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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Richard Basehart Biography (1914-)
Born August 31, 1914, in Zanesville, OH; son of Harry T. and Mae (Wetherald)Basehart; married Stephanie Klein, 1940 (died, 1950); married Valentina Cortesa (divorced); married Diana Lotery; children: (third marriage) Gayla, Jenna,John Autrey.
Basehart was co-founder of Actors and Others for Animals.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Details
- August 31, 1914
- Zanesville, Ohio, United States
Famous Works
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Credits
- STAGE DEBUT--With the Wright Players Stock Company, Zanesville, OH, 1932.
- NEW YORK DEBUT--Weiler, Counterattack, Windsor, 1943.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
- Member of the Hedgerow Theatre, Moylan, PA, 1938-42.
- Sgt. Hauptmann, Land of Fame, Belasco, NY, 1943.
- Othello, Shubert, 1943.
- Kip, Take It as It Comes, 48th Street Theatre, NY, 1944.
- Steven Ames, Hickory Stick, Mansfield, NY, 1944.
- Lachlan, The Hasty Heart, Hudson, NY, 1945.
- Steve Decker, The Survivors, Playhouse, NY, 1948.
- Charles Morrow, The Day the Money Stopped, Belasco, NY, 1958.
- title role, Richard II, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, CT, 1962.
- Uncle Vanya, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1969.
- FILM DEBUT--Cry Wolf, 1947.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
- Repeat Performance, 1947.
- He Walked by Night, 1948.
- Roseanna McCoy, 1948.
- Tension, 1948.
- Outside the Wall, 1949.
- Reign of Terror, 1949.
- Fixed Bayonets, 1951.
- The House on Telegraph Hill, 1951.
- Decision Before Dawn, 1951.
- Titanic, 1953.
- The Good Die Young, United Artists, 1954.
- The Stranger's Hand, Distributors Corp. of America, 1954.
- La Strada, Trans-Lux, 1954.
- Canyon Crossroads, United Artists, 1955.
- Il Bidone, 1955.
- Finger of Guilt, RKO, 1956.
- Moby Dick, Warner Brothers, 1956.
- Time Limit, United Artists, 1957.
- The Brothers Karamazov, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1958.
- Five Branded Women, Paramount, 1960.
- Portrait in Black, Universal, 1960.
- For the Love of Mike, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960.
- Passport to China, Columbia, 1961.
- Hitler, Allied Artists, 1962.
- The Savage Guns, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962.
- Kings of the Sun, United Artists, 1963.
- Cartouche, RKO, 1964.
- The Satan Bug, United Artists, 1965.
- Chato's Land, 1972.
- Rage, Warner Brothers, 1972.
- And Millions Will Die, 1973.
- Mansions of the Doomed, 1977.
- Shenanigans (aka The Great Bank Hoax), 1977.
- The Island of Dr. Moreau, American International, 1977.
- Being There, United Artists, 1979.
- Also: The Extra Day; L'Ambtieuse; The Climbers.
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Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; PLAYS AND MOVIES
- Playhouse 90.
- So Soon to Die.
- City Beneath the Sea, 1953.
- Maneater, 1969.
- The Death of Me Yet, 1971.
- Assignment: Munich, 1972.
- The Bounty Man, 1972.
- Twenty-One Hours at Munich, 1976.
- Time Travellers, 1976.
- Flood, 1976.
- Stone Street, 1977.
- The Critical List, 1978.
- The Rebels, 1979.
- Marilyn: The Untold Story, 1980.
- Sole Survivor.
- The Andersonville Trial.
- The Trial of Lt. William Cally.
- Valley Forge.
- Knight Rider.
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Credits; SERIES
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, 1964-67.
- Studio One.
- Naked City.
- Rawhide.
- Route 66.
- Twilight Zone.
- W.E.B.
- Four Days in November.
- Let My People Go.
- Masada.
- Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War.
- Vietnam: A Television History.
- closing ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics.