William Bassett
Actor
Born December 28, 1935 in 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
Black Dynamite
Captain Yancy
Fast Girl
Willy
Demon Hunter
Cardinal White
Welcome To September
Mr. Taskey
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Huu (voice)
Wild Roomies
Mr. Seeley
Arrested Development
Cab Driver
Reno 911!
Mover
House of 1000 Corpses
Sheriff Frank Huston
Crazy As Hell
Mr. Brennan
Scrubs
Patient
The Division
Older Man
Strong Medicine
Spelling Bee Judge
The Invisible Man
Benjamin Scarborough
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
Narrator
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
Narrator (voice) (as William H. Bassett)
The Magnificent Seven
Bartender
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Alexander (segment "The Burial")
Her Costly Affair
Ed Baines
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Roy
3rd Rock from the Sun
Bernard
Spring Awakening
Ulf Anderson
Power Rangers
Ghost Commander
Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
Aaron
Never Forget
Lewis Brandon
The Hollywood Detective
Jerry Brazil (as William H. Bassett)
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Dr. Watts
Black Eagle
Dean Rickert
Invaders from Mars
NASA Scientist
The Naked Cage
Jordan
MacGyver
Iain M'Iver (uncredited)
Creator
Dr. Sutter
Hunter
Park Beach Bum
Sam's Son
Mr. Turner
The Karate Kid
Mr. Mills
Moonlight
Tappan Zee Man
Richard II
Lord Marshal
T. J. Hooker
Mr. Miller
Thornwell
C.I.C. Agent
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
Policeman
Knots Landing
Emissary
Old Boyfriends
David Brinks
Dallas
Attorney Gurney (as William H. Bassett)
Keefer
The Sergeant
Perfect Gentlemen
Southern Man
Return from Witch Mountain
Operations Officer
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
Smitty
Never Con a Killer
Huff Hufaker
The New Love Boat
Josh
Lucky Lady
Charley
My Father's House
Airplane Captain
The Towering Inferno
Leading Agent
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
Unwed Father
Principal
The Lie
Army Major
Another Part of the Forest
Bagtry
The Grasshopper
Aaron
A Time for Dying
The Southerner
Land of the Giants
Ranger Jack
The Second Hundred Years
Sergei
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
Rubin / Narvinsky
I Dream of Jeannie
Clem
The Tempest
Ferdinand