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

  • Credits
  • STAGE DEBUT--With the Wright Players Stock Company, Zanesville, OH, 1932.
  • NEW YORK DEBUT--Weiler, Counterattack, Windsor, 1943.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.