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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…
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- Columbo (1971) as Nicholas Framer
- The Love Boat (1977) as Stan Ellis
- Ironside (1967) as Noel Seymour
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Philip Townsend
- Knight Rider (1982) as Wilton Knight
- Hawaii Five-O (1969) as Murdock
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Hannibal Applewood
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Adam Cook
- Rawhide (1959) as Tod Stone
- Studio One (1948) as Matt Donovan
- Combat! (1962) as Capt. Steiner
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
- Naked City (1958) as Lester Bergson
- Route 66 (1960) Cast
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Slade
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Captain Aron Sligo
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as David Manning
- Ben Casey (1961) Cast
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Bishop Tim Farrow
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) as Adm. Harriman Nelson
- Vega$ (1978) Cast
- How the West Was Won (1977) as Colonel Flint
- Arrest and Trial (1963) Cast
- Joe Forrester (1975) Cast
- Dan August (1970) as Prof. Theodore Rye
- National Geographic Specials (1965) as Narrator (voice)
- Medical Story (1975) as Dr. Charles Galpin
- Masada (1981) as Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- Moby Dick (1956) as Ishmael
- Mr. Merlin (1981) Cast
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Conway
- Being There (1979) as Vladimir Skrapinov
- Chato's Land (1972) as Nye Buell
- The Satan Bug (1965) as Dr. Gregor Hoffman
- Fourteen Hours (1951) as Robert Cosick
- Titanic (1953) as George S. Headley
- Assignment: Munich (1972) as Maj. Barney Caldwell
- The Savage Guns (1961) as Steve Fallon
- La Strada (1954) as Matto
- Repeat Performance (1947) as William Williams
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Most-watched Richard Basehart films currently: Moby Dick (1956), Being There (1979), Chato's Land (1972), The Satan Bug (1965), Fourteen Hours (1951).
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Selected TV credits: Columbo (1971), The Love Boat (1977), Ironside (1967), The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962), Knight Rider (1982).
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