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John Richard Basehart was an American actor. He starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68). He also portrayed Wilton Knight in the series Knight Rider (1982–86).
Birth Name
John Richard Basehart
Born
Monday, 31 August 1914
Died
Monday, 17 September 1984
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fellini of the Spirits | Raul detto Picasso | 2020 |
| The Green Fog | Howard Mason | 2018 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Roy Morgan / Roy Martin in He Walked By Night | 2003 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Cpl. Denno | 2002 |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | Self | 1995 |
| Knight Rider 2000 | Wilton Knight - Flashback sequence | 1991 |
| The Crowded Life | Narrator | 1983 |
| Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet' | Narrator / Self | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Narrator - Opening Titles / Wilton Knight / Narrator | 1982 |
| Mr. Merlin | Herbert Montrose | 1981 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Fellini of the Spirits | Raul detto Picasso | 2020 |
| The Green Fog | Howard Mason | 2018 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Roy Morgan / Roy Martin in He Walked By Night | 2003 |
| The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller | Cpl. Denno | 2002 |
| The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen | Self | 1995 |
| Knight Rider 2000 | Wilton Knight - Flashback sequence | 1991 |
| The Crowded Life | Narrator | 1983 |
| Bix: 'Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet' | Narrator / Self | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Narrator - Opening Titles / Wilton Knight / Narrator | 1982 |
| Mr. Merlin | Herbert Montrose | 1981 |
| Masada | Narrator, Modern Day Scene | 1981 |
| The Ten Thousand Day War | 1980 | |
| Marilyn: The Untold Story | Johnny Hyde | 1980 |
| Being There | Vladimir Skrapinov | 1980 |
| The Rebels | Duke of Kentland | 1979 |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Slade | 1979 |
| Greatest Heroes of the Bible | Johtan | 1978 |
| The Great Bank Hoax | Manny Benchly | 1978 |
| W.E.B. | Gus Dunlap | 1978 |
| Vega$ | J. Terrance Wainwright | 1978 |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | Sayer of the Law | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Stan Ellis | 1977 |
| Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? | Elliott Osborn | 1977 |
| Flood | John Cutler | 1976 |
| 21 Hours at Munich | Willy Brandt / Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt | 1976 |
| Mansion of the Doomed | Dr. Leonard Chaney | 1976 |
| Time Travelers | Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871) | 1976 |
| How the West Was Won | Colonel Flint | 1976 |
| Medical Story | Dr. Charles Galpin | 1975 |
| Joe Forrester | Al Morgan | 1975 |
| Judgment: The Court Martial of Lieutenant William Calley | George Latimer | 1975 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| The First Woman President | Woodrow Wilson | 1974 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Hannibal Applewood | 1974 |
| The American Parade | Lambdin Milligan | 1974 |
| Maneater | Carl Brenner | 1973 |
| ...and Millions Die! | Dr Douglas Pruitt / Dr. Douglas Pruitt | 1973 |
| Rage | Dr. Roy Caldwell | 1972 |
| The Bounty Man | Angus Keough | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Bishop Tim Farrow | 1972 |
| Chato's Land | Nye Buell | 1972 |
| The Death of Me Yet | Robert Barnes | 1971 |
| The Birdmen | Schiller | 1971 |
| Columbo | Nicholas Frame | 1971 |
| They've Killed President Lincoln! | Host / Narrator | 1971 |
| City Beneath the Sea | The President | 1971 |
| Dan August | Prof. Theodore Rye | 1970 |
| The Andersonville Trial | Henry Wirz | 1970 |
| Sole Survivor | Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner | 1970 |
| Hans Brinker | Dr. Boeker / Dr. Boekman | 1969 |
| Love Is a Funny Thing | Acteur - cameo appearance | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Dr. Stephen McLayne | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Professor Andrew Kirkcastle / Reece Sutton | 1969 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Murdock | 1968 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | Narrator | 1968 |
| Ironside | Noel Seymour | 1967 |
| Lost in Space | Shakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice | 1965 |
| The Satan Bug | Dr. Gregor Hoffman | 1965 |
| Let My People Go: The Story of Israel | Narrator | 1965 |
| Trial at Nuremberg | Narrator | 1964 |
| Four Days in November | Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) | 1964 |
| Specials for United Artists: The Battle of Britain | Narrator | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Admiral Nelson / Adm. Harriman Nelson / Admiral Harriman Nelson / Adm. Nelson / Adm. Nelson puppet / Capt. Seamus O'Hara Nelson | 1964 |
| Kings of the Sun | Ah Min | 1963 |
| Specials for United Artists: Ten Seconds That Shook the World | Narrator | 1963 |
| The Yanks Are Coming | Self - Narrator | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Alexander Safford | 1963 |
| Combat! | Capt. Steiner | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Phillip Townsend / Miles Crawford | 1962 |
| D-Day June 6, 1944 | Narrator | 1962 |
| Hitler | Adolf Hitler | 1962 |
| The Savage Guns | Steve Fallon | 1961 |
| Theatre '62 | Anthony Keane | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Mark Cassidy | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Judge Zachary | 1961 |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | Narrator | 1961 |
| Passport to China | Don Benton | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Julian Roebuck | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| For the Love of Mike | Father Francis Phelan / Father Phelan | 1960 |
| Portrait in Black | Howard Mason | 1960 |
| 5 Branded Women | Capt. Eric Reinhardt / Eric Reinhardt | 1960 |
| The Restless and the Damned | George Rancourt | 1959 |
| Play of the Week | Stranger | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Adam Cook | 1959 |
| Jons und Erdme | Wittkuhn, der Schmied / Wittkuhn | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Tod Stone | 1959 |
| Love and Troubles | Paolo Martelli | 1958 |
| Naked City | Lester Bergson | 1958 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Ivan Karamazov | 1958 |
| Time Limit | Maj. Harry Cargill | 1957 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Dr. George Ferguson | 1957 |
| Miracles of Thursday | Martino | 1957 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | David Manning | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | David Connelly / Lionel Amblin / Martin Lambert / Self - Host | 1956 |
| Moby Dick | Ishmael | 1956 |
| The Extra Day | Joe Blake | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Receiving Award | 1956 |
| Finger of Guilt | Reginald 'Reggie' Wilson / Reggie Wilson | 1956 |
| La vena d'oro | Ing. Stefano Manfredi | 1955 |
| The Swindle | Picasso / Carlo | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Captain Aron Sligo | 1955 |
| Canyon Crossroads | Larry Kendall | 1955 |
| La strada | The Fool / Il 'Matto' | 1954 |
| The Good Die Young | Joe Halsey | 1954 |
| Angels of Darkness | Bit Part | 1954 |
| The Stranger's Hand | Joe Hamstringer | 1954 |
| Titanic | George Healey / George S. Headley | 1953 |
| Decision Before Dawn | Lt. Dick Rennick | 1951 |
| Fixed Bayonets! | Cpl. Denno | 1951 |
| The House on Telegraph Hill | Alan Spender | 1951 |
| Fourteen Hours | Robert Cosick | 1951 |
| Side Street | Bank Teller | 1950 |
| Outside the Wall | Larry Nelson | 1950 |
| Tension | Warren Quimby | 1949 |
| Reign of Terror | Maximilian Robespierre | 1949 |
| Roseanna McCoy | Mounts Hatfield | 1949 |
| He Walked by Night | Roy Morgan / Roy Martin | 1949 |
| Studio One | Matt Donovan | 1948 |
| Cry Wolf | James Demarest / James Caldwell Demarest | 1947 |
| Repeat Performance | William Williams | 1947 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Treasure Galleons | 1973 |
