Editing Richard Basehart (section)

=== Theatre and film ===
Basehart made his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut in 1938. He won the 1945 [[New York Drama Critics' Circle|New York Drama Critics' Circle Award]] for Most Promising Young Actor for his starring role in [[John Patrick (dramatist)|John Patrick]]'s play ''The Hasty Heart'', which was adapted into a [[The Hasty Heart|1949 film of the same name]]. He made his film debut with ''[[Repeat Performance]]'' (1947). So confident was [[Eagle-Lion Films]] in his performance that the film was first screened in his hometown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/video/1558166/noir-alley-eddie-muller-on-repeat-performance-1947 | title=Noir Alley: Eddie Muller on Repeat Performance (1947) }}</ref>

He soon appeared as the killer in the [[film noir]] classic ''[[He Walked by Night]]'' (1948) for Eagle-Lion, then he appeared as a psychotic member of the [[Hatfield-McCoy feud|Hatfield clan]] in ''[[Roseanna McCoy]]'' (1949), as [[Maximilien Robespierre]] in the period film noir ''[[Reign of Terror (film)|Reign of Terror]]'' (1949), as a timid husband in ''[[Tension (film)|Tension]]'' (1950), as Ishmael in ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'' (1956), in the drama ''[[Decision Before Dawn]]'' (1951), George S. Healey in ''[[Titanic (1953 film)|Titanic]]'' (1953) and as Ivan in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1958).

One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat and clown known as "the Fool" in the acclaimed Italian film ''[[La Strada]]'' (1954), directed by [[Federico Fellini]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Weiler |first=A.h. |author-link=A. H. Weiler |date=July 17, 1956 |title=Screen: A Truthful Italian Journey; 'La Strada' Is Tender, Realistic Parable |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/07/17/archives/screen-a-truthful-italian-journey-la-strada-is-tender-realistic.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> He portrayed the [[Adolf Hitler|title character]] in ''[[Hitler (1962 film)|Hitler]]'' (1962), and a high priest in ''[[Kings of the Sun]]'' (1963).

Basehart played a supporting role as a doctor in the feature film ''[[Rage (1972 film)|Rage]]'' (1972), a theatrical feature starring and directed by [[George C. Scott]]. Also in the 1970s, he co-starred in ''[[Chato's Land]]'' (1972) and ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]'' (1977). In 1979, he appeared as a Russian diplomat with [[Peter Sellers]] in ''[[Being There]]''.<ref name="Krebs nytimes2">{{cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=September 19, 1984 |title=Richard Basehart, Stage And Screen Star, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/19/obituaries/richard-basehart-stage-and-screen-star-dies.html |access-date=June 8, 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>