Ben Gazzara
Actor
Born August 28, 1930 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Filmography
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
Il Volo
13
Schlondorff
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
Eve
Joe
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
A Prince Called Toto
Self
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
Quiet Flows the Don
General Secretov
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli
The Shore
Mr. Bob Harris
Dogville Confessions
Self
Dogville
Jack McKay
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
A Constant Forge
Self
The List
D.A. Bernard Salman
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
Believe
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
Poor Liza
The Narrator
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
E.A.D.A.
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Summer of Sam
Luigi
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
Illuminata
Old Flavio
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
The Spanish Prisoner
Mr. Klein
Stag
Frank Grieco
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
Vicious Circles
March
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Strangers
Doctor
The Zone
Dick Althorp
Convict Cowboy
Warden Ferguson
Bandits
Amos
Parallel Lives
Charlie Duke
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Moshe
Anything for John
Self
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Joseph Bonanno
Blindsided
Ira Gold
The Window Over the Way
Forever
Marcelo
Lies Before Kisses
Grant Sanders
People Like Us
Gus Bailey
Beyond the Ocean
John Tana
Quicker Than the Eye
Ben Norell
Road House
Brad Wesley
Don Bosco
Don Giovanni Bosco
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Capt. Tom Wright
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Control
Mike Zella
Downpayment on Murder
Harry Cardell
The Professor
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Bitter Champagne
Paul Rivière
A Letter to Three Wives
Porter Holloway
My Dearest Son
Antonio Morelli
Woman of Wonders
Alberto
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Uno scandalo perbene
The man with no memory
The Girl from Trieste
Dino Romani
A Question of Honor
Detective Joe DeFalco
Ninho da Serpente
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Droit de Réponse
Self
They All Laughed
John Russo
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Serking
Inchon
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
Saint Jack
Jack Flowers
Opening Night
Manny Victor
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Anson 'Kip' Roberts
The Death of Richie
George Werner
Voyage of the Damned
Morris Troper
High Velocity
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Cosmo Vittelli
Capone
Al Capone
Dinah!
Self
QB VII
Abe Cady
Maneater
Nick Baron
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
The Sicilian Connection
Joseph Coppola
Pursuit
Steven Graves
The Family Rico
Eddie Rico
Fireball Forward
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
Columbo
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
Husbands
Harry
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
The Bridge at Remagen
Sgt. Angelo
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Card Player
The Name of the Game
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
A Rage to Live
Roger Bannon
Run for Your Life
Paul Bryan
Carol for Another Christmas
Fred
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Paul Bryan
Arrest and Trial
Nick Anderson
Conquered City
Captain George Stubbs
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Convicts 4
John Resko
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Young Doctors
Dr. David Coleman
The Passionate Thief
Lello
Anatomy of a Murder
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
Armchair Theatre
Jim Mason
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter