Ben Gazzara
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Biagio Anthony Gazzarra (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012), known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Happiness (1998), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Summer of Sam (1999), Dogville (2003) and Paris, je t'aime (2006). He was a recurring collaborator with John Cassavetes, working with him on Husbands (1970), The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976) and Opening Night (1977). As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965-1968), Gazzarra was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his first, and only, Emmy Award for his role in the television film Hysterical Blindness (2002).
Known for
Credits
The Big Lebowski (1998)
as Jackie Treehorn
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
as Andrew Wallace
Dogville (2003)
as Jack McKay
13 (2010)
as Schlondorff
Paris Je T'aime (2006)
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
Road House (1989)
as Brad Wesley
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Buffalo '66 (1998)
as Jimmy Brown
The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
as Mr. Klein
Shadow Conspiracy (1997)
as Vicepresident Saxon
Happiness (1998)
as Lenny Jordan
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
as Sgt. Angelo
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
as Morris Troper
Summer of Sam (1999)
as Luigi
Dogville Confessions (2004)
as Self
Capone (1975)
as Al Capone
Opening Night (1977)
as Manny Victor
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
as Cosmo Vittelli
The Professor (1986)
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981)
as Charles Serking
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
as Nick
When Michael Calls (1972)
as Doremus Connelly
Conquered City (1962)
as Captain George Stubbs
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
as Card Player
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
as Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Bloodline (1979)
as Rhys Williams
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2003)
as Self
Chez Gino (2011)
as Oncle Giovanni
Husbands (1970)
as Harry
Inchon (1981)
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Blindsided (1993)
as Ira Gold
Downpayment on Murder (1987)
as Harry Cardell
Poor Liza (2000)
as The Narrator
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
People Like Us (1990)
as Gus Bailey
A Rage to Live (1965)
as Roger Bannon
They All Laughed (1981)
as John Russo
Brian's Song (2001)
as Coach Halas
Saint Jack (1979)
as Jack Flowers
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
as Dino Romani
The Neptune Factor (1973)
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Christopher Roth (2010)
as Paul Andersen
Very Mean Men (2000)
as Gino Minetti
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima (2014)
as Self
Vicious Circles (1997)
as March
Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
as Fred
Too Tired to Die (1998)
as John Sage
Fireball Forward (1972)
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
The Passionate Thief (1960)
as Lello
An Early Frost (1985)
as Nick Pierson
Pursuit (1972)
as Steven Graves
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies (2008)
Actor
Convict Cowboy (1995)
as Warden Ferguson
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987)
as Capt. Tom Wright
Parallel Lives (1994)
as Charlie Duke
Stag (1997)
as Frank Grieco
Quiet Flows The Don (2006)
as Secretov
Droit de Réponse (1981)
as Self
The Sicilian Connection (1972)
as Joseph Coppola
Bonjour Michel (2005)
as michele Terranova
Convicts 4 (1962)
as John Resko
Bitter Champagne (1986)
as Paul Rivière
Piovuto dal cielo (2000)
Actor
The Death of Richie (1977)
as George Werner
Valentine's Day (1998)
as Joe Buddha
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film (2014)
as Self
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage (1993)
as Joseph Bonanno
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1987)
as Self (archive footage)
Ristabbanna (2012)
Actor
A Constant Forge (2000)
as Self
Farmer & Chase (1997)
as Farmer
A Prince Called Toto (2007)
as Self
Donne sbagliate (2007)
as Franco Maresco
Anything for John (1993)
as Self
Quicker Than the Eye (1989)
as Ben Norell
Forever (1991)
as Marcelo
The Family Rico (1972)
as Eddie Rico
Ladykiller (1996)
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Jack of Hearts (2000)
as Batossa
Control (1987)
as Mike Zella
Illuminata (1998)
as Old Flavio
A Letter to Three Wives (1985)
as Porter Holloway
Believe (2000)
Actor
Undertaker's Paradise (2000)
as Jim
Arena - John Cassavetes (1989)
as Self
A Question of Honor (1982)
as Detective Joe DeFalco
The Strange One (1957)
as Jocko de Paris
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun (1994)
as Amenophis III
Blue Moon (2000)
as Frank Cavallo
The Window Over the Way (1993)
Actor
Looking for Palladin (2008)
as Jack Palladin
Eve (2008)
as Joe
High Velocity (1976)
as Clifford Baumgartner
The Young Doctors (1961)
as Dr. David Coleman
Don Bosco (1988)
as Don Giovanni Bosco
The Making of 'Husbands' (1971)
as Self
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams (1958)
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
The List (2000)
as D.A. Bernard Salman
Marilyn in Manhattan (1998)
as Self
Empire State Building Murders (2008)
as Paulie Genovese
The Shore (2005)
as Mr. Bob Harris
Holy Money (2009)
as Vatican's Banker
Uno scandalo perbene (1984)
as The man with no memory
Beyond the Ocean (1990)
as John Tana
Shark in a Bottle (2000)
as The Arranger
Paradise Cove (1999)
as Duke Mantee
Il Volo (2010)
Actor
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All (1996)
as Self
Lies Before Kisses (1991)
as Grant Sanders
Angelo Nero (1998)
as Padre Guelfi
You'll Never See Me Again (1959)
as Jim Mason
Il tesoro di Damasco (1998)
as Gregorio Kos
My Dearest Son (1985)
as Antonio Morelli
Woman of Wonders (1985)
as Alberto
The Zone (1995)
as Dick Althorp
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes (2009)
as Self
Maneater (1973)
as Nick Baron
L'ospite segreto (2003)
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Bandits (1995)
as Amos
Nella terra di nessuno (2000)
as L'avvocato Scalzi
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem (1994)
as Moshe
Home Sweet Hoboken (2001)
Actor
The Troublemakers (1957)
as Stanley Carr