
Cast
Ben Gazzara
Acting
Cast
Ben Gazzara
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-08-28
From
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2012-02-03
Also known as Бен Газзара, Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, بن گازارا
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).

The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn

Dogville
as Jack McKay

Happiness
as Lenny Jordan

Road House
as Brad Wesley

13
as Schlondorff

Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown

The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace

Opening Night
as Manny Victor

Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)

Anatomy of a Murder
as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Summer of Sam
as Luigi

Capone
as Al Capone

Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon

The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo

Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson

The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris

Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli

The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein

Dogville Confessions
as Self

Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking

Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

Husbands
as Harry

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

Hysterical Blindness
as Nick

The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman

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

The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

Convicts 4
as John Resko

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

Illuminata
as Old Flavio

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self

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

Farmer & Chase
as Farmer

Bloodline
as Rhys Williams

Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov

Too Tired to Die
as John Sage

Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers

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

The Neptune Factor
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies

An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson

Pursuit
as Steven Graves

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

Vicious Circles
as March

The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani

Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni

People Like Us
as Gus Bailey

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright

The Passionate Thief
as Lello

Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo

They All Laughed
as John Russo

A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco

The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola

A Constant Forge
as Self

Poor Liza
as The Narrator

A Rage to Live
as Roger Bannon

Stag
as Frank Grieco

Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco

Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke

Anything for John
as Self

Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti

Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

Jack of Hearts
as Batossa

When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly

The Young Doctors
as Dr. David Coleman

Believe

Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière

Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell

Brian's Song
as Coach Halas

The Zone
as Dick Althorp

Carol for Another Christmas
as Fred

A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway

The Strange One
as Jocko de Paris

Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese

Blindsided
as Ira Gold

Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova

Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha

The Death of Richie
as George Werner

Droit de Réponse
as Self

Forever
as Marcelo

The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico

Paradise Cove
as Duke Mantee

Eve
as Joe

Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self

Control
as Mike Zella

Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self

Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell

Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin

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

Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III

Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self

Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos

Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco

The Window Over the Way

Woman of Wonders
as Alberto

Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi

Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana

High Velocity

Il Volo

Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen

Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory

Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders

Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self

Bandits
as Amos

Maneater
as Nick Baron

Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger

Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim

Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker

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

Piovuto dal cielo

My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli

Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi

The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self

Home Sweet Hoboken

A Prince Called Toto
as Self

You'll Never See Me Again
as Jim Mason

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe

L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

Ristabbanna

Pope John Paul II

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