Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

  • Birthday: 1930-08-28
  • Deathday: 2012-02-03
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Бен Газзара

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.    

Filmography

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976

As Cosmo Vittelli

Eve

2008

As Joe

Bonjour Michel

2005

As michele Terranova

Ladykiller

1996

As Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

The Neptune Factor

1973

As Cmdr. Adrian Blake

The Girl from Trieste

1982

As Dino Romani

Capone

1975

As Al Capone

The Strange One

1957

As Jocko de Paris

Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

As Charles Serking

Empire State Building Murders

2008

As Paulie Genovese

Husbands

1970

As Harry

Pursuit

1972

As Steven Graves

When Michael Calls

1972

As Doremus Connelly

The Professor

1986

As Il Professore

Convicts 4

1962

As John Resko

Saint Jack

1979

As Jack Flowers

The Death of Richie

1977

As George Werner

Forever

1991

As Marcelo

Woman of Wonders

1985

As Alberto

Looking for Palladin

2008

As Jack Palladin

Maneater

1973

As Nick Baron

The Sicilian Connection

1972

As Joseph Coppola

Ristabbanna

2012

As

Don Bosco

1988

As Don Giovanni Bosco

The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

As Anson 'Kip' Roberts

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

1958

As Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

Quicker Than the Eye

1989

As Ben Norell

Control

1987

As Mike Zella

Fireball Forward

1972

As Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

People Like Us

1990

As Gus Bailey

Blue Moon

2000

As Frank Cavallo

Downpayment on Murder

1987

As Harry Cardell

Uno scandalo perbene

1984

As The man with no memory

Beyond the Ocean

1990

As John Tana

My Dearest Son

1985

As Antonio Morelli

Paradise Cove

1999

As Duke Mantee

Vicious Circles

1997

As March

The Family Rico

1972

As Eddie Rico

A Question of Honor

1982

As Detective Joe DeFalco

Nella terra di nessuno

2000

As L'avvocato Scalzi

Bandits

1995

As Amos

Bloodline

1979

As Rhys Williams

They All Laughed

1981

As John Russo

The Young Doctors

1961

As Dr. David Coleman

Il tesoro di Damasco

1998

As Gregorio Kos

Lies Before Kisses

1991

As Grant Sanders

Bitter Champagne

1986

As Paul Rivière

Angelo Nero

1998

As Padre Guelfi

Farmer & Chase

1997

As Farmer

Poor Liza

2000

As The Narrator

Il Volo

2010

As

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

As Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

Anatomy of a Murder

1959

As Lt. Frederick Manion

Buffalo '66

1998

As Jimmy Brown

Opening Night

1977

As Manny Victor

The Spanish Prisoner

1997

As Mr. Klein

The Bridge at Remagen

1969

As Sgt. Angelo

The Passionate Thief

1960

As Lello

An Early Frost

1985

As Nick Pierson

Shark in a Bottle

2000

As The Arranger

A Rage to Live

1965

As Roger Bannon

The Zone

1995

As Dick Althorp

Inchon

1981

As Maj. Frank Hallsworth

Conquered City

1962

As Captain George Stubbs

Very Mean Men

2000

As Gino Minetti

The Shore

2005

As

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

As Andrew Wallace

Road House

1989

As Brad Wesley

Holy Money

2009

As Vatican's Banker

Christopher Roth

2010

As Paul Andersen

Quiet Flows The Don

2006

As Secretov

Convict Cowboy

1995

As Warden Ferguson

Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

As Himself

Jack of Hearts

2000

As Batossa

Dogville

2003

As Jack McKay

Chez Gino

2011

As Oncle Giovanni

Anything for John

1993

As Self

Brian's Song

2001

As Coach Halas

A Constant Forge

2000

As Self

Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

1994

As Amenophis III

L'ospite segreto

2003

As Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

The List

2000

As D.A. Bernard Salman

Valentine's Day

1998

As Joe Buddha

Illuminata

1998

As Old Flavio

Donne sbagliate

2007

As Franco Maresco

Blindsided

1993

As Ira Gold

Too Tired to Die

1998

As John Sage

A Letter to Three Wives

1985

As Porter Holloway

Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987

As Capt. Tom Wright

Dogville Confessions

2004

As Himself

Stag

1997

As Frank Grieco

Parallel Lives

1994

As Charlie Duke

Shadow Conspiracy

1997

As Vicepresident Saxon

Happiness

1998

As Lenny Jordan

Believe

2000

As

Summer of Sam

1999

As Luigi

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

As Self (archive footage)

Paris Je T'aime

2006

As Ben (Quartier Latin)

13

2010

As Schlondorff

Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

As Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

As Self (archive footage)

Droit de Réponse

1981

As Self

The Big Lebowski

1998

As Jackie Treehorn

Voyage of the Damned

1976

As Morris Troper

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Beyond the Ocean

1990

As Director

Beyond the Ocean

1990

As Writer

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