Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

1914-08-13 Zanesville, Ohio, USA 77 Credits

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...

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Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

as Roy Morgan/Roy Martin in He Walked By Night (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen ...

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002

as Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Samuel Fuller discusses his career as a filmmaker, illustrated by plenty of clips.

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

Bix: Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet

1982

as Self

Acting

Through interviews, archival footage, photos and classic tunes, learn about the remarkable career and troubled life of legendary jazz cornetist Bix Be...

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

1982

as Wilton Knight

5.5
Acting

After Detective Michael Long is shot and left for dead, he is saved by the eccentric billionaire Wilton Knight. He is given a new face by plastic surg...

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

1982

as Narrator (Self)

6.3
Acting

Documentary about ancient Egypt, its temples, paintings and art, and how these old treasures are being endangered by modern civilization. Also shown a...

Marilyn: The Untold Story

Marilyn: The Untold Story

1980

as Johnny Hyde

8.2
Acting

The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and un...

Being There

Being There

1979

as Vladimir Skrapinov

7.6
Acting

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the s...

Land of Celtic Ghosts

Land of Celtic Ghosts

1979

as Himself

Acting

A collection of Irish legends and sightings, featuring eerie ruins of castles. A moody film, very well narrated by Richard Basehart. Rich in folklore...

The Rebels

The Rebels

1979

as Duke of Kentland

Acting

This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthrigh...

Planet Mars

Planet Mars

1979

as Narrator

Acting
The Great Bank Hoax

The Great Bank Hoax

1978

as Manny Benchly

4.2
Acting

When the prominent citizens of a small town discover that the officers of the local bank have been embezzling money from it, they decide to rob the ba...

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1978

as King Arthur

Acting

A modern-day scientist gets teleported to Medieval England in King Arthur's Court! He has to adapt to the current times and tries to make improvement...

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

as Sayer of the Law

5.6
Acting

A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turne...

Flood!

Flood!

1977

as John Cutler

4.9
Acting

Two helicopter pilots rush aid to a small town devastated by a flood following the collapse of an aging dam.

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

1977

as Elliott Osborn

Acting

A female private detective goes undercover as a porno actress to find a millionaire's missing daughter.

21 Hours at Munich

21 Hours at Munich

1976

as Willy Brandt

6.1
Acting

A dramatization of the incident in 1972 when Arab terrorists broke into the Olympic compound in Munich and murdered 11 Israeli athletes.

Mansion of the Doomed

Mansion of the Doomed

1976

as Dr. Leonard Chaney

6.2
Acting

An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of perfor...

Time Travelers

Time Travelers

1976

as Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871)

6.2
Acting

When a novel virus devastates the world in 1976, Dr. Earnshaw notices that it resembles a virus that a Dr. Henderson found a cure for in 1871 Chicago....

Valley Forge

Valley Forge

1975

Acting

George Washington struggles to hold his army together at a critical point during the Revolutionary War.

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley

1975

as George Latimer

3.5
Acting

This docudrama follows the court-martial of the title character, the man held responsible for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War.

Maneater

Maneater

1973

as Carl Brenner

Acting

Two couples on a camping trip are hunted by two tigers set upon them by a crazed animal trainer.

The Birdmen

The Birdmen

1973

as Schiller

7.5
Acting

During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can esca...

...And Millions Die!

...And Millions Die!

1973

as Dr Douglas Pruitt

4.0
Acting

A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to a time bomb. Police race against time to find the ...

Rage

Rage

1972

as Dr. Roy Caldwell

6.6
Acting

An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable fo...

The Bounty Man

The Bounty Man

1972

as Angus Keough

5.5
Acting

Kinkaid is a rugged, hard-driving bounty hunter, determined to find outlaw Billy Riddle. He tracks Billy, takes him captive, and starts the long trek ...

Chato's Land

Chato's Land

1972

as Nye Buell

6.6
Acting

In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.

