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).
Acting (118 movies)
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
The Big Lebowski
1998
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Dogville
2003
Road House
1989
Bloodline
1979
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Nella terra di nessuno
2000
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
They All Laughed
1981
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
Buffalo '66
1998
Eve
2008
Opening Night
1977
Il Volo
2010
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Poor Liza
2000
Ladykiller
1996
Undertaker's Paradise
2000
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
The Neptune Factor
1973
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
The Girl from Trieste
1982
Capone
1975
The Strange One
1957
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
Droit de Réponse
1981
Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Pursuit
1972
Husbands
1970
The Passionate Thief
1960
When Michael Calls
1989
Illuminata
1998
The Professor
1986
Convicts 4
1962
Valentine's Day
1998
Chez Gino
2011
An Early Frost
1985
Shark in a Bottle
2000
Saint Jack
1979
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
Christopher Roth
2010
Holy Money
2009
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Dogville Confessions
2004
A Rage to Live
1965
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
The Zone
1995
Inchon
1981
Anything for John
1993
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
The Death of Richie
1977
The Young Doctors
1961
Forever
1991
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Convict Cowboy
1995
Donne sbagliate
2007
Bitter Champagne
1986
Woman of Wonders
1985
Looking for Palladin
2008
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993
Blindsided
1993
Maneater
1973
Don Bosco
1988
The Sicilian Connection
1972
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
Quicker Than the Eye
1989
Control
1987
Conquered City
1962
Fireball Forward
1972
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
People Like Us
1990
Parallel Lives
1994
Happiness
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
Too Tired to Die
1998
Bandits
1995
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994
Lies Before Kisses
1991
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
The List
2000
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Blue Moon
2000
Downpayment on Murder
1987
Uno scandalo perbene
1984
Beyond the Ocean
1990
My Dearest Son
1985
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Brian's Song
2001
High Velocity
1976
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
Very Mean Men
2000
Paradise Cove
1999
The Shore
2005
A Constant Forge
2000
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
Vicious Circles
1997
Summer of Sam
1999
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond the Ocean | 1990 | Writer |