Richard Basehart came to Hollywood in 1947, after beginning an acting career on Broadway. He made his mark in the gritty film-noir classic He Walked by Night (1948), among others, and proved his versatility in several international productions, most notably in Federico Fellini's poignant masterpiece Michi (1954). Best remembered by the public for his starring role as Admiral Nelson in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964).

Credits include: Live and Let Die, Licence to Kill, The Fly, The Enemy Below and ffolkes

Credits include: Take the Money and Run, The Slams, The Twilight People, Guns of Diablo and Six Bridges to Cross

Credits include: Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Death from the Past

Credits include: Von Ryan's Express, The Leech Woman, Beyond the Time Barrier, The Formula and Madame X

Credits include: Little House on the Prairie, Witless Protection, The Satan Bug, Normal and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Credits include: The Philadelphia Story, Holiday, High Society, Without Love and Holiday

Credits include: The Initiation, Brainwash, Death from the Past, The Silent Saboteurs and Stoney Burke

Credits include: Walking Tall, The Girl in Lovers Lane, The Police Connection, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Revenge of the Virgins

Credits include: The Thirsty Dead, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, I am the Night - Color Me Black and Neighborhood Watch

He is an actor featured on the Planet of the Apes television series. He appeared in twelve episodes as fifteen different characters, all except one being gorillas.

Credits include: Emergency! and Death from the Past