Richard Basehart filmography.wmv
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A tribute to the first 25 years of actor Richard Basehart's career.
Richard Basehart
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Columbo (TV series)
Columbo is an American crime fiction TV series, starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. It was created by William Link and Richard Levinson. The show popularized the inverted detective story format. With the exception of a couple of special episodes with added twists, almost every episode began by showing the commission of the crime and its perpetrator, sometimes in a sympathetic light. Thus there is no "whodunit" element. The plot mainly revolves around how the perpetrator, whose identity is known, would finally be exposed and arrested. The show's creator once referred to it as a "howcatchem".
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Federico Fellini
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Frank Zappa
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George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his bravura stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film Patton, and an early flamboyant film performance as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove. He has also widely been known for his rather gravelly voice.
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Honor Blackman
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Irish people
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James Arness
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Laurence Olivier
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Peter Arnett
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Robert Wise
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Valentina Cortese
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Vivien Leigh
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Japan
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Los Angeles
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United States
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Vietnam
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Zanesville, Ohio
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- acrobat
- American bison
- Amore e Guai
- Angels of Darkness
- Being There
- CBS
- Chato's Land
- Columbo (TV series)
- Cry Wolf (film)
- Decision Before Dawn
- Federico Fellini
- film noir
- Finger of Guilt
- Five Branded Women
- Fixed Bayonets!
- For the Love of Mike
- Fourteen Hours
- Frank Zappa
- George C. Scott
- Gunsmoke
- Gypsy (MST3K)
- Hans Brinker
- Harriman Nelson
- Hatfield-McCoy feud
- Hawaii Five-O
- He Walked by Night
- Hitler (1962 film)
- Honor Blackman
- Il bidone
- Irish people
- Jailbirds
- James Arness
- Japan
- Jons und Erdme
- Kings of the Sun
- La strada
- La strada (film)
- Laurence Olivier
- Los Angeles
- Los jueves, milagro
- Outside the Wall
- Passport to China
- Peter Arnett
- Portrait in Black
- Rage (1972 film)
- Repeat Performance
- Robert Wise
- Roseanna McCoy
- Salome Jens
- schoolteacher
- science fiction
- Tension (film)
- The Ambitious Ones
- The Extra Day
- The Good Die Young
- The Great Bank Hoax
- The Man from Utopia
- The Sagittarius Mine
- The Satan Bug
- The Stranger's Hand
- The Twilight Zone
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- Titanic (1953 film)
- United States
- Valentina Cortese
- Vietnam
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- World War II
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He Walked by Night: Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell (1948 Movie)
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DVD: www.amazon.com thefilmarchived.blogspot.com He Walked by Night (1948) is a black-and-white police procedural film noir, crediting Alfred L. Werker as director. The film, shot in semidocumentary tone, was allegedly based on the real-life actions of Erwin "Machine-Gun" Walker. During production, one of the actors, Jack Webb, struck up a friendship with the police technical advisor, Detective Sergeant Marty Wynn, and was inspired by a conversation with Wynn to create the radio and later television program Dragnet. He Walked by Night was released by Eagle-Lion Films and is notable for the camera work by renowned noir cinematographer John Alton. Today the film is in public domain. On a Los Angeles street, Officer Hollis, a patrolman on his way home from work, stops a man he suspects of being a burglar and is shot and mortally wounded. The minor clues lead nowhere. Two police detectives, Sergeants Marty Brennan (Brady) and Chuck Jones (Cardwell), are assigned to catch the killer, Roy Morgan (Basehart), a brilliant mystery man with no known criminal past, who is hiding in a Hollywood bungalow and listening to police calls on his custom radio in an attempt to avoid capture. His only relationship is with his little dog. Roy consigns burgled electronic equipment to Paul Reeves (Whit Bissell), and on his fifth sale is nearly caught when he shows up to collect on his property. Reeves tells police that the suspect is a mystery man named Roy Martin. The case crosses the paths of <b>...</b>
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Season Three Preview Teaser - Richard Basehart
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"This is Richard Basehart. Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode."
