Richard Basehart
Richard Basehart
Person

Richard Basehart

Actor 1914-08-31 Zanesville, Ohio, USA

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 i...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Knight Rider

Knight Rider

1982 · Wilton Knight

La Strada

La Strada

1954 · Matto

Being There

Being There

1979 · Vladimir Skrapinov

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

1959 · Adam Cook

Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie

1974 · Hannibal Applewood

Columbo

Columbo

1971 · Nicholas Framer

Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1956 · Ishmael

The Swindle

The Swindle

1955 · Carlo

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 · Stan Ellis

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977 · Sayer of the Law

Chato's Land

Chato's Land

1972 · Nye Buell

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

1969 · Murdock

Titanic

Titanic

1953 · George S. Headley

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964 · Adm. Harriman Nelson

Combat!

Combat!

1962 · Capt. Steiner

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1955 · Captain Aron Sligo

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

1949 · Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

The Streets of San Francisco

The Streets of San Francisco

1972 · Bishop Tim Farrow

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · Philip Townsend