981
as Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
as Johnny Hyde
Being There
1979
as Vladimir Skrapinov
Land of Celtic Ghosts
1979
as Himself
Planet Mars
1979
as Narrator
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Slade
The Rebels
1979
as Duke of Kentland
The Great Bank Hoax
1978
as Manny Benchly
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1978
as King Arthur
Vega$
1978
W.E.B.
1978
The Critical List
1978
as Matt Kinsella
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Sayer of the Law
Flood!
1977
as John Cutler
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977
as Elliott Osborn
The Love Boat
1977
as Stan Ellis
How the West Was Won
1977
as Colonel Flint
Mansion of the Doomed
1976
as Dr. Leonard Chaney
21 Hours at Munich
1976
as Willy Brandt
Time Travelers
1976
as Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871)
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
as George Latimer
Valley Forge
1975
Medical Story
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
The First Woman President
1974
as Woodrow Wilson
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The Birdmen
1973
as Schiller
Maneater
1973
as Carl Brenner
...And Millions Die!
1973
as Dr Douglas Pruitt
Rage
1972
as Dr. Roy Caldwell
Assignment: Munich
1972
as Maj. Barney Caldwell
The Bounty Man
1972
as Angus Keough
Chato's Land
1972
as Nye Buell
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Bishop Tim Farrow
They've Killed President Lincoln!
1971
as Host / Narrator
City Beneath the Sea
1971
as The President
The Death of Me Yet
1971
as Robert Barnes
Columbo
1971
as Nicholas Framer
Sole Survivor
1970
as Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner
The Andersonville Trial
1970
as Henry Wirz
Dan August
1970
as Prof. Theodore Rye
Hans Brinker
1969
as Dr. Boeker
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969
as Acteur
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Reece Sutton
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968
as Narrator
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Murdock
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
Ironside
1967
as Noel Seymour
The Satan Bug
1965
as Dr. Gregor Hoffman
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
1965
as Narrator (voice)
National Geographic Specials
1965
as Narrator (voice)
Four Days In November
1964
as Narrator (voice)
Trial at Nuremberg
1964
as Narrator
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
as Adm. Harriman Nelson
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Ah Min
The Yanks Are Coming
1963
as Narrator (voice)
Arrest and Trial
1963
Hitler
1962
as Adolf Hitler
Combat!
1962
as Capt. Steiner
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Philip Townsend
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Miles Crawford
The Savage Guns
1961
as Steve Fallon
Ben Casey
1961
Portrait in Black
1960
as Howard Mason
Visa to Canton
1960
as Don Benton
Five Branded Women
1960
as Eric Reinhardt
For the Love of Mike
1960
as Father Phelan
The Hiding Place
1960
as Martin Lambert
Route 66
1960
Jons und Erdme
1959
as Wittkuhn
The Ambitious One
1959
as George Rancourt
Rawhide
1959
as Tod Stone
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Adam Cook
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Ivan Karamazov
Love and Troubles
1958
as Paolo Martelli
Naked City
1958
as Lester Bergson
Time Limit
1957
as Maj. Harry Cargill
Miracles of Thursday
1957
as Martino
So Soon to Die
1957
as Lionel Amblin
Moby Dick
1956
as Ishmael
The Intimate Stranger
1956
as Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson
The Extra Day
1956
as Joe Blake
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as David Manning
The Swindle
1955
as Carlo
Canyon Crossroads
1955
as Larry Kendall
Cartouche
1955
as Il conte Jacques de Maudy
The Golden Vein
1955
as Ing. Stefano Manfredi
Gunsmoke
1955
as Captain Aron Sligo
La Strada
1954
as Il 'Matto'
The Good Die Young
1954
as Joe Halsey
The Stranger's Hand
1954
as Joe Hamstringer
Jailbirds
1954
as Doctor Stefano Luprandi
Titanic
1953
as George S. Headley
Decision Before Dawn
1951
as Lt. Dick Rennick
The House on Telegraph Hill
1951
as Alan Spender
Fixed Bayonets!
1951
as Cpl. Denno
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Robert Cosick
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Conway
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as General Washington
Outside the Wall
1950
as Larry Nelson
He Walked by Night
1949
as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
Tension
1949
as Warren Quimby
Reign of Terror
1949
as Maximilian Robespierre
Roseanna McCoy
1949
as Mounts Hatfield
Studio One
1948
as Matt Donovan
Repeat Performance
1947
as William Williams
Cry Wolf
1947
as James Caldwell Demarest