John Anthony Carmine Michael "Jackie" Basehart (11 October 1951 – 16 May 2015) was an American actor.

Life and career

Born in

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, Basehart was the son of actor

Richard Basehart 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). He also portrayed Wilton Knight ...

and actress

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, . who had met while making a film together. For a few years, between the mid-1970s and the early 1980s, he was among the most requested young actors in Italian cinema, appearing in all sorts of films, even though mainly in supporting roles. At that time he was hailed for "genius and recklessness" because of his excesses, which had ample space in the Italian gossip columns.

Last years and death

Struck by a

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, which progressively involved difficulty in swallowing, obesity, several hospitalizations and operations, and gradual paralysis, he died at his home in

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on 16 May 2015, at age 63, predeceasing his mother.

Partial filmography

* Sealed Orders - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1967) * ''La linea del fiume'' (1976) - Owen * '' Mimì Bluette... fiore del mio giardino'' (1976) - David Ross * ''

The Black Corsair ''The Black Corsair'' is an 1898 adventure novel written by Italian novelist Emilio Salgari. Set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy, the novel narrates the exploits of Emilio Roccanera, Lord of Ventimiglia and his attempts to ave ...

'' (1976) - Corsaro Rosso * ''

The Inglorious Bastards ''The Inglorious Bastards'' ( it, Quel maledetto treno blindato, lit=That damned armored train) is a 1978 Italian Euro War film directed by Enzo G. Castellari and starring Bo Svenson, Peter Hooten, Fred Williamson, Jackie Basehart, and Ian Ba ...

'' (1978) - Berle * ''

The Iron Hand of the Mafia ''The Iron Hand of the Mafia'' ( it, Mafia, una legge che non perdona) is a 1980 Italian film directed by Roberto Girometti. Plot The heirs of the old mafia give rise to a bloody struggle to secure the monopoly on organized crime. Style Despite ...

'' (1980) - Tony * ''

Sesso e volentieri ''Sesso e volentieri'' is a 1982 Italian anthology-comedy film directed by Dino Risi. The film consists in ten segments, all starred by Johnny Dorelli and all having sex and sexual perversions as main theme.Paolo D'Agostini, ''Dino Risi'', Editri ...

'' (1982) - The Prince * ''

Viuuulentemente mia ''Viuuulentemente mia'' ("Mine with violence") is a 1982 Italian crime comedy film written and directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast * Diego Abatantuono as Achille Cotone * Laura Antonelli as Anna Tassotti Maloni * Christian De Sica as Juan Lopez y A ...

'' (1982) - Frank Lovejoy * ''

Odd Squad ''Odd Squad'' (stylized as ''ODD SQUAD'') is a children's live action educational television series that premiered on TVOKids in Canada and PBS Kids in the United States on November 26, 2014. Similar to ''Cyberchase'' and ''Peg + Cat'', other ma ...

'' (1983) - Pvt. Kirk Jones * ''Mai con le donne'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1996) * ''

The Return of Sandokan ''The Return of Sandokan'' is a 1996 television series produced by Germany (where it was released as ''Die Rückkehr des Sandokan'') and Italy (where is known as ''Il ritorno di Sandokan''). It is a sequel to the 1976 ''Sandokan'' television ser ...

'' (1996) - Sir Burton * ''

Tea with Mussolini ''Tea with Mussolini'' ( it, Un tè con Mussolini) is a 1999 Anglo-Italian semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle o ...

'' (1999) - Count Bernardini (final film role)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Basehart, Jackie 1951 births 2015 deaths American male film actors Italian male film actors American emigrants to Italy 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors 20th-century Italian male actors 21st-century Italian male actors Neurological disease deaths in Lombardy Deaths from progressive supranuclear palsy