John Richard Basehart was an American actor. He starred in the 1960s television science fiction drama Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, in the role of Admiral Harriman Nelson & was the Narrator in the Opening Titles for Knight Rider.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Knight Rider (1982)
Guest starring as Wilton Knight
- Episode 1x01: Knight of the Phoenix (Sep 26, 1982) [Special Guest Star]
Guest starring as Narrator
(79 episodes)
- Episode 4x22: Voo Doo Knight (Apr 4, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x21: Knight of the Rising Sun (Mar 14, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x20: Fright Knight (Mar 7, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x19: Knight Flight to Freedom (Feb 21, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x18: Hills of Fire (Feb 14, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x17: Knight of a Thousand Devils (Feb 7, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x16: Redemption of a Champion (Jan 31, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x15: Deadly Knightshade (Jan 24, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x14: Out of the Woods (Jan 17, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x13: Killer K.I.T.T. (Jan 10, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x12: The Scent of Roses (Jan 3, 1986) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x11: Knight Song (Dec 13, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x10: Knight Behind Bars (Dec 6, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x09: Knight Racer (Nov 29, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x08: Many Happy Returns (Nov 15, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x07: Knight Sting (Nov 8, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x06: The Wrong Crowd (Nov 1, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x05: Burial Ground (Oct 25, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x04: Sky Knight (Oct 18, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x03: KITTnap (Sep 27, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x02: Knight of the Juggernaut (2) (Sep 20, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 4x01: Knight of the Juggernaut (1) (Sep 20, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x22: Circus Knights (May 5, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x21: Knight Strike (Apr 5, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x20: Knight in Retreat (Mar 29, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x19: Ten Wheel Trouble (Mar 24, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x18: Knight and Knerd (Mar 17, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x16: Knightlines (Mar 3, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x15: Buy Out (Feb 10, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x14: Junk Yard Dog (Feb 3, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x12: Custom Made Killer (Jan 6, 1985) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x11: Knight of the Chameleon (Dec 30, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x10: Lost Knight (Dec 9, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x09: Dead of Knight (Dec 2, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x08: Knight in Disgrace (Nov 18, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x07: The Rotten Apples (Nov 11, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x06: K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R. (Nov 4, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x05: Halloween Knight (Oct 28, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x04: Knights of the Fast Lane (Oct 14, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x03: The Ice Bandits (Oct 7, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x02: Knight of the Drones (2) (Sep 30, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 3x01: Knight of the Drones (1) (Sep 30, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x24: Big Iron (May 27, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x23: Let It Be Me (May 13, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x22: Mouth of the Snake [a.k.a. All That Glitters] (2) (Apr 8, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x21: Mouth of the Snake [a.k.a. All That Glitters] (1) (Apr 8, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x20: A Good Knight's Work (Mar 4, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x19: Goliath Returns (2) (Feb 19, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x18: Goliath Returns (1) (Feb 19, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x17: Speed Demons (Feb 12, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x16: Race For Life (Feb 5, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x15: White-Line Warriors (Jan 29, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x14: Diamonds Aren't a Girl's Best Friend (Jan 15, 1984) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x12: Silent Knight (Dec 18, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x11: Knightmares (Dec 11, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x10: Ring of Fire (Dec 4, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x09: Soul Survivor (Nov 27, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x08: Custom K.I.T.T. (Nov 13, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x07: K.I.T.T. the Cat (Nov 6, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x06: Return to Cadiz (Oct 30, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x05: Blind Spot (Oct 23, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x04: Merchants of Death (Oct 16, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x03: Brother's Keeper (Oct 9, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 2x01: Goliath (1) (Oct 2, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x22: Short Notice (May 6, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x21: Nobody Does It Better (Apr 29, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x20: Knight Moves (Mar 11, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x19: White Bird (Mar 4, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x18: Chariot of Gold (Feb 25, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x17: A Nice, Indecent Little Town (Feb 18, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x15: Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death (Jan 21, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x14: Hearts of Stone (Jan 14, 1983) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x13: Forget Me Not (Dec 17, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x12: A Plush Ride (Dec 10, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x11: The Final Verdict (Dec 3, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x10: Inside Out (Nov 26, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x08: No Big Thing (Nov 12, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x05: Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular (Oct 22, 1982) [Uncredited]
- Episode 1x04: Good Day at White Rock (Oct 8, 1982) [Uncredited]
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War (1980)
Starring as Narrator
(26 episodes)
- Episode 1x26: Vietnam Recalled (Feb 11, 1981)
- Episode 1x25: Surrender (Feb 4, 1981)
- Episode 1x24: Final Offensive (Feb 4, 1981)
- Episode 1x23: The Unsung Soldiers (Jan 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x22: The Prisoners (Jan 21, 1981)
- Episode 1x21: Peace and Consequence (Jan 14, 1981)
- Episode 1x20: Bombing of Hanoi (Jan 14, 1981)
- Episode 1x19: Wanting Out (Jan 7, 1981)
- Episode 1x18: Changing the Guard (Jan 7, 1981)
- Episode 1x17: Soldiering On (Dec 31, 1980)
- Episode 1x16: Frontline America (Dec 17, 1980)
- Episode 1x15: Tet! (Dec 10, 1980)
- Episode 1x14: Siege (Nov 26, 1980)
- Episode 1x13: The Air War (Nov 19, 1980)
- Episode 1x12: The Village War (Nov 19, 1980)
- Episode 1x11: Firepower (Nov 12, 1980)
- Episode 1x10: The Trail (Nov 12, 1980)
- Episode 1x09: Guerilla Society (Nov 5, 1980)
- Episode 1x08: Uneasy Allies (Nov 5, 1980)
- Episode 1x07: Westy's War (Oct 30, 1980)
- Episode 1x06: Days of Decision (Oct 30, 1980)
- Episode 1x05: Assassination (Oct 23, 1980)
