
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).
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Filmography

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
TV · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano · 5 eps

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Movie · as Self

One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Movie · as Self

Pupetta, Woman of Honor
TV · as Don Otello Di Bella · 4 eps
Ristabbanna
Movie

Chez Gino
Movie · as Oncle Giovanni

Il Volo
Movie

Christopher Roth
Movie · as Paul Andersen

13
Movie · as Schlondorff

Holy Money
Movie · as Vatican's Banker

The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Movie · as Self

Eve
Movie · as Joe
Empire State Building Murders
Movie · as Paulie Genovese

Looking for Palladin
Movie · as Jack Palladin
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Movie

Donne sbagliate
Movie · as Franco Maresco

A Prince Called Toto
Movie · as Self

Paris Je T'aime
Movie · as Ben (Quartier Latin)

Quiet Flows The Don
Movie · as Secretov

L'onore e il rispetto
TV · as Don Fred Di Venanzio · 6 eps

Quiet Flows the Don
TV · as General Secretov · 7 eps
Bonjour Michel
Movie · as michele Terranova

The Shore
Movie · as Mr. Bob Harris

Pope John Paul II
TV · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2 eps

Dogville Confessions
Movie · as Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Dogville
Movie · as Jack McKay

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self

L'ospite segreto
Movie · as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

Hysterical Blindness
Movie · as Nick
Home Sweet Hoboken
Movie

Brian's Song
Movie · as Coach Halas

Nella terra di nessuno
Movie · as L'avvocato Scalzi

Poor Liza
Movie · as The Narrator

Undertaker's Paradise
Movie · as Jim

Shark in a Bottle
Movie · as The Arranger

The List
Movie · as D.A. Bernard Salman

Blue Moon
Movie · as Frank Cavallo

Very Mean Men
Movie · as Gino Minetti

A Constant Forge
Movie · as Self

Jack of Hearts
Movie · as Batossa

Believe
Movie
Piovuto dal cielo
Movie

The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie · as Andrew Wallace

Paradise Cove
Movie · as Duke Mantee

Summer of Sam
Movie · as Luigi

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as E.A.D.A. · 1 ep

The Big Lebowski
Movie · as Jackie Treehorn

Buffalo '66
Movie · as Jimmy Brown

Illuminata
Movie · as Old Flavio

Valentine's Day
Movie · as Joe Buddha

Marilyn in Manhattan
Movie · as Self

Happiness
Movie · as Lenny Jordan

Il tesoro di Damasco
Movie · as Gregorio Kos

Too Tired to Die
Movie · as John Sage

Angelo Nero
Movie · as Padre Guelfi

The Spanish Prisoner
Movie · as Mr. Klein

Shadow Conspiracy
Movie · as Vicepresident Saxon

Vicious Circles
Movie · as March

Farmer & Chase
Movie · as Farmer

Stag
Movie · as Frank Grieco

Ladykiller
Movie · as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Movie · as Self

Strangers
TV · as Doctor · 1 ep

The Zone
Movie · as Dick Althorp

Convict Cowboy
Movie · as Warden Ferguson

Bandits
Movie · as Amos

Parallel Lives
Movie · as Charlie Duke

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Movie · as Moshe
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
Movie · as Amenophis III

Anything for John
Movie · as Self

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Movie · as Joseph Bonanno

Blindsided
Movie · as Ira Gold

The Window Over the Way
Movie

Forever
Movie · as Marcelo

Lies Before Kisses
Movie · as Grant Sanders

People Like Us
Movie · as Gus Bailey

Beyond the Ocean
Movie · as John Tana

Road House
Movie · as Brad Wesley

Quicker Than the Eye
Movie · as Ben Norell
Arena - John Cassavetes
Movie · as Self

Don Bosco
Movie · as Don Giovanni Bosco

Control
Movie · as Mike Zella

Downpayment on Murder
Movie · as Harry Cardell

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Movie · as Capt. Tom Wright

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Professor
Movie · as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

Bitter Champagne
Movie · as Paul Rivière

An Early Frost
Movie · as Nick Pierson

Woman of Wonders
Movie · as Alberto

A Letter to Three Wives
Movie · as Porter Holloway

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self

My Dearest Son
Movie · as Antonio Morelli

Uno scandalo perbene
Movie · as The man with no memory

The Girl from Trieste
Movie · as Dino Romani

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

A Question of Honor
Movie · as Detective Joe DeFalco

Ninho da Serpente
TV · as Self · 125 eps

They All Laughed
Movie · as John Russo

Tales of Ordinary Madness
Movie · as Charles Serking

Droit de Réponse
Movie · as Self

Inchon
Movie · as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

Bloodline
Movie · as Rhys Williams

Saint Jack
Movie · as Jack Flowers

Opening Night
Movie · as Manny Victor

The Death of Richie
Movie · as George Werner

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
TV · as Anson 'Kip' Roberts · 2 eps

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Movie · as Cosmo Vittelli

High Velocity
Movie · as Clifford Baumgartner

Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Morris Troper

Capone
Movie · as Al Capone

QB VII
TV · as Abe Cady · 2 eps

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Neptune Factor
Movie · as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

Maneater
Movie · as Nick Baron

Pursuit
Movie · as Steven Graves

When Michael Calls
Movie · as Doremus Connelly

The Sicilian Connection
Movie · as Joseph Coppola

Fireball Forward
Movie · as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

The Family Rico
Movie · as Eddie Rico

The Making of 'Husbands'
Movie · as Self
Film '72
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Husbands
Movie · as Harry

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Movie · as Card Player

The Bridge at Remagen
Movie · as Sgt. Angelo

The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

A Rage to Live
Movie · as Roger Bannon

Run for Your Life
TV · as Paul Bryan · 86 eps

Carol for Another Christmas
Movie · as Fred

Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV · as Paul Bryan · 1 ep

Arrest and Trial
TV · as Nick Anderson · 30 eps
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV · as Sidney · 1 ep

Convicts 4
Movie · as John Resko

Conquered City
Movie · as Captain George Stubbs

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 3 eps

The Young Doctors
Movie · as Dr. David Coleman

The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self, Self - Co-Host · 2 eps

The Passionate Thief
Movie · as Lello

Anatomy of a Murder
Movie · as Lt. Frederick Manion
You'll Never See Me Again
Movie · as Jim Mason

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Movie · as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

The Strange One
Movie · as Jocko de Paris
The Troublemakers
Movie · as Stanley Carr

Armchair Theatre
TV · as Jim Mason · 1 ep

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 2 eps

What's My Line?
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep







