Richard Basehart Net Worth

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Richard Basehart came to Hollywood in 1947, after beginning an acting career on Broadway. He made his mark in the gritty film-noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), among others, and proved his versatility in several international productions, most notably in Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece La Strada (1954).

Date Of BirthAugust 31, 1914, Zanesville, Ohio, United States
DiedSeptember 17, 1984, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of BirthZanesville, Ohio, USA
Height5' 9" (1.75 m)
ProfessionActor, Director
SpouseDiana Lotery (m. 1962–1984), Valentina Cortese (m. 1951–1960), Stephanie Klein (m. 1940–1950)
ChildrenJackie Basehart, Gayla Basehart
Star SignVirgo
TitleSalary
Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart (1963)$10,000
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)$1,750 a week
#Quote
1[asked how "Hamlet" compared with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)] With [William Shakespeare] there's more character than an actor can ever plumb. But there's no greater challenge than making something out of nothing.
2I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am.
3Nothing irritates me more than actors who take all the money and then complain about how terribly limited TV is. That kind of talk only reflects on them.
#Fact
1Died one week before Walter Pidgeon, and from the same medical malady - stroke. Pidgeon originated the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson in Irwin Allen's 1961 movie, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), the role that Basehart famously went on to play in Allen's 1964 television series of the same name.
2Father of Jackie Basehart.
3Father of Make-Up Artist Gayla Basehart.
4Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Admiral Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964).
5Basehart's last work as an actor was doing the voice-over for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. The day after finishing the recording he suffered the first of a series of fatal strokes.
6When he heard that that director Bretaigne Windust wanted an authentic Scotsman for the lead role in the Broadway production "The Hasty Heart", Basehart managed to effect a very convincing burr and won the part. For his portrayal of Cpl. MacLachlan, Basehart also went on to win the 1945 New York Critic's Award as the most promising actor of the year.
7On asking Federico Fellini as to why Fellini wanted him for the role of the Fool in La Strada (1954), Fellini answered: "Because if you did what you did in Fourteen Hours (1951), you can do anything.".
8During the filming of Fourteen Hours (1951), Basehart's wife Stephanie was taken ill with what proved to be a brain tumor, and died very suddenly. Devastated, he finished work on the film. He started a new film, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) in San Francisco where he met Valentina Cortese, who was to become his next wife.
9Was understandably distraught when his second wife (Italian actress Valentina Cortese) left him and moved back to Italy with their young son. Close friend Warren Stevens, concerned for Basehart's well-being, got him an apartment adjoining his own. For months Basehart had a standing phone call in to Italy, but Valentina never answered it. When Basehart finally filed for divorce Stevens was on hand to serve as his witness.
10He and his wife Diana were the founders of the organization, Actors and Others for Animals, in 1971. They had been driving on a freeway and were appalled when someone threw a dog onto the freeway from a vehicle in front of them. It was too late for that animal, but they vowed to make things different in the future for others.
11In the television version of The Paradine Case (1962), Basehart played the same role that Gregory Peck had played in the film version. Peck and Basehart had both appeared in the film Moby Dick (1956).
12In the televised play Valley Forge (1975), Basehart played George Washington, and his arch-enemy General Howe was played by actor Harry Andrews. Andrews had previously played Stubb, the first mate, in the film version of Moby Dick (1956), in which Basehart had played Ishmael.
13Was occasionally mentioned during the host segments on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) as the object of Gypsy's obsession.
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All pictures