- Episode 1x04: Early Hope (Oct 23, 1980)
- Episode 1x03: Dien Bien Phu (Oct 16, 1980)
- Episode 1x02: France in Vietnam (Oct 16, 1980)
- Episode 1x01: America in Vietnam (Oct 16, 1980)
W.E.B. (1978)
Starring as Gus Dunlap
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x04: Walk a Velvet Tightrope (Sep 28, 1978)
- Episode 1x03: To Angelica with Love (Sep 21, 1978)
- Episode 1x02: Pilot (aka The Girl Who Saved Our America) (2) (Sep 14, 1978)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (aka The Girl Who Saved Our America) (1) (Sep 13, 1978)
The Kent Chronicles (1978)
Guest starring as Duke of Kentland
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (May 14, 1979)
The Love Boat (1977)
Guest starring as Stan Ellis
- Episode 5x06: Chef's Special / Kleinschmidt / Beginning Anew (Nov 7, 1981)
How the West Was Won (1977)
Guest starring as Colonel Flint
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x04: Orville Gant (Apr 9, 1978)
- Episode 2x03: Interlude (Feb 26, 1978)
- Episode 2x02: Mormon Story (Feb 19, 1978)
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Guest starring as Hannibal Applewood
- Episode 2x17: Troublemaker (Feb 25, 1976)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
Guest starring as Bishop Tim Farrow
- Episode 4x17: Requiem for Murder (Jan 22, 1976)
Dan August (1970)
Guest starring as Prof. Theodore Rye
- Episode 1x12: Quadrangle for Death (Dec 16, 1970)
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
Guest starring as Reece Sutton
- Episode 6x11: The Last Rip-Off (Nov 26, 1974)
Guest starring as Professor Andrew Kirkcastle
- Episode 5x15: A Full Life (Jan 8, 1974)
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Guest starring as Bernard Murdock
- Episode 5x18: The Odd Lot Caper (Jan 30, 1973)
Columbo (1968)
Guest starring as Nicholas Frame
- Episode 1972-11-26: Dagger of the Mind (Nov 26, 1972)
Irwin Allen's Lost in Space (1965)
Guest starring as Shakespeare-Reading Tape Recorder Voice
- Episode 1x02: The Derelict (Sep 22, 1965) [Uncredited]
Irwin Allen's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964)
Starring as Admiral Harriman Nelson
(110 episodes)
- Episode 4x26: No Way Back (Mar 31, 1968)
- Episode 4x25: The Death Clock (Mar 24, 1968)
- Episode 4x24: Edge of Doom (Mar 17, 1968)
- Episode 4x23: Attack! (Mar 10, 1968)
- Episode 4x22: Flaming Ice (Mar 3, 1968)
- Episode 4x21: Savage Jungle (Feb 25, 1968)
- Episode 4x20: Man-Beast (Feb 18, 1968)
- Episode 4x19: Secret of the Deep (Feb 11, 1968)
- Episode 4x18: The Abominable Snowman (Feb 4, 1968)
- Episode 4x17: Nightmare (Jan 28, 1968)
- Episode 4x16: The Lobster Man (Jan 21, 1968)
- Episode 4x15: Terrible Leprechaun (Jan 7, 1968)
- Episode 4x14: The Return of Blackbeard (Dec 31, 1967)
- Episode 4x13: Deadly Amphibians (Dec 17, 1967)
- Episode 4x12: Blow Up (Dec 10, 1967)
- Episode 4x11: A Time to Die (Dec 3, 1967)
- Episode 4x10: Terror (Nov 26, 1967)
- Episode 4x09: Rescue (Nov 19, 1967)
- Episode 4x08: Time Lock (Nov 12, 1967)
- Episode 4x07: Fatal Cargo (Nov 5, 1967)
- Episode 4x06: Man of Many Faces (Oct 29, 1967)
- Episode 4x05: Sealed Orders (Oct 22, 1967)
- Episode 4x04: Journey with Fear (Oct 15, 1967)
- Episode 4x03: Cave of the Dead (Oct 8, 1967)
- Episode 4x02: The Deadly Dolls (Oct 1, 1967)
- Episode 4x01: Fires of Death (Sep 17, 1967)
- Episode 3x26: Destroy Seaview! (Mar 19, 1967)
- Episode 3x25: Deadly Cloud (Mar 12, 1967)
- Episode 3x24: The Wax Men (Mar 5, 1967)
- Episode 3x23: Doomsday Island (Feb 26, 1967)
- Episode 3x22: No Escape from Death (Feb 19, 1967)
- Episode 3x21: Shadowman (Feb 12, 1967)
- Episode 3x20: The Mummy (Feb 5, 1967)
- Episode 3x19: The Mermaid (Jan 29, 1967)
- Episode 3x18: The Fossil Men (Jan 22, 1967)
- Episode 3x17: The Heat Monster (Jan 15, 1967)
- Episode 3x16: Death from the Past (Jan 8, 1967)
- Episode 3x15: The Creature (Jan 1, 1967)
- Episode 3x14: The Brand of the Beast (Dec 18, 1966)
- Episode 3x13: The Lost Bomb (Dec 11, 1966)
- Episode 3x12: The Plant Man (Dec 4, 1966)
- Episode 3x11: The Haunted Submarine (Nov 27, 1966)
- Episode 3x10: Deadly Invasion (Nov 20, 1966)
- Episode 3x09: The Death Watch (Nov 13, 1966)
