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