Movie Tension 1949 Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter 1/6
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
The Love Boat - New Beginnings part 1
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With Joan Fontaine and Richard Basehart - 1981
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 1/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
PLAYHOUSE 90 - 1957 - SO SOON TO DIE - Richard Basehart, Anne Bancroft, Sebastian Cabot
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Available at www.robertsvideos.com or call 1-800-440-2960 PLAYHOUSE 90 - SO SOON TO DIE - 1957 - Richard Basehart, Sebastian Cabot, Anne Bancroft - directed by John Brahm
Movie Tension 1949 Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter 2/6
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
Southern Pacific Commercial - Richard Basehart 9/9/1983
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Southern Pacific Commercial 9/9/1983. Narrated by Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea star Richard Basehart.
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 2/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 3/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
Movie Tension 1949 Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter 4/6
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 4/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 5/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 6/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden
Movie Tension 1949 Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter 5/6
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
Movie Tension 1949 Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter 6/6
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Little film noir gem with Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter and Cyd Charisse
REIGN OF TERROR
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Richard Basehart as Maximilian "Don't all me Max!" Robespierre, and the truly great Arnold Moss as Fouche, in Anthony Mann's pulpy version of the French Revolution. GERMINAL VELOCITY!
TIME LIMIT movie 1957 Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark 7/7
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Great drama about Korean war POWs with wonderful performances by Richard Basehart, Richard Widmark, Martin Balsam and Rip Torn. Directed by Karl Malden.
Titanic (1953) - Part 1
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PLOT: Titanic is a 1953 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco. Its plot is centered around an estranged couple sailing on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which took place in April 1912. Although not historically accurate, it's still considered a classic. Directed By: Jean Negulesco Release Date: April 16, 1953 Cast: Clifton Webb as Richard Ward Sturges Barbara Stanwyck as Julia Sturges Robert Wagner as Gifford "Giff" Rogers Audrey Dalton as Annette Sturges Harper Carter as Norman Sturges Thelma Ritter as Maude Young Brian Aherne as Capt. Edward John Smith Richard Basehart as George S. Headley Allyn Joslyn as Earl Meeker James Todd as Sandy Comstock Frances Bergen as Madeleine Astor William Johnstone as John Jacob Astor IV Christopher Severn as Flag messenger James O'Hara as Devlin (lookout) Charles FitzSimons as Chief Officer Wilde Barry Bernard as First Officer Murdoch Edmund Purdom as Second Officer Lightoller Guy Standing Jr. as George D. Widener Hellen Van Tuyl as Ida Straus Roy Gordon as Isador Straus Marta Mitrovich as Mrs. Jean Uzcadum Ivis Goulding as Emma (1st Class Stewardess) Dennis Fraser as Bride (wireless operator) Ron Hagerthy as Unnamed college student Ashley Cowan as Phillips (wireless operator) Camillo Guercio as Benjamin Guggenheim
THE CLIMBERS - 1959 - Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart - English language version
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Available at www.robertsvideos.com or call 1-800-440-2960 THE CLIMBERS French - 1959 - Edmond O'Brien, Richard Basehart, Pierre Brice - directed by Yves Allegret - English language version - aka L'Ambitieuse, The Restless and the Damned, The Ambitious One
THE EXTRA DAY - 1956 - Richard Basehart, George Baker - rare English film
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Available at www.robertsvideos.com or call 1-800-440-2960 THE EXTRA DAY English - 1956 - Richard Basehart, George Baker, Jill Bennett, Patrick Cargill, Colin Gordon, Joan Hickson, Sidney James, Simone Simon, Beryl Reid, Laurence Naismith, Shani Wallis, Glenda Jackson - directed by William Fairchild
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Richard Basehart
| Name | Richard Basehart |
|---|---|
| Birth name | John Richard Basehart |
| Birth date | August 31, 1914 |
| Birth place | Zanesville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death date | September 17, 1984 |
| Death place | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1947–84 |
| Spouse | his death |
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 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.
In 1971, Basehart played "Captain Sligo", a comical Irishman with a pet buffalo who negotiates a flawed but legal cattle purchase and unconventionally courts a widow with two children, played by Salome Jens, in CBS's western series, Gunsmoke, with James Arness. Basehart appeared in an episode of The Twilight Zone, Hawaii Five-O, and as Hannibal Applewood, an abusive schoolteacher 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. He made a few TV movies 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.
Personal life
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.
Legacy in popular culture
He had a notable fan in the character of Gypsy from the cult cable television program Mystery Science Theater 3000. Basehart is mentioned in the song "The Radio Is Broken" on the 1983 Frank Zappa album The Man from Utopia.
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