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Ben Gazzara

Character Actor / Screenwriter / Actor / Television Director / Film Director | * 08/28/1930 († 81, 02/03/2012) | New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
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Biagio Anthony "Ben" Gazzara (August 28, 1930 – February 3, 2012) was an Italian American actor and director of film, Stage, and television. He received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Drama Desk Award, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and three Tony Awards. Born to Italian immigrants in New York City, Gazzara studied at The New School and began his professional career with the Actors Studio, of which he was a lifelong member. His breakthrough role was in the Broadway play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955–56), which earned him widespread acclaim. A memorable performance as a soldier on trial for murder in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder (1959) transitioned Gazzara to an equally successful screen career. As the star of the television series Run for Your Life (1965–1968), he was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards. He won his only Emmy Award for the television film Hysterical Blindness ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | TV Movies

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The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he ...

Road House

R

1989 | 3.3/5 | 1h 54min
Action, Thriller
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Cosmo Vittelli, the proprietor of a sleazy, low-rent Hollywood cabaret, has a real affection for the women who strip in his peepshows and the staff who keep up his dingy establishment. He also has a m ...

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

R

1976 | 3.6/5 | 2h 15min
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler par ...

Anatomy of a Murder

NR

1959 | 3.9/5 | 2h 41min
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Jeffrey 'The Dude' Lebowski, a Los Angeles slacker who only wants to bowl and drink White Russians, is mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski, a wheelchair-bound millionaire, and finds himself dragged ...

The Big Lebowski

R

1998 | 3.9/5 | 1h 57min
Comedy, Crime
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Awards & Nominations for Ben Gazzara

Donostia Award Theatre World Award Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie 3x Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2x Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor
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Movies with Ben Gazzara as Actor(117)

