Editing Richard Basehart

{{Short description|American actor (1914–1984)}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Richard Basehart
| image        = Richard Basehart 1969.JPG
| caption      = Basehart in 1969
| birth_name   = John Richard Basehart
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1914|8|31|mf=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Zanesville, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1984|9|17|1914|8|31|mf=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| burial_place = [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
| occupation   = Actor
| years_active = 1947–1984
| spouse       = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Stephanie Klein|1940|1950|end=her death}}
* {{marriage|[[Valentina Cortese]]|1951|1960|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Diana Lotery|1962}}}}
| children     = 3, including [[Jackie Basehart|Jackie]]
}}

'''John Richard Basehart<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Chad |date=2019-10-25 |title=Richard Basehart |url=https://walkoffame.com/richard-basehart/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Hollywood Walk of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>''' (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. Known for his "deep, resonant baritone voice and craggy good looks,"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krebs |first=Albin |date=1984-09-19 |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=2025-01-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> he was active in film, theatre and television from 1947 until 1983. He won two [[National Board of Review Awards]], for his performances in ''[[Fourteen Hours]]'' (1951) and ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'' (1956), and was nominated for a [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award]] for ''[[Time Limit (film)|Time Limit]]'' (1957).

Basehart was known to television viewers for starring as Admiral [[Harriman Nelson]] on the television [[science-fiction]] drama ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' (1964–68). He also portrayed [[Wilton Knight]] in the pilot episode of the TV series ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' (1982), and provided the narration that was heard during the opening credits throughout the entire series. He appeared in a number of British and Italian films in the mid-1950s, including [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[La Strada]]'' and ''[[Il Bidone]]''. He also narrated a wide range of television and film projects.

In 1960, Basehart received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] for his contributions to the motion picture industry.<ref name=":1" />

== Early life and education ==
Basehart was born in [[Zanesville, Ohio]], one of five children born to Mae (née Wetherald) and Harry T. Basehart, a former actor turned editor of ''The Zanesville Times-Signal''. He worked as a reporter at his father's newspaper and as a radio announcer in Zanesville and [[Columbus, Ohio]], before entering a stage career at the [[Hedgerow Theatre]] in Pennsylvania.<ref name=":02">{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/19/obituaries/richard-basehart-stage-and-screen-star-dies.html | title=Richard Basehart, Stage and Screen Star, Dies | work=The New York Times | date=September 19, 1984 | last1=Krebs | first1=Albin }}</ref>

==Career==

=== 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>

===Television===
From 1964 to 1968, Basehart played the lead role, Admiral Harriman Nelson, on [[Irwin Allen]]'s first foray into science-fiction television, ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''.<ref name="Krebs nytimes2" />

Basehart 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nuthall |first=Paul |date=August 31, 2014 |title=Remembering Richard Basehart |url=http://www.knightriderarchives.com/news/2014/08/31/remembering-richard-basehart/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |publisher=Knight Rider Archives}}</ref> He accepted the [[Adolf Hitler|lead role]] in the 1962 film ''[[Hitler (1962 film)|Hitler]]''. He appeared in "[[Probe 7, Over and Out]]", an episode of ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'',<ref>{{cite web |last=Rubin |first=Steve |date=November 29, 2017 |title=November 29 in Twilight Zone History: Celebrating the 1963 premiere of 'Probe 7, Over and Out' |work=SYFY WIRE |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/november-29-in-twilight-zone-history-celebrating-the-1963-premiere-of-probe-7-over-and-out |access-date=July 22, 2019 |publisher=[[Syfy Wire]]}}</ref> ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'', and as Hannibal Applewood, an abusive schoolteacher in ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' in 1976. In 1972, Basehart appeared in the ''[[Columbo (TV series)|Columbo]]'' episode "Dagger of the Mind", in which [[Honor Blackman]] and he played a husband-and-wife theatrical team who accidentally kill Sir Roger Haversham, the producer of their rendition of Macbeth.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sabin |first1=Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CoT2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |title=Cop Shows: A Critical History of Police Dramas on Television |last2=Wilson |first2=Ronald |last3=Speidel |first3=Linda |last4=Faucette |first4=Brian |last5=Bethell |first5=Ben |date=2015 |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |isbn=978-0-7864-4819-7 |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |page=59}}</ref>

Basehart made a few TV movies, including ''[[Sole Survivor (1970 film)|Sole Survivor]]'' (1970) and ''[[The Birdmen]]'' (1971). Both were based on true stories during [[World War II]].

