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 versatility in several international productions, most notably in Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece La Strada (1954).

[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. Show less «

Nothing irritates me more than actors who take all the money and then complain about how terribly li...Show more »

Nothing irritates me more than actors who take all the money and then complain about how terribly limited TV is. That kind of talk only reflects on them. Show less «

I couldn't be a straight leading man. You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am.

Richard Basehart

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