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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He was best known for ''Film/LaStrada'', ''Film/MobyDick'', ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', and ''Film/BeingThere''. ''Series/KnightRider'' fans will also know him as Michael Knight's sponsor Wilton Knight and the opening credits narrator.

Basehart had a short-lived career as a journalist before becoming an actor. He was married three times: to Stephanie Klein; actress Valentina Cortese; and Diana Lotery. He had one child with Cortese and two with Lotery. Basehart died after a series of strokes at the age of 70.

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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He was best known for ''Film/LaStrada'', ''Film/MobyDick'', ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', and ''Film/BeingThere''. ''Film/BeingThere''.

''Series/KnightRider'' fans will also know him as Michael Knight's sponsor sponsor, Wilton Knight Knight, and the opening credits narrator.

Basehart had a short-lived career as a journalist before becoming an actor. actor.

He was married three times: to Stephanie Klein; actress Valentina Cortese; and Diana Lotery. He had one child with Cortese and two with Lotery. Lotery.

Basehart died after a series of strokes at the age of 70.
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* 1963 ''Film/FourDaysInNovember'': Narrator
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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He was best known for ''Film/LaStrada'', ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', and ''Film/BeingThere''. ''Series/KnightRider'' fans will also know him as Michael Knight’s sponsor Wilton Knight and the opening credits narrator.

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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He was best known for ''Film/LaStrada'', ''Film/MobyDick'', ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', and ''Film/BeingThere''. ''Series/KnightRider'' fans will also know him as Michael Knight’s sponsor Wilton Knight and the opening credits narrator.
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* 1963 ''Series/{{Combat}}'': Capt. Steiner (2 episodes)

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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He was best known for ''Film/LaStrada'', ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'', and ''Film/BeingThere''. ''Series/KnightRider'' fans will also know him as Michael Knight’s sponsor Wilton Knight and the opening credits narrator.

Basehart had a short-lived career as a journalist before becoming an actor. He was married three times: to Stephanie Klein; actress Valentina Cortese; and Diana Lotery. He had one child with Cortese and two with Lotery. Basehart died after a series of strokes at the age of 70.

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[[folder:Film]]
* 1947 ''Film/RepeatPerformance'': William Williams, the Poet
* 1947 ''Film/CryWolf1947'': James Demarest
* 1948 ''Film/HeWalkedByNight'': Roy Morgan / Roy Martin
* 1949 ''Film/ReignOfTerror'': UsefulNotes/MaximilienRobespierre
* 1949 ''Film/RoseannaMcCoy'': Mounts Hatfield
* 1949 ''Film/{{Tension}}'': Warren Quimby
* 1949 ''Film/SideStreet'': Bank Teller (UncreditedRole)
* 1950 ''Film/OutsideTheWall'': Larry Nelson
* 1951 ''Film/FourteenHours'': Robert Cosick
* 1951 ''Film/TheHouseOnTelegraphHill'': Alan Spender
* 1951 ''Film/FixedBayonets'': Cpl. Denno
* 1951 ''Film/DecisionBeforeDawn'': Lt. Dick Rennick
* 1953 ''Film/{{Titanic|1953}}'': George Healey
* 1954 ''Film/TheStrangersHand'': Joe Hamstringer
* 1954 ''Film/AngelsOfDarkness'': Bit Part (Uncredited)
* 1954 ''Film/TheGoodDieYoung'': Joe
* 1954 ''Film/LaStrada'': The Fool
* 1954 ''Film/AvanziDiGalera'': Dottor Stefano Luprandi
* 1955 ''Film/CanyonCrossroads'': Larry Kendall
* 1955 ''Film/GoldenVein'': Ing. Stefano Manfredi
* 1955 ''Film/{{Cartouche}}'': Il conte Jacques de Maudy
* 1955 ''Film/TheSwindle'': Carlo
* 1956 ''Film/TheExtraDay'': Joe Blake
* 1956 ''Film/MobyDick'': Ishmael
* 1956 ''Film/FingerOfGuilt'': Reggie Wilson
* 1957 ''Film/MiraclesOfThursday'': Martino
* 1957 ''Film/TimeLimit'': Maj. Harry Cargill
* 1958 ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'': Ivan Karamazov
* 1958 ''Film/LoveAndTroubles'': Paolo Martelli
* 1959 ''Film/TheRestlessAndTheDamned'': George Rancourt
* 1959 ''Film/JonsUndErdme'': Wittkuhn, der Schmied
* 1960 ''Film/FiveBrandedWomen'': Il capitano Eric Reinhardt
* 1960 ''Film/PortraitInBlack'': Howard Mason
* 1960 ''Film/ForTheLoveOfMike'': Father Francis Phelan
* 1960 ''Film/ShangriLa'': Hugh Conway (MadeForTVMovie)
* 1960 ''Film/PassportToChina'': Don Benton
* 1961 ''Film/TheLightThatFailed'': Dick Heldar (TV Movie)
* 1961 ''Film/TheSavageGuns'': Steve Fallon
* 1962 ''Film/{{Hitler}}'': UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
* 1963 ''Film/KingsOfTheSun'': Ah Min
* 1965 ''Film/TheSatanBug'': Dr. Gregor Hoffman
* 1969 ''Film/LoveIsAFunnyThing'': Acteur – Cameo Appearance
* 1969 ''Film/HansBrinker'': Dr. Boekman (TV Movie)
* 1970 ''Film/{{Sole Survivor|1970}}'': Brig. Gen. Russell Hamner (TV Movie)
* 1970 ''Film/TheAndersonvilleTrial'': Henry Wirz (TV Movie)
* 1971 ''Film/CityBeneathTheSea'': The President (TV Movie)
* 1971 ''Film/TheyveKilledPresidentLincoln'': Host/Narrator (TV Movie)
* 1971 ''Film/TheBirdmen'': Schiller (TV Movie)
* 1971 ''Film/TheDeathOfMeYet'': Robert Barnes (TV Movie)
* 1972 ''Film/AssignmentMunich'': Maj. Barney Caldwell (TV Movie)
* 1972 ''Film/ChatosLand'': Nye Buell
* 1972 ''Film/TheBountyMan'': Angus Keough (TV Movie)
* 1972 ''Film/{{Rage|1972}}'': Dr. Roy Caldwell
* 1973 ''Film/AndMillionsDie'': Dr. Douglas Pratt (TV Movie)
* 1973 ''Film/{{Maneater|1973}}'': Carl Brenner (TV Movie)
* 1974 ''Film/TheFirstWomanPresident'': UsefulNotes/WoodrowWilson (TV Movie)
* 1975 ''Film/JudgmentTheCourtMartialOfLieutenantWilliamCalley'': George Latimer (TV Movie)
* 1975 ''Film/ValleyForge'': Gen. UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington (TV Movie)
* 1976 ''Film/TimeTravelers'': Dr. Joshua Henderson (1871) (TV Movie)
* 1976 ''Film/MansionOfTheDoomed'': Dr. Leonard Chaney
* 1976 ''Film/TwentyOneHoursAtMunich'': Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt (TV Movie)
* 1976 ''Film/{{Flood|1976}}'': John Cutler (TV Movie)
* 1977 ''Film/StonestreetWhoKilledTheCenterfoldModel'': Elliot Osborn (TV Movie)
* 1977 ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1977'': Sayer of the Law
* 1977 ''Film/TheGreatBankHoax'': Manny Benchly
* 1978 ''Film/TheCriticalList'': Matt Kinsella (TV Movie)
* 1979 ''Film/BeingThere'': Vladimir Skrapinov
* 1980 ''Film/MarilynTheUntoldStory'': Johnny Hyde (TV Movie)
* 1983 ''Film/TheCrowdedLife'': Narrator (TV Movie)
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[[folder:Television]]
* 1957 ''Series/StudioOne'': Matt Donovan (2 episodes)
* 1957-60 ''Series/Playhouse90'': Lionel Amblin/David Connelly/Martin Lambert (3 episodes)
* 1958 ''Series/ZaneGreyTheatre'': David Manning (1 episode)
* 1960 ''Series/TheDuPontShowOfTheMonth'': Dr. George Ferguson (1 episode)
* 1961 ''Series/PlayOfTheWeek'': Stranger (1 episode)
* 1961 ''Series/{{Rawhide}}'': Todd Stone (1 episode)
* 1962 ''Series/Theatre62'': Anthony Keane (1 episode)
* 1962 ''Series/TheDuPontShowOfTheWeek'': Narrator (1 episode)
* 1962 ''Series/NakedCity'': Lester Bergson (1 episode)
* 1962-63 ''Series/TheAlfredHitchcockHour'': Phillip Townsend/Miles Crawford (2 episodes)
* 1963 ''Series/Route66'': Julian Roebuck (1 episode)
* 1963 ''Series/TheDickPowellTheatre'': Judge Zachary (1 episode)
* 1963 ''Series/{{Combat}}'': Capt. Steiner (2 episodes)
* 1963 ''Series/BenCasey'': Mark Cassidy (1 episode)
* 1963 ''Series/ArrestAndTrial'': Alexander Safford (1 episode)
* 1963 ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Adam Cook (1 episode)
* 1964-68 ''Series/VoyageToTheBottomOfTheSea'': Admiral Harriman Nelson/Capt. Seamus O’Hara Nelson
* 1965 ''Series/LostInSpace'': Shakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice (1 episode)
* 1970 ''Series/Ironside1967'': Noel Seymour (1 episode)
* 1970 ''Series/DanAugust'': Prof. Theodore Rye (1 episode)
* 1971 ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}'': Captain Aron Sligo (1 episode)
* 1972 ''Series/TheBoldOnesTheNewDoctors'': Dr. Stephen [=McLayne=] (1 episode)
* 1972 ''Series/{{Columbo}}'': Nicholas Frame (1 episode)
* 1973 ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'': Bernard Murdock (1 episode)
* 1974 ''Series/MarcusWelbyMD'': Professor Andrew Kirkcastle/Reece Sutton (2 episodes)
* 1975 ''Series/TheAmericanParade'': Lambdin Milligan (1 episode)
* 1975 ''Series/MedicalStory'': Dr. Charles Galpin (1 episode)
* 1975 ''Series/JoeForrester'': Al Morgan (1 episode)
* 1976 ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'': Bishop Tim Farrow (1 episode)
* 1976 ''Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': Hannibal Applewood (1 episode)
* 1978 ''Series/HowTheWestWasWon'': Colonel Flint (3 episodes)
* 1978 ''Series/OnceUponAClassic'': King Arthur (1 episode)
* 1978 ''Series/{{WEB}}'': Gus Dunlap
* 1979 ''Series/TheRebels'': Duke of Kentland
* 1979 ''Series/GreatestHeroesOfTheBible'': Johtan (1 episode)
* 1981 ''Series/Vegas1978'': J. Terrance Wainwright (1 episode)
* 1981 ''Series/{{Masada}}'': Narrator, Modern Day Scene (2 episodes)
* 1981 ''Series/TheLoveBoat'': Stan Ellis (1 episode)
* 1981 ''Series/MrMerlin'': Herbert Montrose (1 episode)
* 1982-86 ''Series/KnightRider'': Wilton Knight/Narrator
* 1983 ''Series/TalesOfTheUnexpected'': Slade (1 episode)
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