Richard Basehart

Birth Name:

John Richard Basehart

Birth Place:

Zanesville, Ohio, United States

Profession

Actor, Director

Founded the organization Actors and Others for Animals with Diana Lotery in 1971
Father of actor Jackie Basehart and make-up artist Gayla Basehart
Made his first on-screen appearance in the 1947 film "Repeat Performance․"
Quote: "I couldn't be a straight leading man․ You've got to be bigger and prettier than I am․"
Quote: "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․"
Best known for portraying Harriman Nelson in the 1960s science fiction series "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea․"
Referenced in the Frank Zappa song "The Radio is Broken" from the 1983 album "The Man from Utopia․"

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