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 Framer1982Knight RiderWilton Knight · 1 episodeShow
1981Mr. Merlin1 episodeShow
1981MasadaModern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited) · 2 episodesShow
1979The RebelsDuke of Kentland · 2 episodesShow
1979Tales of the UnexpectedSlade · 1 episodeShow
1978Vega$1 episodeShow
1978W.E.B.8 episodesShow
1978The Critical ListMatt Kinsella · 2 episodesShow
1977How the West Was WonColonel Flint · 2 episodesShow
1975Joe Forrester1 episodeShow
1975Medical StoryDr. Charles Galpin · 1 episodeShow
1974Little House on the PrairieHannibal Applewood · 1 episodeShow
1972The Streets of San FranciscoBishop Tim Farrow · 1 episodeShow
1970Dan AugustProf. Theodore Rye · 1 episodeShow
1969Hawaii Five-OMurdock · 1 episodeShow
1967IronsideNoel Seymour · 1 episodeShow
1965National Geographic SpecialsNarrator (voice) · 1 episodeShow
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaAdm. Harriman Nelson · 110 episodesShow
1963Arrest and Trial1 episodeShow
1962Combat!Capt. Steiner · 2 episodesShow
1961Ben Casey1 episodeShow
1960Route 661 episodeShow
1959RawhideTod Stone · 1 episodeShow
1958Naked CityLester Bergson · 1 episodeShow
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