Assignment: Munich

Assignment: Munich

1972

as Maj. Barney Caldwell

Acting

Undercover agent, using his bar as a front, battles three killers to find a stolen fortune.

The Death of Me Yet

The Death of Me Yet

1971

as Robert Barnes

6.7
Acting

The editor of a small-town newspaper has his past unexpectedly catch up with him: he finds out that a Soviet agent who knew him when he was a spy has ...

City Beneath the Sea

City Beneath the Sea

1971

as The President

4.1
Acting

A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. Originally intended as a purely scientific installation, the U. S. gover...

They've Killed President Lincoln!

1971

as Host / Narrator

Acting

The events surrounding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dramatized using simulated documentary footage.

The Andersonville Trial

The Andersonville Trial

1970

as Henry Wirz

6.7
Acting

A dramatization of the 1865 war-crimes trial of Henry Wirz, commandant of the notorious Confederate POW camp at Andersonville, Georgia.

Sole Survivor

Sole Survivor

1970

as Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner

6.4
Acting

In 1960, the ruins of an American bomber were found in the Libyan desert, but the remains of the crew were never located. In Guerdon Trueblood's telep...

Hans Brinker

Hans Brinker

1969

as Dr. Boeker

6.5
Acting

Melodrama on ice

Love Is a Funny Thing

Love Is a Funny Thing

1969

as Acteur

6.4
Acting

A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

1968

as Narrator

8.0
Acting

This documentary showcases Hitler's strategy for conquering hearts and minds by exploiting people's capacity to hate, something as relevant in our tim...

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

1967

Acting

Documentary about novelist Jacqueline Susann and her novel "Valley of the Dolls."

The Satan Bug

The Satan Bug

1965

as Dr. Gregor Hoffman

6.1
Acting

A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The b...

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel

1965

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Survey of Zionist history: Theodor Herzl's idea of creating a Jewish state; the return to Palestine; Allenby entering Jerusalem; Tel Aviv, 1933; the g...

Trial at Nuremberg

Trial at Nuremberg

1964

as Narrator

7.0
Acting

This 1964 film shows the capture of and preparation for the prosecution of the principal defendants at the International Military Tribunal at Nurember...

Four Days In November

Four Days In November

1964

as Narrator (voice)

6.0
Acting

1964 American documentary film about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Kings of the Sun

Kings of the Sun

1963

as Ah Min

6.1
Acting

In order to flee from powerful enemies, young Mayan king Balam leads his people north across the Gulf of Mexico to the coast of what will become the U...

The Yanks Are Coming

1963

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

The Yanks Are Coming is a 1963 documentary film produced by Marshall Flaum and narrated by Richard Basehart. It was nominated for an Academy Award for...

Hitler

Hitler

1962

as Adolf Hitler

5.7
Acting

Richard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history in this probing psychological study of a man who near...

The Savage Guns

The Savage Guns

1961

as Steve Fallon

3.3
Acting

This Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former C...

Visa to Canton

Visa to Canton

1960

as Don Benton

4.7
Acting

A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.

For the Love of Mike

For the Love of Mike

1960

as Father Phelan

5.0
Acting

An orphan trains a racehorse so he can win the money to build a new church.

Portrait in Black

Portrait in Black

1960

as Howard Mason

5.7
Acting

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

Five Branded Women

Five Branded Women

1960

as Eric Reinhardt

6.0
Acting

Five Yugoslav women who consorted with the German occupiers are publicly humiliated and banished by the Yugoslav partisans but they take up arms to fe...

The Ambitious One

The Ambitious One

1959

as George Rancourt

6.5
Acting

This Yves Allegret film is set in French Polynesia and stars Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Andrea Parisy, Nicole Berger and Reg Lye. Basehart is t...

Jons und Erdme

1959

as Wittkuhn

Acting

Adaptation of Hermann Sudermann's novel about the troubled relationship between the strong willed Erdme and her irascible husband Jons in the Lithunia...

