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Known for:	Strada, La, Being There, Moby Dick
Birth name:	John Richard Basehart
Birthday:	31 August 1914, Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Height:	5' 9" (1.75 m)

Was occasionally mentioned during the host segments on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" as the object of Gypsy's obsession. In the televised play "Valley Forge", Basehart played George Washington, and his archenenemy was General Howe, played by actor Harry Andrews. Andrews had previously played Stubb, the first mate, in the 1956 film version of "Moby Dick", in which Basehart had played Ishmael. In a television version of "The Paradine Case", Basehart played the same role that Gregory Peck had played in the film version. Peck and Basehart had both appeared in the film "Moby Dick". Died of a series of strokes shortly after hosting the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He and his wife Diana were the founders of the organization, Actors and Others for Animals, in 1971. They had been driving on a freeway and were appalled when someone threw a cat onto the freeway from a vehicle in front of them. It was too late for that animal, but they vowed to make things different in the future for others.

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