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Richard Basehart

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.

Highest rated movies

100% Il bidone
100% Decision Before Dawn
100% Fixed Bayonets!
97% La Strada
95% Being There
92% Titanic
82% He Walked by Night
81% Moby Dick

Photos

TIME TRAVELERS, Richard Basehart, aired March 19, 1976 FOURTEEN HOURS, Richard Basehart, 1951, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. IL BIDONE, (aka THE SWINDLE) Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, 1955 FOURTEEN HOURS, Richard Basehart, Barbara Bel Geddes, 1951, lobbycard, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. ROSEANNA McCOY, Richard Basehart, Joan Evans, 1949 REPEAT PERFORMANCE, Richard Basehart, Joan Leslie, 1947 HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL, Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, 1951. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, Harry Harvey, Alma Beltran, 1948. CRY WOLF, Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Basehart, 1947 TENSION, Richard Basehart, 1950 TENSION, Richard Basehart, Cyd Charisse, 1950 TIME LIMIT, Richard Basehart, 1957 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, 1949 HITLER, Richard Basehart, 1962 HITLER, Maria Emo, Richard Basehart, 1962 HE WALKED BY NIGHT, Richard Basehart, Alma Beltran, 1948. THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, Richard Basehart, 1958 THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV, Lee J. Cobb, Yul Brynner, Richard Basehart, 1958 FIXED BAYONETS!, Richard Basehart, 1951. ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright, FIXED BAYONETS!, Richard Basehart, 1951. ©20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright,
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Knight Rider Narrator - 1982
No Score Yet 93% Masada Narrator - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bix Narrator - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marilyn: The Untold Story Johnny Hyde (Character) - 1980
95% 92% Being There Vladimir Skrapinov (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Critical List Matt Kinsella (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Who Killed the Centerfold Model? Elliott Osborn (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 12% The Great Bank Hoax Manny Benchly (Character) - 1977
54% 40% The Island of Dr. Moreau Sayer of the Law (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? Elliott Osborn (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 50% Flood! John Cutler (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 56% 21 Hours at Munich Chancellor Willy Brandt (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 30% Mansion of the Doomed Dr. Leonard Chaney (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Time Travelers Dr. Joshua Henderson (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet 20% Judgement: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley George Latimer (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Valley Forge Gen. George Washington (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maneater Carl Brenner (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet And Millions Will Die Dr. Douglas Pruitt (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Treasure Galleons Director - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pieces of Eight Narrator - 1973
No Score Yet 17% The Bounty Man Angus Keough (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 45% Rage Dr. Roy Caldwell (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 57% Chato's Land Nye Buell (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Assignment: Munich Maj. Barney Caldwell (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 53% Columbo: Dagger of the Mind Nicholas Frame (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Escape of the Birdmen Schiller (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 36% City Beneath the Sea The President (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Death of Me Yet Robert Barnes (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 50% Hollywood Television Theatre Unknown (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates Dr. Boekman (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sole Survivor Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich Narrator - 1968
57% 45% The Satan Bug Dr. Gregor Hoffman (Character) - 1965
No Score Yet 81% Four Days in November Narrator - 1964
No Score Yet 34% Kings of the Sun Ah Min (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 33% Hitler Adolf Hitler (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Savage Guns Steve Fallon (Character) - 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Passport to China Don Benton (Character) - 1961
40% 50% Portrait in Black Howard Mason (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet For the Love of Mike Father Phelan (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Five Branded Women Capt. Reinhardt (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Shangri-La Hugh Conway (Character) - 1960
25% 57% The Brothers Karamazov Ivan Karamazov (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 64% Time Limit Maj. Harry Cargill (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miracles of Thursday Martino (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet So Soon to Die Himself/Announcer (Character) - 1957
81% 74% Moby Dick Ishmael (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 64% Finger of Guilt Reginald `'Reggie'` Wilson (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Extra Day Joe Blake (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Canyon Crossroads Larry Kendall (Character) - 1955
100% 79% Il bidone Picasso (Character) - 1955
97% 93% La Strada Il 'Matto'-The 'Fool' (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Stranger's Hand Joe Hamstringer (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 54% The Good Die Young Joe Halsey (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cartouche Jacques de Maudy (Character) - 1954
92% 66% Titanic George Healey (Character) - 1953
63% 73% Fourteen Hours Robert Cosick (Character) - 1951
100% 73% Decision Before Dawn Lt. Dick Rennick (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 61% The House on Telegraph Hill Alan Spender (Character) - 1951
100% 72% Fixed Bayonets! Cpl. Denno (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 71% Outside the Wall Larry Nelson (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 20% Roseanna McCoy Mounts Hatfield (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 64% Tension Warren Quimby (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 68% The Black Book Maximilian Robespierre (Character) - 1949
82% 62% He Walked by Night Roy Martin/Roy Morgan (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 62% Repeat Performance William Williams (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 41% Cry Wolf James Caldwell Demarest (Character) - 1947

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of the Unexpected Slade (Character) 1983
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Unknown (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet How the West Was Won Unknown (Guest Star) 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little House on the Prairie Hannibal Applewood (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Bishop Tim Farrow (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Joe Forrester Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Reece Sutton (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet 80% Columbo Nicholas Frame (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Captain Aron Sligo (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Prof. Theodore Rye (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Adm. Harriman Nelson (Character) 1964-1968
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Adam Cook (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1962-1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ben Casey Mark Cassidy (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Combat! Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Julian Roebuck (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zane Grey Theatre Unknown (Character) 1958