Ben Gazzara
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Gazzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Lt. Frederick Manion
Anatomy of a Murder
Jackie Treehorn
The Big Lebowski
Andrew Wallace
The Thomas Crown Affair
Jack McKay
Dogville
Brad Wesley
Road House
Rhys Williams
Bloodline
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Paris, je t'aime
L'avvocato Scalzi
Nella terra di nessuno
Card Player
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
John Russo
They All Laughed
Cosmo Vittelli
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Jimmy Brown
Buffalo '66
Joe
Eve
michele Terranova
Bonjour Michel
Manny Victor
Opening Night
Il Volo
Mr. Klein
The Spanish Prisoner
The Narrator
Poor Liza
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Ladykiller
Jim
Undertaker's Paradise
Sgt. Angelo
The Bridge at Remagen
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
The Neptune Factor
Vicepresident Saxon
Shadow Conspiracy
Dino Romani
La ragazza di Trieste
Al Capone
Capone
Jocko de Paris
The Strange One
Charles Serking
Storie di ordinaria follia
Self
Droit de Réponse
Paulie Genovese
Meurtres à l'Empire State Building
Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Steven Graves
Pursuit
Harry
Husbands
Lello
Risate di gioia
Doremus Connelly
When Michael Calls
Old Flavio
Illuminata
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Il camorrista
John Resko
Convicts 4
Joe Buddha
Valentine's Day
Oncle Giovanni
Chez Gino
Nick Pierson
An Early Frost
The Arranger
Shark in a Bottle
Jack Flowers
Saint Jack
Fred
Carol for Another Christmas
Paul Andersen
Christopher Roth
Vatican's Banker
Holy Money
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Dogville Confessions
Roger Bannon
A Rage to Live
Self
Marilyn in Manhattan
Dick Althorp
The Zone
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Inchon
Self
Anything for John
Self
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Secretov
Тихий Дон
George Werner
The Death of Richie
Dr. David Coleman
The Young Doctors
Marcelo
Per Sempre
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Warden Ferguson
Convict Cowboy
Franco Maresco
Donne sbagliate
Paul Rivière
Champagne amer
Alberto
La donna delle meraviglie
Jack Palladin
Looking for Palladin
Joseph Bonanno
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Ira Gold
Blindsided
Nick Baron
Maneater
Ristabbanna
Don Giovanni Bosco
Don Bosco
Joseph Coppola
Afyon oppio
Anson 'Kip' Roberts
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Home Sweet Hoboken
Self
The Making of 'Husbands'
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Ben Norell
Quicker Than the Eye
Mike Zella
Il giorno prima
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
Fireball Forward
Captain George Stubbs
La città prigioniera
Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Gus Bailey
People Like Us
Charlie Duke
Parallel Lives
Lenny Jordan
Happiness
Gregorio Kos
Il tesoro di Damasco
John Sage
Too Tired to Die
Amos
Banditi
Moshe
Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem
Grant Sanders
Lies Before Kisses
Porter Holloway
A Letter to Three Wives
D.A. Bernard Salman
The List
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Frank Cavallo
Blue Moon
Harry Cardell
Downpayment on Murder
The man with no memory
Uno scandalo perbene
John Tana
Oltre l'oceano
Antonio Morelli
Figlio mio, infinitamente caro...
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
Coach Halas
Brian's Song
High Velocity
Self
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Gino Minetti
Very Mean Men
Duke Mantee
Paradise Cove
Mr. Bob Harris
The Shore
Self
A Constant Forge
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
March
Vicious Circles
Luigi
Summer of Sam
Capt. Tom Wright
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Padre Guelfi
Angelo Nero
Farmer
Farmer & Chase
Frank Grieco
Stag
Schlondorff
13
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Morris Troper
Voyage of the Damned
Eddie Rico
The Family Rico
Amenophis III
Nefertiti, figlia del sole
Detective Joe DeFalco
A Question of Honor
Self
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Batossa
Jack of Hearts
Nick
Hysterical Blindness
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
L'ospite segreto
Self
Un principe chiamato Totò
Believe
Piovuto dal cielo
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Els de davant
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
126
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-08-28
Place of Birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Бен Газзара