
Born August 31, 1914 — Died September 17, 1984
From Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Also known as John Richard Basehart
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 acclaim...

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)

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

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix
Wilton Knight

Egypt: Quest for Eternity
Narrator (Self)

Marilyn: The Untold Story
Johnny Hyde

Being There
Vladimir Skrapinov

Land of Celtic Ghosts
Himself

Planet Mars
Narrator

The Great Bank Hoax
Manny Benchly

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
King Arthur

The Island of Dr. Moreau
Sayer of the Law

Flood!
John Cutler

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
Elliott Osborn

21 Hours at Munich
Willy Brandt

Mansion of the Doomed
Dr. Leonard Chaney

Time Travelers
Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871)

Valley Forge
Gen. Washington

Judgment: The Court Martial of Lt. William Calley
George Latimer

The First Woman President
Woodrow Wilson

Maneater
Carl Brenner

The Birdmen
Schiller

...and millions will die!
Dr Douglas Pruitt

Rage
Dr. Roy Caldwell

The Bounty Man
Angus Keough

Chato's Land
Nye Buell

Assignment: Munich
Maj. Barney Caldwell

The Death of Me Yet
Robert Barnes

City Beneath the Sea
The President

They've Killed President Lincoln!
Host / Narrator

The Andersonville Trial
Henry Wirz

Sole Survivor
Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner

Hans Brinker
Dr. Boeker

Love Is a Funny Thing
Acteur

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Narrator

Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls

The Satan Bug
Dr. Gregor Hoffman

Let My People Go: The Story of Israel
Narrator (voice)

Trial at Nuremberg
Narrator

Four Days In November
Narrator (voice)

Kings of the Sun
Ah Min
The Yanks Are Coming
Narrator (voice)

Hitler
Adolf Hitler

The Savage Guns
Steve Fallon

Visa to Canton
Don Benton

For the Love of Mike
Father Phelan

Portrait in Black
Howard Mason

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
Martin Lambert

Five Branded Women
Eric Reinhardt

The Ambitious One
George Rancourt

Jons und Erdme
Wittkuhn

Love and Troubles
Paolo Martelli

The Brothers Karamazov
Ivan Karamazov

Time Limit
Maj. Harry Cargill

Miracles of Thursday
Martino

So Soon to Die
Lionel Amblin

Moby Dick
Ishmael

The Intimate Stranger
Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson

The Extra Day
Joe Blake

The Swindle
Carlo

The Golden Vein
Ing. Stefano Manfredi

Cartouche
Il conte Jacques de Maudy

Canyon Crossroads
Larry Kendall

La Strada
Il 'Matto'
Jailbirds
Doctor Stefano Luprandi

The Good Die Young
Joe Halsey

The Stranger's Hand
Joe Hamstringer

Titanic
George S. Headley

Decision Before Dawn
Lt. Dick Rennick

Fixed Bayonets!
Cpl. Denno

The House on Telegraph Hill
Alan Spender

Fourteen Hours
Robert Cosick

Outside the Wall
Larry Nelson

Tension
Warren Quimby

Reign of Terror
Maximilian Robespierre

Roseanna McCoy
Mounts Hatfield

He Walked by Night
Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

Cry Wolf
James Caldwell Demarest

Repeat Performance
William Williams