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Ben Gazzara
Actor, Director, Writer
Died February 3, 2012 (81 years)
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
| 2013 | Pupetta - Il coraggio e la passione (TV Series) · as Otello Di Bella |
| 2011 | Chez Gino · as Oncle Giovanni |
| 2010 | 13 · as Schlondorff |
| 2010 | Christopher Roth · as Paul Andersen |
| 2009 | Holy Money · as Vatican's Banker |
| 2008 | Looking for Palladin · as Jack Palladin |
| 2006 | Paris, je t'aime · as Ben (Quartier Latin) |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows The Don · as Secretov |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Honor And Respect (TV Series) · as Don Fred Di Venanzio |
| 2006 | And Quiet Flows the Don (2006) (TV Series) · as Secretov tábornok |
| 2005 | Pope John Paul II (TV Series) · as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Dogville · as Jack McKay |
| 2003 | Los Angeles Plays Itself · as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski |
| 2002 | Hysterical Blindness · as Nick |
| 2001 | Brian's Song · as Coach Halas |
| 2000 | Believe · as Unknown |
| 2000 | The List · as D.A. Bernard Salman |
| 2000 | Undertaker's Paradise · as Jim |
| 2000 | Blue Moon · as Frank Cavallo |
| 2000 | Poor Liza · as The Narrator |
| 1999 | Shark in a Bottle · as The Arranger |
| 1999 | Jack of Hearts · as Batossa |
| 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair · as Andrew Wallace |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as E.A.D.A. |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Luigi |
| 1998 | The Big Lebowski · as Jackie Treehorn |
| 1998 | Happiness · as Lenny Jordan |
| 1998 | Valentine's Day · as Joe Buddha |
| 1998 | Illuminata · as Old Flavio |
| 1998 | Too Tired to Die · as John Sage |
| 1998 | Buffalo '66 · as Jimmy Brown |
| 1997 | Stag · as Frank Grieco |
| 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy · as Vicepresident Saxon |
| 1997 | Vicious Circles · as March |
| 1997 | Farmer & Chase · as Farmer |
| 1997 | The Spanish Prisoner · as Mr. Klein |
| 1996 | Ladykiller · as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky |
| 1995 | The Zone · as Dick Althorp |
| 1995 | Convict Cowboy · as Warden Ferguson |
| 1995 | Bandits · as Amos |
| 1994 | Parallel Lives · as Charlie Duke |
| 1994 | Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story · as Papa |
| 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage · as Joseph Bonanno |
| 1993 | Blindsided · as Ira Gold |
| 1990 | People Like Us · as Gus Bailey |
| 1990 | Beyond the Ocean · as John Tana |
| 1989 | Champagne amer · as Paul Rivière |
| 1989 | Road House · as Brad Wesley |
| 1988 | Don Bosco · as Don Giovanni Bosco |
| 1988 | Quicker Than the Eye · as Ben Norell |
| 1987 | Control · as Mike Zella |
| 1987 | Downpayment on Murder · as Harry Cardell |
| 1986 | Il camorrista · as Il Professore |
| 1982 | The Girl from Trieste · as Dino Romani |
| 1981 | They All Laughed · as John Russo |
| 1981 | Inchon · as Maj. Frank Hallsworth |
| 1981 | Storie di ordinaria follia · as Charles Serking |
| 1979 | Bloodline · as Rhys Williams |
| 1979 | Saint Jack · as Jack Flowers |
| 1977 | Opening Night · as Manny Victor |
| 1977 | The Death of Richie · as George Werner |
| 1977 | The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald · as Anson 'Kip' Roberts |
| 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie · as Cosmo Vittelli |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned · as Morris Troper |
| 1976 | High Velocity · as Unknown |
| 1975 | Capone · as Al Capone |
| 1974 | QB VII (TV Series) · as Abe Cady |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor · as Cmdr. Adrian Blake |
| 1972 | Pursuit · as Steven Graves |
| 1972 | When Michael Calls · as Doremus Connelly |
| 1972 | The Sicilian Connection · as Joseph Coppola |
| 1972 | Fireball Forward · as Unknown |
| 1970 | Husbands · as Harry |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as Card Player |
| 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen · as Sgt. Angelo |
| 1965 | A Rage to Live · as Roger Bannon |
| 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas · as Fred |
| 1964 | Thermidor · as actor |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Paul Bryan |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson |
| 1962 | Convicts 4 · as John Resko |
| 1962 | Conquered City · as Captain George Stubbs |
| 1961 | The Young Doctors · as Dr. David Coleman |
| 1960 | The Passionate Thief · as Lello |
| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder · as Lt. Frederick Manion |
| 1957 | The Strange One · as Jocko de Paris |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Jim Mason |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as Bowman |