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John Richard Basehart was an American actor. Known for his "deep, resonant baritone voice and craggy good looks," he was active in film, theatre and television from 1947 until 1983. He won two Nationa
Basehart in 1969
Richard Basehart's grave
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is an American science fiction television series based on the 1961 movie. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the film's sets, costumes, props, special effe
Richard Basehart
…1951) and Moby Dick (1956), and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Time Limit (1957). Basehart was known to television viewers for starring as Admiral Harriman Nelson on the television science-fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68). He also portrayed Wilton Knight in the pilot episode of the TV series…
Cover art from the 2006 DVD release of the 1st season of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea showing stars Richard Basehart and David Hedison, with the submarine Seaview (center)
David Hedison as Lee Crane in the episode "Time Lock", 1967
Nelson and Sharkey fight an alien spy, 1968.