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Richard Basehart

1914 - 1984

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John Richard Basehart (August 31, 1914 – September 17, 1984) was an American actor. He starred as Admiral Harriman Nelson in the television science-fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964–68). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Basehart has received more than 1,759,503 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Richard Basehart is the 1,202nd most popular actor (up from 1,698th in 2019), the 2,079th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,862nd in 2019) and the 564th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Basehart ranks 1,202 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Massee, Claude Brasseur, Casey Affleck, Rami Malek, Frances de la Tour, and Scott Adkins. After him are Paul Rudd, Donald Glover, Veronica Lake, William Petersen, Jennifer Lawrence, and Ghassan Massoud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Richard Basehart ranks 85. Before him are Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Nicolas de Staël, Yakov Zeldovich, Demetrios I of Constantinople, Arthur Kennedy, and Martin Gardner. After him are Bernard Malamud, Ferenc Fricsay, Edmund Conen, Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy, Carlos Castillo Armas, and Annie Fischer. Among people deceased in 1984, Richard Basehart ranks 66. Before him are Mark W. Clark, Raoul Salan, Janet Gaynor, He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ernesto Mascheroni. After him are José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Jiro Miyake, George Gallup, Trygve Bratteli, Louis Réard, and Faina Ranevskaya.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Basehart ranks 2,079 out of 20,380. Before him are Bettie Page (1923), Steven Soderbergh (1963), Joel Silver (1952), Don Budge (1915), Henry Heimlich (1920), and Toby Keith (1961). After him are Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), William C. Durant (1861), and Richard Pryor (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Basehart ranks 564. Before him are Lin Shaye (1943), Ruth Gordon (1896), Daniel Stern (1957), Michael Massee (1952), Casey Affleck (1975), and Rami Malek (1981). After him are Paul Rudd (1969), Donald Glover (1983), Veronica Lake (1922), William Petersen (1953), Jennifer Lawrence (1990), and Jonathan Frakes (1952).

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Television and Movie Roles

La Strada
Il 'Matto'
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Sep 23o 19547.914 / 10
Moby Dick
Ishmael
In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Jun 27o 19567 / 10
Being There
Vladimir Skrapinov
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Dec 19o 19797.6 / 10