John
Richard Basehart was born on August 31, 1914 in Zanesville, Ohio. He entered
film by way of Broadway in 1947, making his mark in the gritty "He Walked
by Night" (1948) and proving his versatility in several international
productions, notably Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece "La
Strada" (1954). He garnered secondary fame as the star of the Irwin
Allen-produced "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (ABC, 1964-1968),
playing a submarine captain. Basehart's second wife was actress Valentina
Cortese [1925- ] (1951-1960), their daughter is actress Jackie Basehart [1951-
].
Basehart
appeared in two Euro-westerns: “The Savage Guns” (1961) as Steve Fallon and
again in 1971’s “Chato’s Land” as Nye Buell.
Richard
died as the result of a stroke he received one month after was the announcer
for the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He died
on September 17, 1984 in Los Angeles, California.
Today
we remember Richard Basehart on what would have been his 100th
birthday.
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