=== Narration ===
Basehart narrated a wide range of television and movie projects. In 1964, he narrated the [[David L. Wolper|David Wolper]] documentary about the [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]] [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination]], ''[[Four Days in November]]''.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 8, 1964 |title='Four Days in November,' Documentary on Assassination |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/08/archives/four-days-in-november-documentary-on-assassination.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> In 1980, Basehart narrated the miniseries written by [[Peter Arnett]] called ''[[Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War]]'' that covered [[Vietnam]] and its battles from the Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, to the final American embassy evacuation on April 30, 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 16, 1987 |title=Television and Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/16/arts/l-television-and-vietnam-580087.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>

One month before his death, Basehart narrated a poem during the extinguishing of the flame at the closing ceremonies of the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Litsky |first=Frank |author-link=Frank Litsky |date=August 13, 1984 |title=A STRIKING CLOSING CEREMONY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/08/13/sports/a-striking-closing-ceremony.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 19, 1984 |title=Actor Richard Basehart dead at 70 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/09/19/Actor-Richard-Basehart-dead-at-70/2024464414400/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]]}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Richard_Basehart_grave_at_Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery_in_Brentwood,_California.JPG|thumb|Richard Basehart's grave]]
Basehart was married three times. After the death of his first wife Stephanie Klein, he married Italian actress [[Valentina Cortese]] in 1951, with whom he had one son, actor [[Jackie Basehart]]; the couple divorced in 1960.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Valentina Cortese Dies: Italian Actress, Oscar-Nominated For François Truffaut's 'Day For Night', Was 96 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/valentina-cortese-dies-italian-actress-oscar-nominated-for-francois-truffauts-day-for-night-was-96-1202644138/ |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |last2=Lane |first2=John Francis |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Valentina Cortese obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/10/valentina-cortese-obituary |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

In 1962, he married his third wife, Diana Lotery, with whom he had two children. He and Diana remained married until his death in 1984.<ref>{{cite news |last=Vils |first=Ursula |date=September 22, 1986 |title=Artist Diana Basehart Back at Work on Her Pet Projects |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-22-vw-8558-story.html |access-date=July 22, 2019 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>

==Death==
Basehart died in Los Angeles on September 17, 1984, following a series of strokes. He was 70 years old. His body was cremated, and the ashes interred at [[Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="Krebs nytimes2" /> He died eight days before [[Walter Pidgeon]], his film counterpart in ''Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea''.

== Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1947
| ''[[Repeat Performance]]''
| William Williams
|
|-
| ''[[Cry Wolf (1947 film)|Cry Wolf]]''
| James Demarest
|
|-
| 1948
| ''[[He Walked by Night]]''
| Roy Martin / Roy Morgan
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1949
| ''[[Roseanna McCoy]]''
| Mounts Hatfield
|
|-
| ''[[Reign of Terror (film)|Reign of Terror]]''
| [[Maximilien Robespierre|Maximilian Robespierre]]
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1950
| ''[[Tension (film)|Tension]]''
| Warren Quimby / Paul Sothern
|
|-
| ''[[Outside the Wall (film)|Outside the Wall]]''
| Larry Nelson
|
|-
| ''[[Side Street (1950 film)|Side Street]]''
| Bank Teller
| Uncredited
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1951
| ''[[Fourteen Hours]]''
| Robert Cosick
|
|-
| ''[[The House on Telegraph Hill]]''
| Alan Spender
|
|-
| ''[[Fixed Bayonets!]]''
| Corporal Denno
|
|-
| ''[[Decision Before Dawn]]''
| Lieutenant Dick Rennick
|
|-
| 1953
| ''[[Titanic (1953 film)|Titanic]]''
| George Healey
|
|-
| rowspan=5 | 1954
| ''[[The Stranger's Hand]]''
| Joe Hamstringer
|
|-
| ''[[Angels of Darkness]]''
| Bit Part
| Uncredited
|-
| ''[[The Good Die Young]]''
| Joe Halsey
|
|-
| ''[[La Strada]]''
| The Fool
|
|-
| ''Avanzi di galera''
| Dr. Stefano Luprandi
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1955
| ''[[Canyon Crossroads]]''
| Larry Kendall
|
|-
| ''Le avventure di Cartouche''
| Count Jacques de Maudy
|
|-
| ''[[Golden Vein]]''
| Stefano Manfredi
|
|-
| ''[[Il bidone]]''
| Raul "Picasso"
|
|-
| rowspan=3 | 1956
| ''[[The Extra Day]]''
| Joe Blake
|
|-
| ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]''
| [[Ishmael (Moby-Dick)|Ishmael]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Intimate Stranger (1956 film)|The Intimate Stranger]]''
| Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1957
| ''[[Miracles of Thursday]]''
| Martino
|
|-
| ''[[Time Limit (film)|Time Limit]]''
| Major Harry Cargill
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1958
| ''[[The Brothers Karamazov (1958 film)|The Brothers Karamazov]]''
| Ivan Karamazov
|
|-
| ''[[Love and Troubles]]''
| Paolo Martelli
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1959
| ''[[The Restless and the Damned]]''
| George Rancourt
|
|-
| ''[[Jons und Erdme]]''
| Wittkuhn, der Schmied
|
|-
| rowspan=4 | 1960
| ''[[Five Branded Women]]''
| Captain Eric Reinhardt
|
|-
| ''[[Portrait in Black]]''
| Howard Mason
|
|-
| ''[[None but the Brave (1960 film)|For the Love of Mike]]''
| Father Francis Phelan
|
|-
| ''[[Passport to China]]''
| Don Benton
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1962
| ''[[Hitler (1962 film)|Hitler]]''
| [[Adolf Hitler]]
|
|-
| ''[[Savage Guns (1961 film)|Savage Guns]]''
| Steve Fallon
|
|-
| 1963
| ''[[Kings of the Sun]]''
| Ah Min
|
|-
| 1965
| ''[[The Satan Bug]]''
| Dr. Gregor Hoffman
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1969
| ''[[Love Is a Funny Thing]]''
| Himself
|Cameo appearance
|-
| ''Giotto''
| Narrator (voice)
|
|-
| rowspan=2 | 1972
| ''[[Chato's Land]]''
| Nye Buell
|
|-
| ''[[Rage (1972 film)|Rage]]''
| Dr. Roy Caldwell
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[Mansion of the Doomed]]''
| Dr. Leonard Chaney
|
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977 film)|The Island of Dr. Moreau]]''
| Sayer of the Law
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[The Great Bank Hoax]]''
| Manny Benchly
|
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Being There]]''
| Vladimir Skrapinov
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1957
| ''[[Studio One (American TV series)|Studio One]]''
| Matt Donovan
| 2 episodes
|-
| 1957–60
| ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
| Martin Lambert / David Connelly / Lionel Amblin / Himself - Host
| 4 episodes
|-
| 1958
| ''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre]]''
| David Manning
| Episode: "Medal for Valor"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1960
| ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]''
| Dr. George Ferguson
| Episode: "Men in White"
|-
| ''Shangri-La''
| Hugh Conway
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1961
| ''[[The Play of the Week]]''
| Stranger
| Episode: "He Who Gets Slapped"
|-
| ''The Light That Failed''
| Dick Heldar
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]''
| Todd Stone
| Season 4 Episode 7: "The Black Sheep"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1962
| ''The Paradine Case''
| Anthony Keane
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Theatre '62]]''
| Anthony Keane
| Episode: "The Paradine Case"
|-
| ''[[The DuPont Show of the Week]]''
| Narrator
| Episode: "D-Day"
|-
| ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
| Lester Bergson
| Episode: "Dust Devil on a Quiet Street"
|-
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Phillip Townsend / David Webber
| Season 1 Episode 9: "The Black Curtain"
|-
| rowspan="7" | 1963
| ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents|The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]''
| Miles Crawford
| Season 2 Episode 7: "Starring the Defense"
|-
| ''[[Route 66 (TV series)|Route 66]]''
| Julian Roebuck
| Episode: "You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti"
|-
| ''[[The Dick Powell Show|The Dick Powell Theatre]]''
| Judge Zachary
| Episode: "The Judge"
|-
| ''[[Combat!]]''
| Captain Steiner
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Ben Casey]]''
| Mark Cassidy
| Episode: "Light Up the Dark Corners"
|-
| ''[[Arrest and Trial]]''
| Alexander Stafford
| Episode: "Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart"
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Adam Cook
| Episode: "[[Probe 7, Over and Out]]"
|-
| 1964–68
| ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)|Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]''
| Admiral Harriman "Harry" Nelson
| 110 episodes
|-
| 1965
| ''[[Lost in Space]]''
| Shakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice
| Episode: "The Derelict"
|-
| 1968
| '' [[The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich]] ''
| Narrator
| Documentary
|-
| 1969
| ''Hans Brinker''
| Dr. Boekman
