Ben Gazzara
Acting · Born 1930-08-28 · age 81 at death · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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).
Titles
The Big Lebowski
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dogville
Road House
The Thomas Crown Affair
Anatomy of a Murder
Buffalo '66
Happiness
13
Paris Je T'aime
Columbo
Summer of Sam
The Spanish Prisoner
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Opening Night
The Bridge at Remagen
Husbands
The Professor
Shadow Conspiracy
Capone
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Voyage of the Damned
They All Laughed
Saint Jack
The Passionate Thief
The Neptune Factor
Bloodline
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
An Early Frost
Hysterical Blindness
Carol for Another Christmas
The Strange One
When Michael Calls
Illuminata
Believe
The Girl from Trieste
Pursuit
Chez Gino
Brian's Song
Stag
The List
Inchon
A Rage to Live
The Name of the Game
Control
The Death of Richie
Pope John Paul II
The Sicilian Connection
Vicious Circles
Quiet Flows The Don
L'onore e il rispetto
Too Tired to Die
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
Uno scandalo perbene
Valentine's Day
Don Bosco
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Young Doctors
Convicts 4
QB VII