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.

KNOWN FOR

Scrubs
2004
MacGyver
1991
Dallas
1988
Knots Landing
1984
Strong Medicine
2003
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1999
Arrested Development
2005
3rd Rock from the Sun
1999
T. J. Hooker
1986
The Division
2001
Reno 911!
2005
I Dream of Jeannie
1968

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
70
2009
Black Dynamite
as Captain Yancy
2008
Fast Girl
as Willy
2006
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Huu (voice)
2005
Demon Hunter
as Cardinal White
2005
Welcome To September
as Mr. Taskey
2005
Arrested Development
as Cab Driver
2005
Reno 911!
as Mover
2004
Wild Roomies
as Mr. Seeley
2004
Scrubs
as Patient
2003
House of 1000 Corpses
as Sheriff Frank Huston
2003
Strong Medicine
as Spelling Bee Judge
2002
Crazy As Hell
as Mr. Brennan
2001
The Division
as Older Man
2000
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'
as Narrator
2000
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove
as Narrator (voice) (as William H. Bassett)
2000
The Invisible Man
as Benjamin Scarborough
2000
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Alexander (segment "The Burial")
1999
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Roy
1999
Power Rangers
as Ghost Commander
1999
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Bernard
1998
The Magnificent Seven
as Bartender
1997
A Match Made in Heaven
as Sam Landay
1996
Her Costly Affair
as Ed Baines
1994
Spring Awakening
as Ulf Anderson
1993
Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
as Aaron
1991
Never Forget
as Lewis Brandon
1991
MacGyver
as Iain M'Iver (uncredited)
1989
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
as Dr. Watts
1989
The Hollywood Detective
as Jerry Brazil (as William H. Bassett)
1988
Black Eagle
as Dean Rickert
1988
Dallas
as Gurney (as William H. Bassett)
1988
Dallas
as Attorney Gurney (as William H. Bassett)
1986
The Naked Cage
as Jordan
1986
Invaders from Mars
as NASA Scientist
1986
T. J. Hooker
as Mr. Miller
1986
Newhart
as First Male Guest to Leave
1985
Creator
as Dr. Sutter
1985
Hunter
as Park Beach Bum
1984
Sam's Son
as Mr. Turner
1984
The Karate Kid
as Mr. Mills
1984
Knots Landing
as Emissary
1982
Moonlight
as Tappan Zee Man
1982
Richard II
as Lord Marshal
1981
Thornwell
as C.I.C. Agent
1980
The Kids Who Knew Too Much
as Policeman
1979
Old Boyfriends
as David Brinks
1978
Return from Witch Mountain
as Operations Officer
1978
Keefer
as The Sergeant
1978
Perfect Gentlemen
as Southern Man
1978
The Bastard
as British Officer
1977
Never Con a Killer
as Huff Hufaker
1977
The New Love Boat
as Josh
1977
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
as Smitty
1975
Lucky Lady
as Charley
1975
My Father's House
as Airplane Captain
1974
The Towering Inferno
as Leading Agent
1974
The Cloning of Clifford Swimmer
1974
Unwed Father
as Principal
1973
The Lie
as Army Major
1972
Another Part of the Forest
as Bagtry
1970
The Grasshopper
as Aaron
1970
Nancy
as Secret Service Agent Turner
1969
A Time for Dying
as The Southerner
1969
Land of the Giants
as Ranger Jack
1969
I Dream of Jeannie
as Sam Farrow
1968
I Dream of Jeannie
as Clem
1968
The Second Hundred Years
as Sergei
1966
The Journey of the Fifth Horse
as Rubin / Narvinsky
1960
The Tempest
as Ferdinand
1960
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Dr. Roger Waring