William Bassett

Acting

Born December 28, 1935, Evanston, Illinois, USA

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.

Filmography

• 2009Black Dynamite — Captain Yancy
• 2008Fast Girl — Willy
• Avatar: The Last Airbender — Huu (voice)
• 2005Demon Hunter — Cardinal White
• 2005Welcome To September — Mr. Taskey
• 2004Wild Roomies — Mr. Seeley
• Arrested Development — Cab Driver
• 2003House of 1000 Corpses — Sheriff Frank Huston
• Reno 911! — Mover
• 2002Crazy As Hell — Mr. Brennan
• Scrubs — Patient
• The Division — Older Man
• 2000Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' — Narrator
• Strong Medicine — Spelling Bee Judge
• 2000The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove — Narrator (voice) (as William H. Bassett)
• The Invisible Man — Benjamin Scarborough
• The Magnificent Seven — Bartender
• 1997A Match Made in Heaven — Sam Landay
• Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction — Alexander (segment "The Burial")
• 3rd Rock from the Sun — Bernard
• 1996Her Costly Affair — Ed Baines
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Roy
• 1994Spring Awakening — Ulf Anderson
• Power Rangers — Ghost Commander
• 1993Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel — Aaron
• 1991Never Forget — Lewis Brandon
• 1989The Case of the Hillside Stranglers — Dr. Watts
• 1989The Hollywood Detective — Jerry Brazil (as William H. Bassett)
• 1988Black Eagle — Dean Rickert
• 1986Invaders from Mars — NASA Scientist
• 1986The Naked Cage — Jordan
• 1985Creator — Dr. Sutter
• MacGyver — Iain M'Iver (uncredited)
• Hunter — Park Beach Bum
• 1984Sam's Son — Mr. Turner
• 1984The Karate Kid — Mr. Mills
• 1982Moonlight — Tappan Zee Man
• Newhart — First Male Guest to Leave
• 1982Richard II — Lord Marshal
• T. J. Hooker — Mr. Miller
• 1981Thornwell — C.I.C. Agent
• 1980The Kids Who Knew Too Much — Policeman
• Knots Landing — Emissary
• 1979Old Boyfriends — David Brinks
• Dallas — Gurney (as William H. Bassett), Attorney Gurney (as William H. Bassett)
• 1978Keefer — The Sergeant
• 1978Perfect Gentlemen — Southern Man
• 1978Return from Witch Mountain — Operations Officer
• The Bastard — British Officer
• 1977Never Con a Killer — Huff Hufaker
• 1977The New Love Boat — Josh
• 1977The Night They Took Miss Beautiful — Smitty
• 1975Lucky Lady — Charley
• 1975My Father's House — Airplane Captain
• 1974The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
• 1974The Towering Inferno — Leading Agent
• 1974Unwed Father — Principal
• 1973The Lie — Army Major
• 1972Another Part of the Forest — Bagtry
• Nancy — Secret Service Agent Turner
• 1970The Grasshopper — Aaron
• 1969A Time for Dying — The Southerner
• Land of the Giants — Ranger Jack
• The Second Hundred Years — Sergei
• 1966The Journey of the Fifth Horse — Rubin / Narvinsky
• I Dream of Jeannie — Clem, Sam Farrow
• The Chevy Mystery Show — Dr. Roger Waring
• 1960The Tempest — Ferdinand