Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

Known for
Acting
Born
August 28, 1930
Died
February 3, 2012 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

2025
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore poster

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore

TV · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano · 5 eps

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2014
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima poster

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima

Movie · as Self

2014
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film poster

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film

Movie · as Self

2013
Pupetta, Woman of Honor poster

Pupetta, Woman of Honor

TV · as Don Otello Di Bella · 4 eps

2012
Ristabbanna

Ristabbanna

Movie

2011
Chez Gino poster

Chez Gino

Movie · as Oncle Giovanni

2010
Il Volo poster

Il Volo

Movie

2010
Christopher Roth poster

Christopher Roth

Movie · as Paul Andersen

2010
13 poster

13

Movie · as Schlondorff

2009
Holy Money poster

Holy Money

Movie · as Vatican's Banker

2009
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes poster

The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes

Movie · as Self

2008
Eve poster

Eve

Movie · as Joe

2008
Empire State Building Murders

Empire State Building Murders

Movie · as Paulie Genovese

2008
Looking for Palladin poster

Looking for Palladin

Movie · as Jack Palladin

2008
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

Movie

2007
Donne sbagliate poster

Donne sbagliate

Movie · as Franco Maresco

2007
A Prince Called Toto poster

A Prince Called Toto

Movie · as Self

2006
Paris Je T'aime poster

Paris Je T'aime

Movie · as Ben (Quartier Latin)

