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Ben Gazzara
Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara

ActingBorn August 28, 1930Died February 3, 2012 (age 81)Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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).

Filmography

2025TV
2013
Pupetta, Woman of Honor

as Don Otello Di Bella

TV
2012Movie
2011
Chez Gino

as Oncle Giovanni

Movie
2010
Christopher Roth

as Paul Andersen

Movie
2010Movie
2010
13

as Schlondorff

Movie
2009
Holy Money

as Vatican's Banker

Movie
2008
Eve

as Joe

Movie
2008Movie
2008
Looking for Palladin

as Jack Palladin

Movie
2007Movie
2007
Donne sbagliate

as Franco Maresco

Movie
2006Movie
2006
Quiet Flows the Don

as General Secretov

TV
2006
L'onore e il rispetto

as Don Fred Di Venanzio

TV
2006
Paris Je T'aime

as Ben (Quartier Latin)

Movie
2005
Pope John Paul II

as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli

TV
2005
The Shore

as Mr. Bob Harris

Movie
2005
Bonjour Michel

as michele Terranova

Movie
2004
The Tony Danza Show

as Self - Guest

TV
2004Movie
2003
Dogville

as Jack McKay

Movie
2003
L'ospite segreto

as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

Movie
2002Movie
2001
Brian's Song

as Coach Halas

Movie
2000
Jack of Hearts

as Batossa

Movie
2000Movie
2000
The List

as D.A. Bernard Salman

Movie
2000
Nella terra di nessuno

as L'avvocato Scalzi

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Shark in a Bottle

as The Arranger

Movie
2000
Very Mean Men

as Gino Minetti

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Blue Moon

as Frank Cavallo

Movie
2000
Poor Liza

as The Narrator

Movie
1999
The Thomas Crown Affair

as Andrew Wallace

Movie
1999Movie
1999
Paradise Cove

as Duke Mantee

Movie
1998
Happiness

as Lenny Jordan

Movie
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco

as Gregorio Kos

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Too Tired to Die

as John Sage

Movie
1998
Angelo Nero

as Padre Guelfi

Movie
1998
Illuminata

as Old Flavio

Movie
1998
The Big Lebowski

as Jackie Treehorn

Movie
1998
Buffalo '66

as Jimmy Brown

Movie
1998
Valentine's Day

as Joe Buddha

Movie
1997Movie
1997
Stag

as Frank Grieco

Movie
1997
Shadow Conspiracy

as Vicepresident Saxon

Movie
1997Movie
1997Movie
1996
Ladykiller

as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

Movie
1996
Strangers

as Doctor

TV
1995
The Zone

as Dick Althorp

Movie
1995
Convict Cowboy

as Warden Ferguson

Movie
1995
Bandits

as Amos

Movie
1994
Parallel Lives

as Charlie Duke

Movie
1994Movie
1993Movie
1993
Blindsided

as Ira Gold

Movie
1991
Forever

as Marcelo

Movie
1991
Lies Before Kisses

as Grant Sanders

Movie
1990
People Like Us

as Gus Bailey

Movie
1990
Beyond the Ocean

as John Tana

Movie
1989Movie
1989
Road House

as Brad Wesley

Movie
1989Movie
1988
Don Bosco

as Don Giovanni Bosco

Movie
1987Movie
1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1987
Control

as Mike Zella

Movie
1987
Downpayment on Murder

as Harry Cardell

Movie
1986
The Professor

as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

Movie
1986
Bitter Champagne

as Paul Rivière

Movie
1985
A Letter to Three Wives

as Porter Holloway

Movie
1985
My Dearest Son

as Antonio Morelli

Movie
1985Movie
1985
An Early Frost

as Nick Pierson

Movie
1985Movie
1984
Uno scandalo perbene

as The man with no memory

Movie
1982
The Girl from Trieste

as Dino Romani

Movie
1982
A Question of Honor

as Detective Joe DeFalco

Movie
1982TV
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1981Movie
1981
They All Laughed

as John Russo

Movie
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness

as Charles Serking

Movie
1981
Inchon

as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

Movie
1979
Bloodline

as Rhys Williams

Movie
1979
Saint Jack

as Jack Flowers

Movie
1977
Opening Night

as Manny Victor

Movie
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

as Anson 'Kip' Roberts

TV
1977
The Death of Richie

as George Werner

Movie
1976
Voyage of the Damned

as Morris Troper

Movie
1976Movie
1976Movie
1975
Capone

as Al Capone

Movie
1974
Dinah!

as Self

TV
1974
QB VII

as Abe Cady

TV
1973
Maneater

as Nick Baron

Movie
1973
The Neptune Factor

as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

Movie
1972
The Sicilian Connection

as Joseph Coppola

Movie
1972
Pursuit

as Steven Graves

Movie
1972
The Family Rico

as Eddie Rico

Movie
1972
Fireball Forward

as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

Movie
1972
When Michael Calls

as Doremus Connelly

Movie
1971Movie
1970
Husbands

as Harry

Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Bridge at Remagen

as Sgt. Angelo

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1965
A Rage to Live

as Roger Bannon

Movie
1965
Run for Your Life

as Paul Bryan

TV
1963TV
1963
Arrest and Trial

as Nick Anderson

TV
1962
Conquered City

as Captain George Stubbs

Movie
1962
Convicts 4

as John Resko

Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

TV
1961
The Young Doctors

as Dr. David Coleman

Movie
1960Movie
1959Movie
1959
Anatomy of a Murder

as Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion

Movie
1958
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

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

Movie
1957
The Strange One

as Jocko de Paris

Movie
1956
Armchair Theatre

as Jim Mason

TV
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

TV
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Panelist

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 28, 1930
Day of DeathFebruary 3, 2012
Place of BirthManhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Popularity1.5
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