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Richard Basehart

Highest Rated: 100% Fixed Bayonets! (1951)

Lowest Rated: 25% The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

Birthday: Aug 31, 1914

Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Entered film by way of Broadway in 1947, making his mark in the gritty "He Walked by Night" (1948) and proving his versatility in several international productions, notably Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece "La Strada" (1954). He garnered secondary fame as the star of the Irwin Allen-produced "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (ABC, 1964-1968), playing a subamire captain. Basehart's second wife was actress Valentina Cortese.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 72% Fixed Bayonets!
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100% 73% Decision Before Dawn
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100% 79% Il bidone
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98% 93% La Strada
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95% 92% Being There
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92% 66% Titanic
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82% 62% He Walked by Night
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81% 73% Moby Dick
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63% 72% Fourteen Hours
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57% 45% The Satan Bug
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Filmography

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Knight Rider 1982 Opening Titles Narrator Masada 94% 1981 Narrator Bix 1981 Narrator Marilyn: The Untold Story 1980 Johnny Hyde Actor Being There 95% 92% 1979 Vladimir Skrapinov Actor The Critical List 1978 Matt Kinsella Actor Who Killed the Centerfold Model? 1977 Elliott Osborn Actor The Great Bank Hoax 12% 1977 Manny Benchly Actor The Island of Dr. Moreau 54% 39% 1977 Sayer of the Law Actor Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? 1977 Elliott Osborn Actor Flood! 43% 1976 John Cutler Actor 21 Hours at Munich 56% 1976 Chancellor Willy Brandt Actor Mansion of the Doomed 35% 1976 Dr. Leonard Chaney Actor Time Travelers 1976 Dr. Joshua Henderson Actor Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley 20% 1975 George Latimer Actor Valley Forge 1975 Gen. George Washington Actor Maneater 1973 Carl Brenner Actor And Millions Will Die 1973 Dr. Douglas Pruitt Actor Treasure Galleons 1973 Director Pieces of Eight 1973 Narrator The Bounty Man 29% 1972 Angus Keough Actor Rage 44% 1972 Dr. Roy Caldwell Actor Chato's Land 57% 1972 Nye Buell Actor Assignment: Munich 1972 Maj. Barney Caldwell Actor Columbo: Dagger of the Mind 53% 1972 Nicholas Frame Actor
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