Richard Basehart

★ Acting #5,538

1914 - 1984 (age 70) • Acting

Born: 8/31/1914 in Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Died: 9/17/1984 (age 70)

Known for: Acting

Richard Basehart

★ Acting #5,538

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.

Known For

Knight Rider

75%

Wilton Knight

1982

La Strada

79%

Matto

1954

Being There

76%

Vladimir Skrapinov

1979

The Twilight Zone

85%

Adam Cook

1959

Little House on the Prairie

80%

Unknown

1974

Columbo

81%

Nicholas Framer

1971

Moby Dick

71%

Ishmael

1956

The Swindle

73%

Carlo

1955

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

58%

Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)

2002

Save the Panda

100%

Narrator (Voice)

1983

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

90%

Self

1982

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

55%

Wilton Knight

1982

Knight Rider

75%

Wilton Knight

1982

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

68%

Narrator (Self)

1982

Mr. Merlin

55%

Unknown

1981

Masada

71%

Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)

1981

Marilyn: The Untold Story

69%

Johnny Hyde

1980

Being There

76%

Vladimir Skrapinov

1979

Land of Celtic Ghosts

Himself

1979

Tales of the Unexpected

67%

Slade

1979

Planet Mars

Unknown

1975