Love and Troubles

Love and Troubles

1958

as Paolo Martelli

5.9
Acting

Three vignettes about couples trying to get together and the problems that continue to keep them apart.

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

as Ivan Karamazov

6.6
Acting

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who holds his purse strings tightly. His four grown sons ...

Time Limit

Time Limit

1957

as Maj. Harry Cargill

7.0
Acting

Military investigator Colonel Edwards is assigned a case involving Major Cargill, a Korean War POW who is accused of treason. Although Cargill admits ...

Miracles of Thursday

Miracles of Thursday

1957

as Martino

6.8
Acting

In Fontecilla, a Spanish village in decline, the mayor and other illustrious citizens hatch a crazy plan to revitalize tourism.

Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1956

as Ishmael

7.1
Acting

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a s...

The Intimate Stranger

The Intimate Stranger

1956

as Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson

5.8
Acting

Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio boss's...

The Extra Day

The Extra Day

1956

as Joe Blake

6.6
Acting

Director William Fairchild's 1956 British comedy takes a peek into the private lives of various performers employed as extras in a new film that's cur...

The Swindle

The Swindle

1955

as Carlo

7.3
Acting

Aging small-time conman Augusto works with two younger men: Roberto, who desires to become the Italian Johnny Ray, and Carlo, nicknamed Picasso. Throu...

The Golden Vein

The Golden Vein

1955

as Ing. Stefano Manfredi

5.5
Acting

Jealous of his widowed mother's new lover, a boy does everything to separate them. Then, after he realizes their profound feelings for each other, he ...

Cartouche

Cartouche

1955

as Il conte Jacques de Maudy

5.0
Acting

The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies.

Canyon Crossroads

Canyon Crossroads

1955

as Larry Kendall

6.0
Acting

A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a gi...

La Strada

La Strada

1954

as Il 'Matto'

7.9
Acting

When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loy...

Jailbirds

Jailbirds

1954

as Doctor Stefano Luprandi

4.0
Acting

Three jailbirds - a surgeon, a robber and a wrongly convicted man must adjust to their lives once released from prison.

The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young

1954

as Joe Halsey

6.5
Acting

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

The Stranger's Hand

The Stranger's Hand

1954

as Joe Hamstringer

6.8
Acting

Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in thr...

Titanic

Titanic

1953

as George S. Headley

6.6
Acting

Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxu...

Decision Before Dawn

Decision Before Dawn

1951

as Lt. Dick Rennick

6.7
Acting

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the ...

Fixed Bayonets!

Fixed Bayonets!

1951

as Cpl. Denno

6.5
Acting

The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take ...

The House on Telegraph Hill

The House on Telegraph Hill

1951

as Alan Spender

6.3
Acting

Concentration camp survivor Victoria Kowelska finds herself involved in mystery, greed, and murder when she assumes the identity of a dead friend in o...

Fourteen Hours

Fourteen Hours

1951

as Robert Cosick

7.2
Acting

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of ...

Outside the Wall

Outside the Wall

1950

as Larry Nelson

6.0
Acting

Larry Nelson, paroled from prison after serving nearly half of his thirty-year sentence, is determined to not fall into the clutches of the law again,...

Tension

Tension

1949

as Warren Quimby

6.8
Acting

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, ...

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror

1949

as Maximilian Robespierre

6.9
Acting

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who,...

Roseanna McCoy

Roseanna McCoy

1949

as Mounts Hatfield

6.1
Acting

It's the Hatfields vs. the McCoys in this 1949 film, with Farley Granger and Joan Evans as the hillbilly Romeo and Juliet whose forbidden romance reki...

He Walked by Night

He Walked by Night

1949

as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

6.6
Acting

Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one...

Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf

1947

as James Caldwell Demarest

5.9
Acting

A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.

Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance

1947

as William Williams

6.1
Acting

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout th...