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Richard Basehart

Acting

Born August 31, 1914 · Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Died September 17, 1984

Also known as Ричард Бейсхарт · Ричард Бэйзхарт · John Richard Basehart

Biography

John Richard Basehart was an American actor. Known for his "deep, resonant baritone voice and craggy good looks," he was active in film, theatre and television from 1947 until 1983. He won two National Board of Review Awards, for his performances in Fourteen Hours (1951) and Moby Dick (1956), and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Time Limit (1957).

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography50+ titles

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

1982as Self

The Twilight Zone

1959as Adam Cook

Columbo

1971as Nicholas Framer

Little House on the Prairie

1974as Hannibal Applewood

La Strada

1954as Il 'Matto'

Combat!

1962as Capt. Steiner

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Philip Townsend

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Adm. Harriman Nelson

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2003as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

Being There

1979as Vladimir Skrapinov

Knight Rider

1982as Wilton Knight

The Swindle

1955as Carlo

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Murdock

Rawhide

1959as Tod Stone

Time Limit

1957as Maj. Harry Cargill

National Geographic Specials

1965as Narrator (voice)

Moby Dick

1956as Ishmael

How the West Was Won

1976as Colonel Flint

Maneater

1973as Carl Brenner

The Streets of San Francisco

1972as Bishop Tim Farrow

Ironside

1967as Noel Seymour

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Slade

Miracles of Thursday

1957as Martino

Decision Before Dawn

1951as Lt. Dick Rennick

Reign of Terror

1949as Maximilian Robespierre

Tension

1949as Warren Quimby

Route 66

1960

Gunsmoke

1955as Captain Aron Sligo

He Walked by Night

1948as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Reece Sutton

The Brothers Karamazov

1958as Ivan Karamazov

Titanic

1953as George S. Headley

Fixed Bayonets!

1951as Cpl. Denno

Chato's Land

1972as Nye Buell

The Good Die Young

1954as Joe Halsey

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951as Alan Spender

The Love Boat

1977as Stan Ellis

Mansion of the Doomed

1976as Dr. Leonard Chaney

21 Hours at Munich

1976as Willy Brandt

The Bounty Man

1972as Angus Keough

Love Is a Funny Thing

1969as Acteur

Canyon Crossroads

1955as Larry Kendall

The Intimate Stranger

1956as Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson

The Satan Bug

1965as Dr. Gregor Hoffman

Kings of the Sun

1963as Ah Min

Repeat Performance

1947as William Williams

Cry Wolf

1947as James Caldwell Demarest

Hitler

1962as Adolf Hitler

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977as Sayer of the Law

Portrait in Black

1960as Howard Mason