2006
Quiet Flows The Don poster

Quiet Flows The Don

Movie · as Secretov

2006
L'onore e il rispetto poster

L'onore e il rispetto

TV · as Don Fred Di Venanzio · 6 eps

2006
Quiet Flows the Don poster

Quiet Flows the Don

TV · as General Secretov · 7 eps

2005
Bonjour Michel

Bonjour Michel

Movie · as michele Terranova

2005
The Shore poster

The Shore

Movie · as Mr. Bob Harris

2005
Pope John Paul II poster

Pope John Paul II

TV · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2 eps

2004
Dogville Confessions poster

Dogville Confessions

Movie · as Self

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
Dogville poster

Dogville

Movie · as Jack McKay

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Movie · as Self

2003
L'ospite segreto poster

L'ospite segreto

Movie · as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

2002
Hysterical Blindness poster

Hysterical Blindness

Movie · as Nick

2001
Home Sweet Hoboken

Home Sweet Hoboken

Movie

2001
Brian's Song poster

Brian's Song

Movie · as Coach Halas

2000
Nella terra di nessuno poster

Nella terra di nessuno

Movie · as L'avvocato Scalzi

2000
Poor Liza poster

Poor Liza

Movie · as The Narrator

2000
Undertaker's Paradise poster

Undertaker's Paradise

Movie · as Jim

2000
Shark in a Bottle poster

Shark in a Bottle

Movie · as The Arranger

2000
The List poster

The List

Movie · as D.A. Bernard Salman

2000
Blue Moon poster

Blue Moon

Movie · as Frank Cavallo

2000
Very Mean Men poster

Very Mean Men

Movie · as Gino Minetti

2000
A Constant Forge poster

A Constant Forge

Movie · as Self

2000
Jack of Hearts poster

Jack of Hearts

Movie · as Batossa

2000
Believe poster

Believe

Movie

2000
Piovuto dal cielo

Piovuto dal cielo

Movie

1999
The Thomas Crown Affair poster

The Thomas Crown Affair

Movie · as Andrew Wallace

1999
Paradise Cove poster

Paradise Cove

Movie · as Duke Mantee

1999
Summer of Sam poster

Summer of Sam

Movie · as Luigi

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as E.A.D.A. · 1 ep

1998
The Big Lebowski poster

The Big Lebowski

Movie · as Jackie Treehorn

1998
Buffalo '66 poster

Buffalo '66

Movie · as Jimmy Brown

1998
Illuminata poster

Illuminata

Movie · as Old Flavio

1998
Valentine's Day poster

Valentine's Day

Movie · as Joe Buddha

1998
Marilyn in Manhattan poster

Marilyn in Manhattan

Movie · as Self

1998
Happiness poster

Happiness

Movie · as Lenny Jordan

1998
Il tesoro di Damasco poster

Il tesoro di Damasco

Movie · as Gregorio Kos

1998
Too Tired to Die poster

Too Tired to Die

Movie · as John Sage

1998
Angelo Nero poster

Angelo Nero

Movie · as Padre Guelfi

1997
The Spanish Prisoner poster

The Spanish Prisoner

Movie · as Mr. Klein

1997
Shadow Conspiracy poster

Shadow Conspiracy

Movie · as Vicepresident Saxon

1997
Vicious Circles poster

Vicious Circles

Movie · as March

1997
Farmer & Chase poster

Farmer & Chase

Movie · as Farmer

1997
Stag poster

Stag

Movie · as Frank Grieco

1996
Ladykiller poster

Ladykiller

Movie · as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

1996
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All

Movie · as Self

1996
Strangers poster

Strangers

TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

1995
The Zone poster

The Zone

Movie · as Dick Althorp

1995
Convict Cowboy poster

Convict Cowboy

Movie · as Warden Ferguson

1995
Bandits poster

Bandits

Movie · as Amos

1994
Parallel Lives poster

Parallel Lives

Movie · as Charlie Duke

1994
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem poster

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem

Movie · as Moshe

1994
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

Movie · as Amenophis III

1993
Anything for John poster

Anything for John

Movie · as Self

1993
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage poster

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

Movie · as Joseph Bonanno

1993
Blindsided poster

Blindsided

Movie · as Ira Gold

1993
The Window Over the Way poster

The Window Over the Way

Movie

1991
Forever poster

Forever

Movie · as Marcelo

1991
Lies Before Kisses poster

Lies Before Kisses

Movie · as Grant Sanders

1990
People Like Us poster

People Like Us

Movie · as Gus Bailey

1990
Beyond the Ocean poster

Beyond the Ocean

Movie · as John Tana

1989
Road House poster

Road House

Movie · as Brad Wesley

1989
Quicker Than the Eye poster

Quicker Than the Eye

Movie · as Ben Norell

1989
Arena - John Cassavetes

Arena - John Cassavetes

Movie · as Self

1988
Don Bosco poster

Don Bosco

Movie · as Don Giovanni Bosco

1987
Control poster

Control

Movie · as Mike Zella

1987
Downpayment on Murder poster

Downpayment on Murder

Movie · as Harry Cardell

1987
Police Story: The Freeway Killings poster

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

Movie · as Capt. Tom Wright

1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life poster

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
The Professor poster

The Professor

Movie · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

1986
Bitter Champagne poster

Bitter Champagne

Movie · as Paul Rivière

1985
An Early Frost poster

An Early Frost

Movie · as Nick Pierson

1985
Woman of Wonders poster

Woman of Wonders

Movie · as Alberto

1985
A Letter to Three Wives poster

A Letter to Three Wives

Movie · as Porter Holloway

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
My Dearest Son poster

My Dearest Son

Movie · as Antonio Morelli

1984
Uno scandalo perbene poster

Uno scandalo perbene

Movie · as The man with no memory

1982
The Girl from Trieste poster

The Girl from Trieste

Movie · as Dino Romani

1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! poster

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1982
A Question of Honor poster

A Question of Honor

Movie · as Detective Joe DeFalco

1982
Ninho da Serpente poster

Ninho da Serpente

TV · as Self · 125 eps

1981
They All Laughed poster

They All Laughed

Movie · as John Russo

1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness poster

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Movie · as Charles Serking

1981
Droit de Réponse poster

Droit de Réponse

Movie · as Self

1981
Inchon poster

Inchon

Movie · as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

1979
Bloodline poster

Bloodline

Movie · as Rhys Williams

1979
Saint Jack poster

Saint Jack

Movie · as Jack Flowers

1977
Opening Night poster

Opening Night

Movie · as Manny Victor

1977
The Death of Richie poster

The Death of Richie

Movie · as George Werner

1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald poster

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

TV · as Anson 'Kip' Roberts · 2 eps

1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie poster

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

Movie · as Cosmo Vittelli

1976
High Velocity poster

High Velocity

Movie · as Clifford Baumgartner

1976
Voyage of the Damned poster

Voyage of the Damned

Movie · as Morris Troper

1975
Capone poster

Capone

Movie · as Al Capone

1974
QB VII poster

QB VII

TV · as Abe Cady · 2 eps

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1973
The Neptune Factor poster

The Neptune Factor

Movie · as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

1973
Maneater poster

Maneater

Movie · as Nick Baron

1972
Pursuit poster

Pursuit

Movie · as Steven Graves

1972
When Michael Calls poster

When Michael Calls

Movie · as Doremus Connelly

1972
The Sicilian Connection poster

The Sicilian Connection

Movie · as Joseph Coppola

1972
Fireball Forward poster

Fireball Forward

Movie · as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

1972
The Family Rico poster

The Family Rico

Movie · as Eddie Rico

1971
The Making of 'Husbands' poster

The Making of 'Husbands'

Movie · as Self

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Husbands poster

Husbands

Movie · as Harry

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Card Player

1969
The Bridge at Remagen poster

The Bridge at Remagen

Movie · as Sgt. Angelo

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1965
A Rage to Live poster

A Rage to Live

Movie · as Roger Bannon

1965
Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life

TV · as Paul Bryan · 86 eps

1964
Carol for Another Christmas poster

Carol for Another Christmas

Movie · as Fred

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre

TV · as Paul Bryan · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · as Nick Anderson · 30 eps

1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

TV · as Sidney · 1 ep

1962
Convicts 4 poster

Convicts 4

Movie · as John Resko

1962
Conquered City poster

Conquered City

Movie · as Captain George Stubbs

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1961
The Young Doctors poster

The Young Doctors

Movie · as Dr. David Coleman

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 2 eps

1960
The Passionate Thief poster

The Passionate Thief

Movie · as Lello

1959
Anatomy of a Murder poster

Anatomy of a Murder

Movie · as Lt. Frederick Manion

1959
You'll Never See Me Again

You'll Never See Me Again

Movie · as Jim Mason

1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams poster

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

Movie · as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

1957
The Strange One poster

The Strange One

Movie · as Jocko de Paris

1957
The Troublemakers

The Troublemakers

Movie · as Stanley Carr

1956
Armchair Theatre poster

Armchair Theatre

TV · as Jim Mason · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep