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)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Was occasionally mentioned during the host segments on "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988) as the object of Gypsy's obsession. In the television version of The Paradine Case (1962) (TV), 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 (1956). 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. During the filming of Fourteen Hours (1951), Basehart's wife Stephanie was taken ill with what proved to be a brain tumor, and died very suddenly. Devastated, he finished work on the film and left the United States, going to Italy where he met Valentina Cortese. When he heard that that director Bretaigne Windust wanted an authentic Scotsman for the lead role in The Hasty Heart, Basehart managed to effect a very convincing burr and won the part. For his portrayal of Cpl. MacLachlan, Basehart also went on to win the 1945 New York Critic's Award as the most promising actor of the year. Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Admiral Nelson in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964). Father of Jackie Basehart.

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