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Knight Rider1982-1986TV SeriesNarrator - Opening Titles / Wilton Knight / Narrator
The Crowded Life1983TV MovieNarrator
Tales of the Unexpected1983TV SeriesSlade
Mr. Merlin1981TV SeriesHerbert Montrose
The Love Boat1981TV SeriesStan Ellis
Masada1981TV Mini-SeriesNarrator, Modern Day Scene
Vega$1981TV SeriesJ. Terrance Wainwright
Marilyn: The Untold Story1980TV MovieJohnny Hyde
The Christmas Songs1979TV Movie
Being There1979Vladimir Skrapinov
Greatest Heroes of the Bible1979TV SeriesJohtan
The Rebels1979TV MovieDuke of Kentland
The Great Bank Hoax1978Manny Benchly
W.E.B.1978TV SeriesGus Dunlap
The Critical List1978TV MovieMatt Kinsella
Once Upon a Classic1978TV SeriesKing Arthur
How the West Was Won1978TV SeriesColonel Jerrod Flint
The Island of Dr. Moreau1977Sayer of the Law
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?1977TV MovieElliott Osborn
Flood1976TV MovieJohn Cutler
21 Hours at Munich1976TV MovieChancellor Willy Brandt
Mansion of the Doomed1976Dr. Leonard Chaney
Time Travelers1976TV MovieDr. Joshua Henderson (1871)
Little House on the Prairie1976TV SeriesHannibal Applewood
The Streets of San Francisco1976TV SeriesBishop Tim Farrow
Valley Forge1975TV MovieGen. George Washington
Joe Forrester1975TV Series
Medical Story1975TV SeriesDr. Charles Galpin
The American Parade1975TV Mini-SeriesLambdin Milligan
Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley1975TV MovieGeorge Latimer
Marcus Welby, M.D.1974TV SeriesReece Sutton / Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
The First Woman President1974TV MovieWoodrow Wilson
Maneater1973TV MovieCarl Brenner
...And Millions Die!1973TV MovieDr. Douglas Pruitt
Hawaii Five-O1973TV SeriesMurdock
Columbo1972TV SeriesNicholas Frame
Rage1972Dr. Roy Caldwell
The Bounty Man1972TV MovieAngus Keough
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors1972TV SeriesDr. Stephen McLayne
Chato's Land1972Nye Buell
Assignment: Munich1972TV MovieMaj. Barney Caldwell
The Death of Me Yet1971TV MovieRobert Barnes
The Birdmen1971TV MovieSchiller
They've Killed President Lincoln!1971TV MovieHost / Narrator
City Beneath the Sea1971TV Moviethe President
Gunsmoke1971TV SeriesCaptain Aron Sligo
Dan August1970TV SeriesProf. Theodore Rye
Ironside1970TV SeriesNoel Seymour
The Andersonville Trial1970TV MovieHenry Wirz
Sole Survivor1970TV MovieBrig. Gen. Russell Hamner
Giotto1969Narrator (voice)
Hans Brinker1969TV MovieDr. Boekman
Love Is a Funny Thing1969Acteur - cameo appearance
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1964-1968TV SeriesAdm. Harriman Nelson Admiral Nelson Admiral Harriman Nelson ...
Lost in Space1965TV SeriesShakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice
The Satan Bug1965Dr. Gregor Hoffman
Kings of the Sun1963Ah Min
The Twilight Zone1963TV SeriesAdam Cook
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962-1963TV SeriesMiles Crawford / Phillip Townsend
Arrest and Trial1963TV SeriesAlexander Stafford
Ben Casey1963TV SeriesMark Cassidy
Combat!1963TV SeriesCapt. Steiner
The Dick Powell Theatre1963TV SeriesJudge Zachary
Route 661963TV SeriesJulian Roebuck
Naked City1962TV SeriesLester Bergson
The Savage Guns1962Steve Fallon
The DuPont Show of the Week1962TV SeriesNarrator
Hitler1962Adolf Hitler
Theatre '621962TV SeriesAnthony Keane
The Paradine Case1962TV MovieAnthony Keane
Rawhide1961TV SeriesTod Stone
The Light That Failed1961TV MovieDick Heldar
Play of the Week1961TV Series
Passport to China1960Don Benton
Shangri-La1960TV MovieHugh Conway
The DuPont Show of the Month1960TV SeriesDr. George Ferguson
For the Love of Mike1960Father Francis Phelan
Portrait in Black1960Howard Mason
Playhouse 901957-1960TV SeriesMartin Lambert / David Connelly / Lionel Amblin
5 Branded Women1960Captain Eric Reinhardt
Jons und Erdme1959Wittkuhn, der Schmied
The Ambitious One1959George Rancourt
Zane Grey Theater1958TV SeriesDavid Manning
Amore e guai1958Paolo Martelli
The Brothers Karamazov1958Ivan Karamazov
Time Limit1957Maj. Harry Cargill
Studio One in Hollywood1957TV SeriesMatt Donovan
Los jueves, milagro1957Martino
Moby Dick1956Ishmael
The Extra Day1956Joe Blake
Finger of Guilt1956Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson
Il Bidone1955Picasso
La vena d'oro1955Ing. Stefano Manfredi
Cartouche1955Jacques de Maudy
Canyon Crossroads1955Larry Kendall
Avanzi di galera1954Dottor Stefano Luprandi
La Strada1954The Fool
The Good Die Young1954Joe Halsey
Angels of Darkness1954Bit Part
La mano dello straniero1954Joe Hamstringer
Titanic1953George Healey
Decision Before Dawn1951Lt. Dick Rennick
Fixed Bayonets!1951Cpl. Denno
The House on Telegraph Hill1951Alan Spender
Fourteen Hours1951Robert Cosick
Side Street1950Bank Teller (uncredited)
Outside the Wall1950Larry Nelson
Tension1949Warren Quimby
Reign of Terror1949Maximilian Robespierre
Roseanna McCoy1949Mounts Hatfield
He Walked by Night1948Roy Martin Roy Morgan
Cry Wolf1947James Demarest
Repeat Performance1947William Williams

