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Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Acting
31 Aug 1914
17 Sept 1984
Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Biography

John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, in the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson. One of his most notable film roles was the acrobat known as "the Fool" in the acclaimed Italian film La strada directed by Federico Fellini. He also appeared as the killer in the film noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), as a psychotic member of the Hatfield clan in Roseanna McCoy ...

Also Known As

Ричард Бейсхарт, Ричард Бэйзхарт, John Richard Basehart

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