as himself2021 Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as himself2014 Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as himself2014 One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2012 Ristabbanna
as Oncle Giovanni2011 Chez Gino
as Paul Andersen2010 Christopher Roth
as Schlondorff2010 13
as Vatican's Banker2009 Holy Money
as Joe2008 Eve
as Jack Palladin2008 Looking for Palladin
as Paulie Genovese2008 Empire State Building Murders
2008 Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
as Franco Maresco2007 Donne sbagliate
as himself2007 A Prince Called Toto
as Secretov2006 Quiet Flows The Don
as Ben (Quartier Latin)2006 Paris Je T'aime
as michele Terranova2005 Bonjour Michel
2005 The Shore
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)2004 Los Angeles Plays Itself
as himself2004 Dogville Confessions
as himself2003 Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Jack McKay2003 Dogville
as Nick2002 Hysterical Blindness
2001 Home Sweet Hoboken
as Coach Halas2001 Brian's Song
as Batossa2000 Jack of Hearts
as The Narrator2000 Poor Liza
as Frank Cavallo2000 Blue Moon
as Gino Minetti2000 Very Mean Men
2000 Piovuto dal cielo
as L'avvocato Scalzi2000 Nella terra di nessuno
2000 Believe
as The Arranger2000 Shark in a Bottle
2000 The List
as Jim2000 Undertaker's Paradise
as himself2000 A Constant Forge
as Luigi1999 Summer of Sam
as Andrew Wallace1999 The Thomas Crown Affair
as Duke Mantee1999 Paradise Cove
as Jackie Treehorn1998 The Big Lebowski
as John Sage1998 Too Tired to Die
as Old Flavio1998 Illuminata
as Padre Guelfi1998 Angelo Nero
as himself1998 Marilyn in Manhattan
as Lenny Jordan1998 Happiness
as Jimmy Brown1998 Buffalo '66
as Gregorio Kos1998 Il tesoro di Damasco
as Joe Buddha1998 Valentine's Day
as Vicepresident Saxon1997 Shadow Conspiracy
as Frank Grieco1997 Stag
as Mr. Klein1997 The Spanish Prisoner
as Farmer1997 Farmer & Chase
as March1997 Vicious Circles
as himself1996 John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky1996 Ladykiller
as Dick Althorp1995 The Zone
as Warden Ferguson1995 Convict Cowboy
as Moshe1994 Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Amenophis III1994 Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Charlie Duke1994 Parallel Lives
as himself1993 Anything for John
as Ira Gold1993 Blindsided
as Joseph Bonanno1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Marcelo1991 Forever
as Grant Sanders1991 Lies Before Kisses
as John Tana1990 Beyond the Ocean
as Gus Bailey1990 People Like Us
as Ben Norell1989 Quicker Than the Eye
as Brad Wesley1989 Road House
as himself1989 Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self (archive footage)1988 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Don Giovanni Bosco1988 Don Bosco
as Mike Zella1987 Control
as Harry Cardell1987 Downpayment on Murder
as Capt. Tom Wright1987 Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Il Professore1986 The Professor
as Paul Rivière1986 Bitter Champagne
as Porter Holloway1985 A Letter to Three Wives
as Alberto1985 Woman of Wonders
as Nick Pierson1985 An Early Frost
as Antonio Morelli1985 My Dearest Son
as The man with no memory1984 Uno scandalo perbene
as Self (archive footage)1982 Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth1982 Inchon
as Detective Joe DeFalco1982 A Question of Honor
as Dino Romani1982 The Girl from Trieste
as John Russo1981 They All Laughed
as Charles Serking1981 Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Jack Flowers1979 Saint Jack
as Rhys Williams1979 Bloodline
as George Werner1977 The Death of Richie
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts1977 The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Manny Victor1977 Opening Night
as Cosmo Vittelli1976 The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 High Velocity
as Morris Troper1976 Voyage of the Damned
as Al Capone1975 Capone
as Nick Baron1973 Maneater
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake1973 The Neptune Factor
as Eddie Rico1972 The Family Rico
1972 Fireball Forward
as Joseph Coppola1972 The Sicilian Connection
as Steven Graves1972 Pursuit
as Doremus Connelly1972 When Michael Calls
as Harry1970 Husbands
as Self (archive footage)1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Card Player1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Sgt. Angelo1969 The Bridge at Remagen
as Roger Bannon1965 A Rage to Live
as Fred1964 Carol for Another Christmas
as Captain George Stubbs1962 Conquered City
as John Resko1962 Convicts 4
as Dr. David Coleman1961 The Young Doctors
as Lello1960 The Passionate Thief
as Lt. Frederick Manion1959 Anatomy of a Murder
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")1958 Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Jocko de Paris1957 The Strange One

TV Shows/Series with Ben Gazzara as Actor(12)

as Don Fred Di Venanzio2006 L'onore e il rispetto
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli2005 Pope John Paul II
2004 The Tony Danza Show
as E.A.D.A.1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Abe Cady1974 QB VII
as Self - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Paul Bryan1965 Run for Your Life
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Paul Bryan1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson1963 Arrest and Trial
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?

Movies with Ben Gazzara as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1990 Beyond the Ocean
Writing/Writer1990 Beyond the Ocean

TV Shows/Series with Ben Gazzara as Crew(3)

Directing/Director1971 Columbo
Directing/Director1968 The Name of the Game
Directing/Director1965 Run for Your Life

Full Name: Carlo Gazzara
Born: Thursday, 08/28 1930 (August) in New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 02/03 2012 (February) in New York City (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: New School, Actors Studio, Stuyvesant High School
Employer: New School
Spouses (current/former): Janice Rule, Louise Erickson
Other names for Ben Gazzara (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Бен Газзара"
"Biagio Anthony Gazzarra"
Ben Gazzara frequently works together with these people:
John Cassavetes (14x, Actor)
Peter Falk (13x, Actor)
Nicholas Colasanto (13x, Actor)
Gena Rowlands (12x, Actress)
Peter Bogdanovich (11x, Actor)
Rick McKay (10x, Crew)
Jack Klugman (9x, Actor)
Dabney Coleman (8x, Actor)
Jack Kelly (8x, Actor)
Al Ruban (8x, Crew)
Lou Martini Jr. (8x, Actor)
John P. Finnegan (8x, Actor)
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