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Acting

Richard Basehart

Career: Active from 1947 to 1983, busiest in 1960 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 56
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: La Strada
90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 60 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Basehart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
2.6, average 5.4
Situational Comedy
1.2, average 2.7
Coming of Age
1.6, average 3.0
Physical Comedy
1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Psychological Thriller 6
Character Study 5
Gritty Realism 3
Redemption 3
Historical Romance 2
Tragic Love Story 2
Period Piece 2
Historical Drama 2
Atmospheric Tension 2
Moral Decay 2
Political Intrigue 2
Classic Film Noir 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

108

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

1 title

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

as Cpl. Denno (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

7 titles · average score 64

Save the Panda

as Narrator (Voice)

Knight Rider

76

TV show · as Wilton Knight

Egypt: Quest for Eternity

as Narrator (Self)

Knight Rider: Knight of the Phoenix

63

as Wilton Knight

Masada

74

TV show · as Modern-Day Narrator (voice, uncredited)

Mr. Merlin

41

TV show

Marilyn: The Untold Story

67

as Johnny Hyde

1970s

37 titles · average score 64

Being There

85

as Vladimir Skrapinov

The Great Bank Hoax

50

as Manny Benchly

The Island of Dr. Moreau

52

as Sayer of the Law

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Stan Ellis

Mansion of the Doomed

51

as Dr. Leonard Chaney

Valley Forge

as Gen. Washington

The Birdmen

71

as Schiller

...and millions will die!

as Dr Douglas Pruitt

Rage

57

as Dr. Roy Caldwell

Assignment: Munich

as Maj. Barney Caldwell

Columbo

83

TV show · as Nicholas Framer

Sole Survivor

67

as Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner

1960s

26 titles · average score 59

Hans Brinker

as Dr. Boeker

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Murdock

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

84

as Narrator

The Satan Bug

56

as Dr. Gregor Hoffman

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

49

TV show · as Adm. Harriman Nelson

Four Days In November

73

as Narrator (voice)

Kings of the Sun

50

as Ah Min

Hitler

49

as Adolf Hitler

The Savage Guns

49

as Steve Fallon

Portrait in Black

48

as Howard Mason

For the Love of Mike

as Father Phelan

Visa to Canton

51

as Don Benton

1950s

30 titles · average score 72

Time Limit

64

as Maj. Harry Cargill

Moby Dick

77

as Ishmael

The Intimate Stranger

61

as Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson

The Swindle

87

as Carlo

The Golden Vein

as Ing. Stefano Manfredi

La Strada

90

as Matto

The Good Die Young

61

as Joe Halsey

Fourteen Hours

67

as Robert Cosick

Decision Before Dawn

85

as Lt. Dick Rennick

The House on Telegraph Hill

65

as Alan Spender

Fixed Bayonets!

84

as Cpl. Denno

Outside the Wall

64

as Larry Nelson

1940s

7 titles · average score 63

He Walked by Night

74

as Roy Martin / Roy Morgan

Reign of Terror

66

as Maximilian Robespierre

Tension

70

as Warren Quimby

Roseanna McCoy

46

as Mounts Hatfield

Studio One

65

TV show · as Matt Donovan

Repeat Performance

64

as William Williams

Cry Wolf

55

as James Caldwell Demarest