- Episode 3x08: Thing from Inner Space (Nov 6, 1966)
- Episode 3x07: Deadly Waters (Oct 30, 1966)
- Episode 3x06: Day of Evil (Oct 23, 1966)
- Episode 3x05: The Terrible Toys (Oct 16, 1966)
- Episode 3x04: Night of Terror (Oct 9, 1966)
- Episode 3x03: The Day the World Ended (Oct 2, 1966)
- Episode 3x02: Werewolf (Sep 25, 1966)
- Episode 3x01: Monster from the Inferno (Sep 18, 1966)
- Episode 2x26: The Return of the Phantom (Mar 20, 1966)
- Episode 2x25: The Mechanical Man (Mar 13, 1966)
- Episode 2x24: The Menfish (Mar 6, 1966)
- Episode 2x23: The Monster's Web (Feb 27, 1966)
- Episode 2x22: The Death Ship (Feb 20, 1966)
- Episode 2x21: Dead Men's Doubloons (Feb 13, 1966)
- Episode 2x20: The Shape of Doom (Feb 6, 1966)
- Episode 2x19: Graveyard of Fear (Jan 30, 1966)
- Episode 2x18: The Sky's on Fire (Jan 23, 1966)
- Episode 2x17: The Phantom Strikes (Jan 16, 1966)
- Episode 2x16: Deadly Creature Below! (Jan 9, 1966)
- Episode 2x15: Killers of the Deep (Jan 2, 1966)
- Episode 2x14: Terror on Dinosaur Island (Dec 26, 1965)
- Episode 2x13: The Monster from Outer Space (Dec 19, 1965)
- Episode 2x12: The Machines Strike Back (Dec 12, 1965)
- Episode 2x11: The X Factor (Dec 5, 1965)
- Episode 2x10: The Silent Saboteurs (Nov 28, 1965)
- Episode 2x09: The Peacemaker (Nov 21, 1965)
- Episode 2x08: Leviathan (Nov 14, 1965)
- Episode 2x07: The Deadliest Game (Nov 7, 1965)
- Episode 2x06: The Left-Handed Man (Oct 31, 1965)
- Episode 2x05: Escape from Venice (Oct 24, 1965)
- Episode 2x04: The Cyborg (Oct 17, 1965)
- Episode 2x03: ...And Five of Us Are Left (Oct 3, 1965)
- Episode 2x02: Time Bomb (Sep 26, 1965)
- Episode 2x01: Jonah and the Whale (Sep 19, 1965)
- Episode 1x32: The Traitor (Apr 19, 1965)
- Episode 1x31: The Condemned (Apr 12, 1965)
- Episode 1x30: The Secret of the Loch (Apr 5, 1965)
- Episode 1x29: The Enemies (Mar 29, 1965)
- Episode 1x28: The Creature (Mar 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x27: The Exile (Mar 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x26: The Amphibians (Mar 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x25: Cradle of the Deep (Mar 1, 1965)
- Episode 1x24: The Saboteur (Feb 22, 1965)
- Episode 1x23: The Human Computer (Feb 15, 1965)
- Episode 1x22: The Buccaneer (Feb 8, 1965)
- Episode 1x21: The Indestructible Man (Feb 1, 1965)
- Episode 1x20: The Invaders (Jan 25, 1965)
- Episode 1x19: Doomsday (Jan 18, 1965)
- Episode 1x18: Mutiny (Jan 11, 1965)
- Episode 1x17: The Last Battle (Jan 4, 1965)
- Episode 1x16: Hail to the Chief (Dec 28, 1964)
- Episode 1x15: Long Live the King (Dec 21, 1964)
- Episode 1x14: The Ghost of Moby Dick (Dec 14, 1964)
- Episode 1x13: The Blizzard Makers (Dec 7, 1964)
- Episode 1x12: No Way Out (Nov 30, 1964)
- Episode 1x11: The Magnus Beam (Nov 23, 1964)
- Episode 1x10: Submarine Sunk Here (Nov 16, 1964)
- Episode 1x09: Hot Line (Nov 9, 1964)
- Episode 1x08: The Village of Guilt (Nov 2, 1964)
- Episode 1x07: Turn Back the Clock (Oct 26, 1964)
- Episode 1x06: The Sky is Falling (Oct 19, 1964)
- Episode 1x05: The Price of Doom (Oct 12, 1964)
- Episode 1x04: The Mist of Silence (Oct 5, 1964)
- Episode 1x03: The Fear-Makers (Sep 28, 1964)
- Episode 1x02: The City Beneath the Sea (Sep 21, 1964)
- Episode 1x01: Eleven Days to Zero (Sep 14, 1964)
Arrest and Trial (1963)
Guest starring as Alexander Safford
- Episode 1x09: Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart (Nov 10, 1963)
Combat! (1962)
Guest starring as Capt. Steiner
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: The Long Way Home Part II (Oct 15, 1963)
- Episode 2x04: The Long Way Home Part I (Oct 8, 1963)
Route 66 (1960)
Guest starring as Julian Roebuck
- Episode 3x16: You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti (Jan 11, 1963)
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Guest starring as Adam Cook
- Episode 5x09: Probe 7 - Over and Out (Nov 29, 1963)
Naked City (1958)
Guest starring as Lester Bergson
- Episode 4x11: Dust Devil on a Quiet Street (Nov 28, 1962)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
Guest starring as David Manning
- Episode 3x12: Medal for Valor (Dec 25, 1958)