John Richard Basehart 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.

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  • John Richard Basehart 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 their divorce in 1960. Cortese and Basehart also costarred in Robert Wise's The House on Telegraph Hill (1951). Basehart was also noted for his deep, distinctive voice and was prolific as a narrator of many television and movie projects ranging from features to documentaries. In 1980, Basehart narrated the mini-series written by Peter Arnett called ' that covered Vietnam and its battles from the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945 to the final American embassy evacuation on April 30, 1975. He appeared in the pilot episode of the television series Knight Rider as billionaire Wilton Knight. He is the narrator at the beginning of the show's credits. He also appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-0, and as Hannibal Applewood, an abusive school teacher in Little House on the Prairie in 1976. In 1972, he appeared in the Columbo episode Dagger of the Mind in which he and Honor Blackman played a husband-and-wife theatrical team who were loose parodies of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. In the feature realm, he played a supporting role as a doctor in Rage (1972), a theatrical feature starring and directed by George C. Scott. Basehart had also done a few movies made for TV including Sole Survivor (1970) and The Birdmen (1971). Both were based on true stories during World War II. He died at age 70 following a series of strokes. One month before his death, Basehart was an announcer for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He had been married three times. After the death of his first wife Stephanie Klein, he wed Italian actress Valentina Cortese (whose name was spelled Cortesa in American films). After their divorce, Basehart married Diana Lotery, with whom he founded the charity 'Actors and Others for Animals'.
  • Richard Basehart war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Richard Basehart wurde bekannt durch zwei Rollen in Filmklassikern. In Federico Fellinis La Strada (1954) spielte er die tragische Figur des „Matto“, den „guten“ Gegenspieler des „großen Zampano“, gespielt von Anthony Quinn. Er ist es, in den sich „Gelsomina“, verliebt und der am Schluss einen tragischen Tod erleidet. In John Hustons Melville-Verfilmung Moby Dick (1956) spielte er den Erzähler und einzigen Überlebenden des Kampfes gegen den weißen Wal, den Matrosen Ismael. Er sprach die englischsprachige Eröffnungssequenz in den Folgen der Serie Knight Rider und hatte einen kurzen Auftritt im Pilotfilm als Wilton Knight. Außerdem spielte er die Rolle des Admiral Harriman Nelson bei der US TV Serie Die Seaview – In geheimer Mission aus den 60er Jahren. Neben Yul Brynner und George Chakiris verkörperte er 1963 den Hohepriester Ah Min in dem Maya Epos Könige der Sonne. Am 12. August 1984 war er wenige Wochen vor seinem Tod der Sprecher bei der Schlussfeier der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1984 in Los Angeles.
  • Richard Basehart est un acteur et réalisateur américain né le 31 août 1914 à Zanesville, Ohio, décédé le 17 septembre 1984 à Los Angeles.
  • リチャード・ベイスハート（Richard Basehart、1914年8月31日 - 1984年9月17日）は、アメリカ合衆国オハイオ州ゼインズヴィル出身の俳優。
  • John Richard Basehart – amerykański aktor, nominowany w roku 1957 do nagrody BAFTA za rolę w filmie Time Limit. Znany z roli admirała Harrimana Nelsona w serialu telewizyjnym Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Pojawił się w filmach La strada, Bagnet na broń i He Walked by Night. Trzykrotnie żonaty: ze Stephanie Klein w latach 1940–1950, z Valentiną Cortese w latach 1951–1960 oraz z Dianą Lotery w latach 1962–1984. Posiada swoją gwiazdę na Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Richard Basehart, foi um ator estadunidense.
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  • John Richard Basehart 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.
  • Richard Basehart war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Richard Basehart wurde bekannt durch zwei Rollen in Filmklassikern. In Federico Fellinis La Strada (1954) spielte er die tragische Figur des „Matto“, den „guten“ Gegenspieler des „großen Zampano“, gespielt von Anthony Quinn. Er ist es, in den sich „Gelsomina“, verliebt und der am Schluss einen tragischen Tod erleidet.
  • Richard Basehart est un acteur et réalisateur américain né le 31 août 1914 à Zanesville, Ohio, décédé le 17 septembre 1984 à Los Angeles.
  • リチャード・ベイスハート（Richard Basehart、1914年8月31日 - 1984年9月17日）は、アメリカ合衆国オハイオ州ゼインズヴィル出身の俳優。
  • John Richard Basehart – amerykański aktor, nominowany w roku 1957 do nagrody BAFTA za rolę w filmie Time Limit. Znany z roli admirała Harrimana Nelsona w serialu telewizyjnym Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Pojawił się w filmach La strada, Bagnet na broń i He Walked by Night. Trzykrotnie żonaty: ze Stephanie Klein w latach 1940–1950, z Valentiną Cortese w latach 1951–1960 oraz z Dianą Lotery w latach 1962–1984. Posiada swoją gwiazdę na Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • Richard Basehart, foi um ator estadunidense.
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