Portrait of Richard Basehart

Acting

Richard Basehart

Titles
78movies33TV shows
Career

Active from 1947 to 2004, with a break from 1983 to 2003, busiest in 1960 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
53
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for La Strada
La Strada
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 57 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Richard Basehart Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.8, average 5.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 2.9
  • Situational Comedy
    1.4, average 2.7
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 5
  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Redemption 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Rise of Nazism 2
  • World War II 2
  • Revenge 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Classic Film Noir 2
  • Family-Friendly 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
TypeAllMovies75TV shows33
RoleAnyActing33
ScoreAny60+70+80+
DecadeAny1940s11950s61960s101970s131980s3
GenreAnyDrama30Crime11Action & Adventure8Mystery5Western5Sci-Fi & Fantasy4War & Politics2Comedy2Family1Documentary1
Group by
DecadesScores
Newest firstOldest first

1980s

3 titles · average score 64
GoodWatch76
Poster for Knight Rider

TV show · as Wilton Knight

GoodWatch74
Poster for Masada

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

1970s

13 titles · average score 70
GoodWatch82
Poster for The Rebels

TV show · as Duke of Kentland

GoodWatch53
Poster for The Love Boat

TV show · as Stan Ellis

GoodWatch75
Poster for How the West Was Won

TV show · as Colonel Flint

Poster for Medical Story

TV show · as Dr. Charles Galpin

GoodWatch82
Poster for Little House on the Prairie

TV show · as Hannibal Applewood

GoodWatch47
Poster for The Streets of San Francisco

TV show · as Bishop Tim Farrow

GoodWatch83
Poster for Columbo

TV show · as Nicholas Framer

GoodWatch71
Poster for Dan August

TV show · as Prof. Theodore Rye

All 13 titles from the 1970s

1960s

10 titles · average score 59
GoodWatch48
Poster for Hawaii Five-O

TV show · as Murdock

GoodWatch67
Poster for Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV show · as Reece Sutton / Professor Andrew Kirkcastle

GoodWatch45
Poster for Ironside

TV show · as Noel Seymour

GoodWatch78
Poster for National Geographic Specials

TV show · as Narrator (voice)

GoodWatch49
Poster for Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

TV show · as Adm. Harriman Nelson

GoodWatch54
Poster for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV show · as Miles Crawford / Philip Townsend

GoodWatch81
Poster for Combat!

TV show · as Capt. Steiner

1950s

6 titles · average score 73
GoodWatch91
Poster for The Twilight Zone

TV show · as Adam Cook

GoodWatch50
Poster for Rawhide

TV show · as Tod Stone

GoodWatch69
Poster for Naked City

TV show · as Lester Bergson

GoodWatch68
Poster for Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

TV show · as David Manning

GoodWatch76
Poster for Gunsmoke

TV show · as Captain Aron Sligo

GoodWatch85
Poster for Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV show · as General Washington / Conway

1940s

1 title · average score 64
GoodWatch64
Poster for Studio One

TV show · as Matt Donovan

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