William Bassett

William Bassett

1935-12-28 Evanston, Illinois, USA 43 Credits

Biography

William Bassett (born December 28, 1935) is an American actor.

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Black Dynamite

Black Dynamite

2009

as Captain Yancy

7.1
Acting

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded...

Fast Girl

Fast Girl

2008

as Willy

5.6
Acting

Racing is in Alex Johnstone's blood. It was her father s life and it ultimately caused his death so her uncle Bill, who runs the local speedway, is de...

Demon Hunter

Demon Hunter

2005

as Cardinal White

4.5
Acting

After resolving a situation of exorcism, the half-breed demon hunter Jake Greyman (Sean Patrick Flanery) reports to Cardinal White (William Bassett) a...

Welcome To September

Welcome To September

2005

as Mr. Taskey

Acting

Drew McCullough, a lonely young Irishman, sells carpet for a living. One night, he is transfixed by the image of a beautiful, exotic woman in a painti...

Wild Roomies

Wild Roomies

2004

as Mr. Seeley

4.1
Acting

After his last girlfriend slept with his last roommate, Reno Rizzolla moves to L.A. with his new girlfriend... and chaos ensues when the debt on the h...

House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

as Sheriff Frank Huston

6.2
Acting

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadisti...

Crazy As Hell

Crazy As Hell

2002

as Mr. Brennan

5.4
Acting

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hospital, run by it's folksy doctor (Sam Delazo). All ...

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

2000

as Narrator

5.6
Acting

A documentary on the making of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1964 film.

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

2000

as Narrator (voice) (as William H. Bassett)

5.1
Acting

A documentary about the making of Stanley Kubricks 1964 film Dr Strangelove Or: How I Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and his career leading up to thi...

Her Costly Affair

Her Costly Affair

1996

as Ed Baines

3.8
Acting

A professor's casual fling with her graduate student turns deadly when he insists on a more permanent arrangement.

Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening

1994

as Ulf Anderson

5.0
Acting

The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming romance between a pair of star-crossed lovers.

Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel

Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel

1993

as Aaron

4.5
Acting

Johnny Woo and Julie play an enduring couple who survive all sorts of interference from rival kick-box gangs in their effort to put a little romance i...

Never Forget

Never Forget

1991

as Lewis Brandon

4.2
Acting

Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, s...

The Hollywood Detective

The Hollywood Detective

1989

as Jerry Brazil (as William H. Bassett)

6.0
Acting

An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a fan of his begs him to help her.

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

1989

as Dr. Watts

6.2
Acting

The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, better known as the Hillside Stranglers.

Black Eagle

Black Eagle

1988

as Dean Rickert

4.9
Acting

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where ...

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars

1986

as NASA Scientist

5.5
Acting

In this remake of the classic 1950s sci-fi tale, a boy tries to stop an invasion of his town by aliens who take over the the minds of his parents, his...

The Naked Cage

The Naked Cage

1986

as Jordan

4.9
Acting

A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a corrupt warden, where she is forced to suffer vari...

Creator

Creator

1985

as Dr. Sutter

6.2
Acting

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an eg...

Sam's Son

Sam's Son

1984

as Mr. Turner

5.9
Acting

Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a high school student struggling with his identity,...

The Karate Kid

The Karate Kid

1984

as Mr. Mills

7.2
Acting

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relationship with Ali. He quickly finds himself the target ...

Moonlight

Moonlight

1982

as Tappan Zee Man

6.0
Acting

A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help t...

Thornwell

Thornwell

1981

as C.I.C. Agent

6.0
Acting

The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to force him to confess to stealing secret documents ...

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

1980

as Policeman

7.3
Acting

When a cryptic note is passed to young Bert Hale by a stranger, he and his three friends inadvertently hold the key to unravelling the sinister plot t...

Old Boyfriends

Old Boyfriends

1979

as David Brinks

5.0
Acting

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the biggest impact on her life, mostly in a bad way.

The Bastard

The Bastard

1978

as British Officer

5.0
Acting

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath o...

Keefer

Keefer

1978

as The Sergeant

Acting

An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II.

Perfect Gentlemen

Perfect Gentlemen

1978

as Southern Man

4.0
Acting

Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.

Return from Witch Mountain

Return from Witch Mountain

1978

as Operations Officer

5.9
Acting

Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off in Los Angeles for an earthbound vacation, a displ...

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977

as Smitty

4.8
Acting

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous vi...

Never Con a Killer

Never Con a Killer

1977

as Huff Hufaker

Acting

Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and her con-man father Harry teaming up to outwit Runyon...

The New Love Boat

The New Love Boat

1977

as Josh

1.0
Acting

Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulous honeymooners, Stella Stevens and Pat Harrington ...

Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady

1975

as Charley

5.2
Acting

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate lo...

My Father's House

My Father's House

1975

as Airplane Captain

Acting

Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson adds an emotional center to this messy, flashback-...

The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

1974

as Leading Agent

7.0
Acting

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

1974

6.0
Acting

Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. With the help of a scientist he clones a replacement...

Unwed Father

Unwed Father

1974

as Principal

4.0
Acting

A teenage boy fathers a child with his girlfriend. He then fights his parents, the girlfriend, the girl's parents and the courts in an attempt to get ...

The Lie

The Lie

1973

as Army Major

6.0
Acting

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The Lie" (1971). An American couple is trapped in the...

Another Part of the Forest

Another Part of the Forest

1972

as Bagtry

Acting

A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of greedy, ruthless individuals.

The Grasshopper

The Grasshopper

1970

as Aaron

5.1
Acting

A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.

A Time for Dying

A Time for Dying

1969

as The Southerner

6.2
Acting

Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been tricked into working in its brothel and the two travel ...

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

1966

as Rubin / Narvinsky

Acting

Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a simple manuscript reader at a publishing house whos...

The Tempest

The Tempest

1960

as Ferdinand

6.0
Acting

Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his powers to shipwreck his usurper brother on the isla...