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William Bassett

Date of birth: 1935-12-28

Place of birth: Evanston, Illinois, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: William H. Bassett, William Henry Bassett , Frederick Bloggs

William Bassett

Biography

William Henry Bassett (December 28, 1935 – February 9, 2025) was an American actor of film and television who appeared in more than 100 commercials, films, television programs, and video games from the 1960s through the 2010s.

Movie Credits

House of 1000 Corpses
3.1

House of 1000 Corpses

2003-04-11

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial ki

The Bastard
2.9

The Bastard

1978-05-22

Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to Engla

Wild Roomies
2

Wild Roomies

2004-01-01

After his last girlfriend slept with his last roommate, Reno Rizzolla moves to L.A. with his new gir

Creator
3.1

Creator

1985-09-20

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to

Return from Witch Mountain
3

Return from Witch Mountain

1978-03-10

Tony and Tia are other-worldly twins endowed with telekinesis. When their Uncle Bene drops them off

Black Eagle
2.5

Black Eagle

1988-05-01

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system,

Demon Hunter
2.3

Demon Hunter

2005-06-01

After resolving a situation of exorcism, the half-breed demon hunter Jake Greyman reports to Cardina

Crazy As Hell
2.7

Crazy As Hell

2002-09-27

A famous psychiatrist (Ty Adams) takes on the job of trying to cure patients at the Sedah State Hosp

Fast Girl
2.8

Fast Girl

2008-01-24

Racing is in Alex Johnstone's blood. It was her father s life and it ultimately caused his death so

The Grasshopper
2.5

The Grasshopper

1970-05-27

A British Columbia teenager dreams of show business but winds up as a call girl in Las Vegas.

Keefer
0

Keefer

1978-03-16

An U.S. Army colonel leads a crack group of secret agents operating behind enemy lines in occupied F

The Lie
3

The Lie

1973-04-24

An Ingmar Bergman script. Produced for Swedish Television as "Reservatet" (1970) and for BBC as "The

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
3.1

The Case of the Hillside Stranglers

1989-04-02

The chilling true story of the "two of a kind" killing cousins, Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, be

Sam's Son
3

Sam's Son

1984-08-17

Michael Landon's semi-autobiographical sketch of his earlier life. It's the story of Gene Orowitz, a

Black Dynamite
3.6

Black Dynamite

2009-10-16

This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother

Never Con a Killer
0

Never Con a Killer

1977-05-13

Pilot to the short-lived TV series "The Feather and Father Gang" has Detective Feather Danton and he

The New Love Boat
0.5

The New Love Boat

1977-05-05

Guest stars include Georgia Engel as a stowaway, Gary Frank and Melanie Mayron as a pair of tremulou

Moonlight
3

Moonlight

1982-09-14

A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terroris

Never Forget
2.1

Never Forget

1991-04-08

Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial hi

Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
2.3

Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel

1993-03-17

Johnny Woo and Julie play an enduring couple who survive all sorts of interference from rival kick-b

The Naked Cage
2.5

The Naked Cage

1986-03-01

A young woman is falsely convicted of a bank robbery and sent to a maximum-security prison run by a

Another Part of the Forest
0

Another Part of the Forest

1972-10-02

A television adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play about the Hubbards, a rich Southern family of gree

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
2.8

Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'

2000-05-05

A documentary on the making of Stanley Kubrick's classic 1964 film.

Thornwell
3

Thornwell

1981-01-28

The story of James Thornwell, whose accusation that the U.S. Army used mind control drugs on him to

Old Boyfriends
2.5

Old Boyfriends

1979-03-22

When her marriage falls apart, a psychiatrist seeks out those of her former boyfriends who left the

The Journey of the Fifth Horse
0

The Journey of the Fifth Horse

1966-10-14

Dustin Hoffman stars in this television adaptation of Ivan Turgenev's tale about Dmitri Zoditch, a s

The Hollywood Detective
3

The Hollywood Detective

1989-10-25

An actor at the end of the line who used to play a PI on TV turns to real detective work when a fan

Invaders from Mars
2.8

Invaders from Mars

1986-06-06

A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.

The Towering Inferno
3.5

The Towering Inferno

1974-12-14

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, thr

The Karate Kid
3.6

The Karate Kid

1984-06-22

New Jersey teen Daniel LaRusso moves to Los Angeles with his mother, and soon strikes up a relations

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
3

The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer

1974-11-01

Clifford Swimmer, an angry and abusive man cruel to his wife and son, wants out if his marriage. Wi

Her Costly Affair
1.9

Her Costly Affair

1996-10-28

A professor's casual fling with her graduate student turns deadly when he insists on a more permanen

Lucky Lady
2.6

Lucky Lady

1975-12-25

When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub sing

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
2.5

The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove

2000-04-10

A documentary about the making of Stanley Kubricks 1964 film Dr Strangelove Or: How I Stop Worrying

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
2.4

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977-10-24

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also ki

Welcome To September
0

Welcome To September

2005-03-24

Drew McCullough, a lonely young Irishman, sells carpet for a living. One night, he is transfixed by

Perfect Gentlemen
2

Perfect Gentlemen

1978-03-14

Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.

The Tempest
3

The Tempest

1960-02-03

Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, who lives in exile on a remote island as a sorcerer, uses his p

A Time for Dying
3.1

A Time for Dying

1969-09-15

Passing through a town, a farm boy aspiring to be a bounty hunter rescues a woman who has been trick

Spring Awakening
2.5

Spring Awakening

1994-11-06

The failing economic fortunes of a small turn-of-the-century Nebraska town interrupt a blossoming ro

Unwed Father
2

Unwed Father

1974-02-27

A teenage boy fathers a child with his girlfriend. He then fights his parents, the girlfriend, the g

My Father's House
0

My Father's House

1975-06-01

Recovering from a heart attack, a workaholic editor recalls the simple days of his youth. Robertson

The Kids Who Knew Too Much
3.6

The Kids Who Knew Too Much

1980-04-29

When a cryptic note is passed to young Bert Hale by a stranger, he and his three friends inadvertent