Richard Basehart

Birthday: 31 August 1914, Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Birth Name: John Richard Basehart

Height: 175 cm

Richard Basehart came to Hollywood in 1947, after beginning an acting career on Broadway. He made his mark in the gritty film-noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), among others, and proved his versa ...Show More

[asked how "Hamlet" compared with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)] With [William Shakespeare] Show more [asked how "Hamlet" compared with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)] With [William Shakespeare] there's more character than an actor can ever plumb. But there's no greater challenge than making something out of nothing. Hide

I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am. I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am.

Nothing irritates me more than actors who take all the money and then complain about how terribly li Show more Nothing irritates me more than actors who take all the money and then complain about how terribly limited TV is. That kind of talk only reflects on them. Hide

Richard Basehart's FILMOGRAPHY - Page 5

as Actor (163)

The Love Boat - Season 6

The Streets of San Francisco - Season 1

Fourteen Hours

Kings of the Sun

Marcus Welby M D - Season 1

Knight Rider - Season 1

Tales of the Unexpected - Season 1

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Season 3

The Twilight Zone - Season 4

The Love Boat - Season 7

Knight Rider - Season 4

Gunsmoke - Season 1

Combat - Season 1

Combat - Season 5

Hawaii Five-0 (1968) - Season 8

Portrait in Black

Mr Merlin - Season 1

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors - Season 4

Gunsmoke - Season 5

Marcus Welby M D - Season 7

Rawhide - Season 6

Titanic (1953)

Hawaii Five-0 - Season 5 (1968)

Gunsmoke - Season 19

The Love Boat - Season 8

The Twilight Zone - Season 5

Richard Basehart'S roles

George Healey

Ishmael

Vladimir Skrapinov