Ben Gazzara
Born on August 28th, 1930
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died on February 3rd, 2012
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).
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Filmography to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
Details Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
Self
Details Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
Self
Details One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
Self
Details Ristabbanna
2012
Character TBA
Details Chez Gino
2011
Oncle Giovanni
Details Christopher Roth
2010
Paul Andersen
Details Holy Money
2009
Vatican's Banker
Details The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009
Self
Details Empire State Building Murders
2008
Paulie Genovese
Details Looking for Palladin
2008
Jack Palladin
Details Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
Character TBA
Details A Prince Called Toto
2007
Self
Details Donne sbagliate
2007
Franco Maresco
Details Quiet Flows The Don
2006
Secretov
Details Paris Je T'aime
2006
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Details Bonjour Michel
2005
michele Terranova
Details Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004
Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
Details Dogville Confessions
2004
Self
Details L'ospite segreto
2003
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Details Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
Self
Details Hysterical Blindness
2002
Nick
Details Home Sweet Hoboken
2001
Character TBA
Details Brian's Song
2001
Coach Halas
Details The List
2000
D.A. Bernard Salman
Details Nella terra di nessuno
2000
L'avvocato Scalzi
Details Piovuto dal cielo
2000
Character TBA
Details Undertaker's Paradise
2000
Jim
Details Shark in a Bottle
2000
The Arranger
Details Very Mean Men
2000
Gino Minetti
Details The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Andrew Wallace
Details Paradise Cove
1999
Duke Mantee
Details Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
Gregorio Kos
Details Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
Self
Details Angelo Nero
1998
Padre Guelfi
Details The Big Lebowski
1998
Jackie Treehorn
Details Too Tired to Die
1998
John Sage
Details Valentine's Day
1998
Joe Buddha
Details The Spanish Prisoner
1997
Mr. Klein
Details Shadow Conspiracy
1997
Vicepresident Saxon
Details Ladykiller
1996
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Details John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
Self
Details Convict Cowboy
1995
Warden Ferguson
Details Parallel Lives
1994
Charlie Duke
Details Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994
Moshe
Details Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994
Amenophis III
Details Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993
Joseph Bonanno
Details The Window Over the Way
1993
Character TBA
Details Lies Before Kisses
1991
Grant Sanders
Details People Like Us
1990
Gus Bailey
Details Beyond the Ocean
1990
John Tana
Details Quicker Than the Eye
1989
Ben Norell
Details Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
Self
Details James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1988
Self (archive footage)
Details Don Bosco
1988
Don Giovanni Bosco
Details Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
Capt. Tom Wright
Details Downpayment on Murder
1987
Harry Cardell
Details The Professor
1986
Il Professore
Details Bitter Champagne
1986
Paul Rivière
Details A Letter to Three Wives
1985
Porter Holloway
Details My Dearest Son
1985
Antonio Morelli
Details Woman of Wonders
1985
Alberto
Details An Early Frost
1985
Nick Pierson
Details Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Self
Details Uno scandalo perbene
1984
The man with no memory
Details The Girl from Trieste
1982
Dino Romani
Details A Question of Honor
1982
Detective Joe DeFalco
Details Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
Self (archive footage)
Details They All Laughed
1981
John Russo
Details Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
Charles Serking
Details Inchon
1981
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Details Opening Night
1977
Manny Victor
Details The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
Anson 'Kip' Roberts
Details The Death of Richie
1977
George Werner
Details Voyage of the Damned
1976
Morris Troper
Details High Velocity
1976
Character TBA
Details The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
Cosmo Vittelli
Details The Neptune Factor
1973
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Details The Sicilian Connection
1972
Joseph Coppola
Details The Family Rico
1972
Eddie Rico
Details Fireball Forward
1972
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
Details When Michael Calls
1972
Doremus Connelly
Details The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
Self
Details King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
Self (archive footage)
Details The Bridge at Remagen
1969
Sgt. Angelo
Details If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Card Player
Details A Rage to Live
1965
Roger Bannon
Details Carol for Another Christmas
1964
Fred
Details Conquered City
1962
Captain George Stubbs
Details The Young Doctors
1961
Dr. David Coleman
Details The Passionate Thief
1960
Lello
Details Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Lt. Frederick Manion
Details Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Details The Strange One
1957
Jocko de Paris
Details 