Ben Gazzara
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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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).
Movie Credits
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Tv Credits
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
