Richard Basehart
Birthday: 31 August 1914, Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Birth Name: John Richard Basehart
Height: 175 cm
Richard Basehart came to Hollywood in 1947, after beginning an acting career on Broadway. He made his mark in the gritty film-noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), among others, and proved his versa ...Show More
I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am.
I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am.
[asked how "Hamlet" compared with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)] With [William Shakespeare] Show more
[asked how "Hamlet" compared with Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)] With [William Shakespeare] there's more character than an actor can ever plumb. But there's no greater challenge than making something out of nothing. Hide
Richard Basehart's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (145)
Richard Basehart'S roles
Ishmael
George Healey
Vladimir Skrapinov