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Treasure Galleons1973TV Movie

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Challenge of Change1984DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
National Geographic Specials1975-1982TV Series documentaryNarrator
Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet'1981DocumentaryNarrator (voice)
The Ten Thousand Day War1980TV Mini-Series documentaryNarrator (voice)
National Geographic: The Invisible World1979TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Where Jesus Walked1978Short documentaryNarrator (voice)
The Natural History of Our World: The Time of Man1969TV Movie documentaryNarrator
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich1968TV Movie documentaryNarrator
A Nation of Immigrants1967TV Movie documentary narrator
Let My People Go: The Story of Israel1965TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Korea: The 38th Parallel1965TV Movie documentaryNarrator
France: Conquest to Liberation1965TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Japan: A New Dawn Over Asia - Japan in the 20th Century1965TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Prelude to War: Beginning of World War II1965TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Let My People Go1965DocumentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: Trial at Nuremberg1964TV Movie documentaryNarrator
A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John Fitzgerald Kennedy1964TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Four Days in November1964DocumentaryHimself - Narrator (voice)
Specials for United Artists: The Battle of Britain1964TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: Berlin - Kaiser to Khrushchev1964TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: The Rise and Fall of American Communism1964TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: The American Woman in the 20th Century1963TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: Ten Seconds That Shook the World1963TV Movie documentaryNarrator
The Yanks Are Coming1963DocumentaryHimself - Narrator
Specials for United Artists: The Yanks Are Coming1963TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Specials for United Artists: December 7th - The Day of Infamy1963TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Escape to Freedom1963TV Movie documentaryNarrator
D-Day June 6, 19441962TV Movie documentaryNarrator
Here's Hollywood1961TV SeriesHimself
Playhouse 901957TV SeriesHimself - Host
What's My Line1953TV SeriesHimself - Celebrity Challenger

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Making of the President: The 1960s2011Video documentaryHimself - Narrator (A Thousand Days: A Tribute to John F. Kennedy)
Knight Rider: Under the Hood - 'Knight Rider' Season 1 DVD2004Video documentary short
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller2002TV Movie documentaryCpl. Denno (uncredited)
The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen1995TV Movie documentaryHimself
Knight Rider 20001991TV MovieWilton Knight - Flashback sequence (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6276 Hollywood Blvd.
1956NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest Supporting ActorMoby Dick (1956)
1951NBR AwardNational Board of Review, USABest ActorFourteen Hours (1951)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1958BAFTA Film AwardBAFTA AwardsBest Foreign ActorTime Limit (1957)

Known for movies

Adm. Harriman Nelson / Admiral Nelson / Admiral Harriman Nelson / Adm. Nelson / Capt. Seamus O'Hara Nelson

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968)
as Adm. Harriman Nelson / Admiral Nelson / Admiral Harriman Nelson / Adm. Nelson / Capt. Seamus O'Hara Nelson

The Fool

La Strada (1954)
as The Fool

Vladimir Skrapinov

Being There (1979)
as Vladimir Skrapinov

Ishmael

Moby Dick (1956)
as Ishmael

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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