Where to watch Richard Basehart in the UK
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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
- Ironside (1967) as Noel Seymour
- The Love Boat (1977) as Stan Ellis
- Little House on the Prairie (1974) as Hannibal Applewood
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Murdock
- Knight Rider (1982) as Wilton Knight
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Adam Cook
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as David Manning
- Naked City (1958) as Lester Bergson
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Philip Townsend
- Combat! (1962) as Capt. Steiner
- Ben Casey (1961) Cast
- Rawhide (1959) as Tod Stone
- Route 66 (1960) Cast
- Studio One (1948) as Matt Donovan
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Slade
- Vega$ (1978) Cast
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964) as Adm. Harriman Nelson
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Bishop Tim Farrow
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969) as Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Captain Aron Sligo
- Arrest and Trial (1963) Cast
- How the West Was Won (1977) as Colonel Flint
- Dan August (1970) as Prof. Theodore Rye
- Medical Story (1975) as Dr. Charles Galpin
- Masada (1981) as Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)
- Joe Forrester (1975) Cast
- Mr. Merlin (1981) Cast
- Moby Dick (1956) as Ishmael
- Being There (1979) as Vladimir Skrapinov
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Conway
- Titanic (1953) as George S. Headley
- National Geographic Specials (1965) as Narrator (voice)
- The Critical List (1978) as Matt Kinsella
- La Strada (1954) as Il 'Matto'
- Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004) as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)
- The Rebels (1979) as Duke of Kentland
- W.E.B. (1978) Cast
- Chato's Land (1972) as Nye Buell
- The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) as Sayer of the Law
- Rage (1972) as Dr. Roy Caldwell
- The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Ivan Karamazov
- The Satan Bug (1965) as Dr. Gregor Hoffman
- Fourteen Hours (1951) as Robert Cosick
- Cry Wolf (1947) as James Caldwell Demarest
- Decision Before Dawn (1951) as Lt. Dick Rennick
- He Walked by Night (1949) as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
- The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) as Alan Spender
- Kings of the Sun (1963) as Ah Min
- Flood! (1977) as John Cutler
- Tension (1949) as Warren Quimby
- Fixed Bayonets! (1951) as Cpl. Denno
- Time Limit (1957) as Maj. Harry Cargill
- Reign of Terror (1949) as Maximilian Robespierre
- 21 Hours at Munich (1976) as Willy Brandt
- Valley Forge (1975) Cast
- City Beneath the Sea (1971) as The President
- Mansion of the Doomed (1976) as Dr. Leonard Chaney
- The Birdmen (1973) as Schiller
- Sole Survivor (1970) as Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner
- The Swindle (1955) as Carlo
- Hitler (1962) as Adolf Hitler
- The Savage Guns (1961) as Steve Fallon
- Time Travelers (1976) as Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871)
- Canyon Crossroads (1955) as Larry Kendall
- The Andersonville Trial (1970) as Henry Wirz
- Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980) as Johnny Hyde
- Love Is a Funny Thing (1969) as Acteur
- The Death of Me Yet (1971) as Robert Barnes
- Five Branded Women (1960) as Eric Reinhardt
- Repeat Performance (1947) as William Williams
- Roseanna McCoy (1949) as Mounts Hatfield
- The Bounty Man (1972) as Angus Keough
- Four Days In November (1964) as Narrator (voice)
- Maneater (1973) as Carl Brenner
- The Stranger's Hand (1954) as Joe Hamstringer
- Portrait in Black (1960) as Howard Mason
- Outside the Wall (1950) as Larry Nelson
- Hans Brinker (1969) as Dr. Boeker
- The Good Die Young (1954) as Joe Halsey
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Most-watched Richard Basehart films currently: Moby Dick (1956), Being There (1979), Titanic (1953), La Strada (1954), Los Angeles Plays Itself (2004).
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Selected TV credits: Columbo (1971), Ironside (1967), The Love Boat (1977), Little House on the Prairie (1974), Hawaii Five-O (1968).
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