Richard Basehart
Acting
Born August 31, 1914 · Zanesville, Ohio, USA
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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Love Boat
Columbo
Knight Rider
Hawaii Five-O
The Twilight Zone
Ironside
Little House on the Prairie
Rawhide
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Studio One
Tales of the Unexpected
Combat!
Naked City
Gunsmoke
Ben Casey
Route 66
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Streets of San Francisco
Vega$
Arrest and Trial
How the West Was Won
National Geographic Specials
Joe Forrester
Dan August
Mr. Merlin
Medical Story
Masada
Moby Dick
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Being There
Fourteen Hours
Love Is a Funny Thing
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Titanic
The Rebels
The Brothers Karamazov
La Strada
Repeat Performance