| rowspan="3" | Television film
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1970
| ''[[Sole Survivor (1970 film)|Sole Survivor]]''
| Brigadier General Russell Hamner
|-
| ''[[The Andersonville Trial]]''
| [[Henry Wirz]]
|-
| ''[[Ironside (1967 TV series)|Ironside]]''
| Noel Seymour
| Episode: "Noel's Gonna Fly"
|-
| ''[[Dan August]]''
| Professor Theodore Rye
| Episode: "Quadrangle for Death"
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1971
| ''[[Gunsmoke]]''
| Captain Aron Sligo
| Episode: "Captain Sligo"
|-
| ''[[City Beneath the Sea (1971 film)|City Beneath the Sea]]''
| the President
| rowspan="5" | Television film
|-
| ''They've Killed President Lincoln!''
| Host / Narrator
|-
| ''[[The Birdmen]]''
| Schiller
|-
| ''[[The Death of Me Yet]]''
| Robert Barnes
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1972
| ''[[Assignment Vienna|Assignment: Munich]]''
| Major Barney Caldwell
|-
| ''[[The Bold Ones: The New Doctors]]''
| Dr. Stephen McLayne
| Episode: "Is This Operation Necessary?"
|-
| ''[[The Bounty Man]]''
| Angus Keough
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Columbo]]''
| Nicholas Frame
| Episode: "Dagger of the Mind"
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1973
| ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]''
| Bernard Murdock
| Episode: "The Odd Lot Caper"
|-
| ''[[And Millions Will Die]]''
| Dr. Douglas Pruitt
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| ''[[Maneater (1973 film)|Maneater]]''
| Carl Brenner
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1974
| ''[[Marcus Welby, M.D.]]''
| Reece Sutton / Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
| 2 episodes
|-
| ''The First Woman President''
| [[Woodrow Wilson]]
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1975
| ''Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley''
| [[George W. Latimer|George Latimer]]
|-
| ''The American Parade''
| Lambdin Milligan
| Episode: "The Case Against Milligan"
|-
| ''[[Medical Story]]''
| Dr. Charles Galpin
| Episode: "The God Syndrome"
|-
| ''[[Joe Forrester (TV series)|Joe Forrester]]''
| Al Morgan
| Episode: "No Probable Cause"
|-
| ''[[Valley Forge (film)|Valley Forge]]''
| [[George Washington|General George Washington]]
| Television film
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1976
| ''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
| Bishop Tim Farrow
| Episode: "Requiem for Murder"
|-
| ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]''
| Hannibal Applewood
| Episode: "Troublemaker"
|-
| ''[[Time Travelers (1976 film)|Time Travelers]]''
| Dr. Joshua Henderson
| rowspan="4" | Television film
|-
| ''[[21 Hours at Munich]]''
| [[Willy Brandt|Chancellor Willy Brandt]]
|-
| ''[[Flood!]]''
| John Cutler
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?]]''
| Elliott Osborn
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1978
| ''[[How the West Was Won (TV series)|How the West Was Won]]''
| Colonel Harry Albert Flint
| 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Once Upon a Classic]]''
| [[King Arthur]]
| Episode: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
|-
| ''The Critical List''
| Matt Kinsella
| Television film
|-
| ''[[W.E.B.]]''
| Gus Dunlap
| 5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 1979
| ''[[The Rebels (miniseries)|The Rebels]]''
| Duke of Kentland
| Television miniseries
|-
| ''Greatest Heroes of the Bible''
| Johtan
| Episode: "Tower of Babel"
|-
| ''The Christmas Songs''
| 
| rowspan="2" | Television film
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Marilyn: The Untold Story]]''
| [[Johnny Hyde]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | 1981
| ''[[Vegas (1978 TV series)|Vegas]]''
| J. Terrance Wainwright
| Episode: "Set Up"
|-
| ''[[Masada (miniseries)|Masada]]''
| Narrator, Modern Day Scene
| Television miniseries
|-
| ''[[The Love Boat]]''
| Stan Ellis
| Episode: "Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt"
|-
| ''[[Mr. Merlin]]''
| Herbert Montrose
| Episode: "A Moment in Camelot"
|-
| 1982–86
| ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]''
| Narrator (voice) / Wilton Knight
| Episode: "[[Knight of the Phoenix|Knight of the Phoenix: Part 1]]"{{efn|as Wilton Knight}}<br />83 episodes{{efn|as Narrator}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1983
| ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]''
| Slade
| Episode: "The Turn of the Tide"
|-
| ''The Crowded Life''
| Narrator
| Television film
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title
! Result
! Ref
|-
| 1951
| rowspan=2|[[National Board of Review Awards]]
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
| ''[[Fourteen Hours]]''
| rowspan=2 {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1951/ |title=Archives: 1951 Award Winners |publisher=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1956
| [[National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]''
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1956/ |title=Archives: 1956 Award Winners |publisher=National Board of Review |access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1958
| [[BAFTA Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Foreign Actor]]
| ''[[Time Limit (film)|Time Limit]]''
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/keyword-search?keywords=Richard+Basehart |title=BAFTA Awards Search: Richard Basehart |website=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |access-date=June 15, 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 1960
| [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
| [[List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars|Motion Pictures]]
| -
| {{won|Inducted}}
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/richard-basehart |title=Hollywood Walk of Fame - Richard Basehart |website=walkoffame.com |publisher=Hollywood Chamber of Commerce |access-date=November 14, 2017}}</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Zanesville, Ohio]]
[[Category:Male actors from Ohio]]
[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male stage actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery]]
[[Category:20th Century Studios contract players]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]