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Basehart was equally active in cinema, receiving National Board of Review Awards for his performances in Fourteen Hours (1951) and Moby Dick (1956). He was further nominated for a BAFTA Award for his role in Time Limit (1957), the only film directed by Karl Malden.
Richard Basehart. Jump to. 3 wins & 1 nomination. BAFTA Awards. 1958 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Foreign Actor. Time Limit. National Board of Review, USA. 1956 Winner NBR Award. Best Supporting Actor. Moby Dick. 1951 Winner NBR Award. Best Actor. Fourteen Hours. Walk of Fame. 1960 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame. Motion Picture.
- August 31, 1914
- September 17, 1984
From 1938, he began to work in New York on and off-Broadway. Seven years later he received the New York Drama Critics Circle Best Newcomer Award for "The Hasty Heart", a drama by John Patrick, in which Basehart played a dying Scottish soldier. In 1945, he received his first film offers.
- January 1, 1
- Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Fourteen Hours was listed as among the top-10 motion pictures of 1951 by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. For his performance in the movie, Basehart won the 1951 award for best actor by the board. The film also was nominated for the BAFTA award for best film from any source.
Apr 9, 2010 · SK: Don Taylor, his best friend (he was the rancher in The Savage Guns, a proto-“spaghetti western†Richard made in Spain in 1961) asked Richard to play the Sayer of the Law in the film he was directing based on H.G. Wells’ novel The Island of Dr. Moreau.  No one else would take the role, so Don asked Richard what he could ...
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Profession. actor/di. Awards. 1958 BAFTA Film Awards - Best Foreign Actor: nominated. 1956 National Board of Review - Best Supporting Actor: winner. 1951 National Board of Review - Best Actor:...
