1914Born, Zanesville
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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 to Italian Academy Award-nominated actress Valentina Cortese, with whom he had one son before…
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Knight RiderWilton Knight
Being ThereVladimir Skrapinov
The Twilight ZoneAdam Cook
Little House on the PrairieHannibal Applewood
ColumboNicholas Framer2002The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel FullerCpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1983Save the PandaNarrator (Voice)Movie
1982Knight Rider: Knight of the PhoenixWilton KnightMovie
1982Knight RiderWilton Knight · 1 episodeShow
1982Egypt: Quest for EternityNarrator (Self)Movie
1981Mr. Merlin1 episodeShow
1981MasadaModern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited) · 2 episodesShow
1980Marilyn: The Untold StoryJohnny HydeMovie
1979Being ThereVladimir SkrapinovMovie
1979The RebelsDuke of Kentland · 2 episodesShow
1979Tales of the UnexpectedSlade · 1 episodeShow
1979Planet MarsNarratorMovie
1978The Great Bank HoaxManny BenchlyMovie
1978Vega$1 episodeShow
1978W.E.B.8 episodesShow
1978The Critical ListMatt Kinsella · 2 episodesShow
1978A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtKing ArthurMovie
1977The Island of Dr. MoreauSayer of the LawMovie
1977Flood!John CutlerMovie
1977How the West Was WonColonel Flint · 2 episodesShow
1977Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?Elliott OsbornMovie
197621 Hours at MunichWilly BrandtMovie
1976Mansion of the DoomedDr. Leonard ChaneyMovie
1976Time TravelersDr. Joshua Henderson (1871)Movie
1975Valley ForgeGen. WashingtonMovie
1975Joe Forrester1 episodeShow
1975Medical StoryDr. Charles Galpin · 1 episodeShow
1975Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William CalleyGeorge LatimerMovie
1974Little House on the PrairieHannibal Applewood · 1 episodeShow
1974The First Woman PresidentWoodrow WilsonMovie
1973ManeaterCarl BrennerMovie
1973The BirdmenSchillerMovie
1973...and millions will die!Dr Douglas PruittMovie
1972RageDr. Roy CaldwellMovie
1972The Bounty ManAngus KeoughMovie
1972The Streets of San FranciscoBishop Tim Farrow · 1 episodeShow
1972Chato's LandNye BuellMovie
1972Assignment: MunichMaj. Barney CaldwellMovie
1971The Death of Me YetRobert BarnesMovie
1971City Beneath the SeaThe PresidentMovie
1971They've Killed President Lincoln!Host / NarratorMovie
1970Dan AugustProf. Theodore Rye · 1 episodeShow
1970The Andersonville TrialHenry WirzMovie
1970Sole SurvivorBrig. Gen. Russell HamnerMovie
1969Hans BrinkerDr. BoekerMovie
1969Love Is a Funny ThingActeurMovie
1969Hawaii Five-OMurdock · 1 episodeShow
1968The Rise and Fall of the Third ReichNarratorMovie
1967IronsideNoel Seymour · 1 episodeShow
1967Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the DollsMovie
1965National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1965The Satan BugDr. Gregor HoffmanMovie
1965Let My People Go: The Story of IsraelNarrator (voice)Movie
1964Trial at NurembergNarratorMovie
1964Four Days In NovemberNarrator (voice)Movie
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaAdm. Harriman Nelson · 110 episodesShow
1963Kings of the SunAh MinMovie
1963The Yanks Are ComingNarrator (voice)Movie
1963Arrest and Trial1 episodeShow
1962Combat!Capt. Steiner · 2 episodesShow
1962HitlerAdolf HitlerMovie
1961The Savage GunsSteve FallonMovie
1961Ben Casey1 episodeShow
1960Visa to CantonDon BentonMovie
1960Route 661 episodeShow
1960For the Love of MikeFather PhelanMovie
1960Portrait in BlackHoward MasonMovie
1960Playhouse 90: The Hiding PlaceMartin LambertMovie
1960Five Branded WomenEric ReinhardtMovie
1959The Ambitious OneGeorge RancourtMovie
1959Jons und ErdmeWittkuhnMovie
1959RawhideTod Stone · 1 episodeShow
1958Love and TroublesPaolo MartelliMovie
1958Naked CityLester Bergson · 1 episodeShow
1958The Brothers KaramazovIvan KaramazovMovie
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