Richard Basehart
Acting
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…
Filmography
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The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet
1982
Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
1982
Knight Rider
1982
Egypt: Quest for Eternity
1982
Mr. Merlin
1981
Masada
1981
Marilyn: The Untold Story
1980
Being There
1979
Land of Celtic Ghosts
1979
The Rebels
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Planet Mars
1979
The Great Bank Hoax
1978
Vega$
1978
W.E.B.
W.E.B.
1978
The Critical List
1978
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1978
The Love Boat
1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
Flood!
1977
How the West Was Won
1977
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
1977
21 Hours at Munich
1976
Mansion of the Doomed
1976
Time Travelers
1976
Valley Forge
1975
Joe Forrester
1975
Medical Story
1975
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
1975
Little House on the Prairie
1974
The First Woman President
1974
Maneater
1973
The Birdmen
1973
...and millions will die!
1973
Rage
1972
The Bounty Man
1972
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Chato's Land
1972
Assignment: Munich
1972
The Death of Me Yet
1971
Columbo
1971
City Beneath the Sea
1971
They've Killed President Lincoln!
1971
Dan August
1970
The Andersonville Trial
1970
Sole Survivor
1970
Hans Brinker
1969
Love Is a Funny Thing
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968
Ironside
1967
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls
1967
National Geographic Specials
1965
The Satan Bug
1965
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
1965
Trial at Nuremberg
1964
Four Days In November
1964
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
Kings of the Sun
1963
The Yanks Are Coming
The Yanks Are Coming
1963
Arrest and Trial
1963
Combat!
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
Hitler
1962
The Savage Guns
1961
Ben Casey
1961
Visa to Canton
1960
Route 66
1960
For the Love of Mike
1960
Portrait in Black
1960
Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
1960
Five Branded Women
1960
The Ambitious One
1959
The Twilight Zone
1959
Jons und Erdme
1959
Rawhide
1959
Love and Troubles
1958
Naked City
1958
