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John Cassavetes
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Died February 3, 1989 (59 years)
John Nicholas Cassavetes (December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. First known as an actor on television and in film, Cassavetes also became a pioneer of American independent cinema, writing and directing movies financed in part with income from his acting work. AllMovie called him "an iconoclastic maverick," while The New Yorker suggested that he "may be the most influential American director of the last half century."
As an actor, Cassavetes starred in notable Hollywood films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including Edge of the City (1957), The Dirty Dozen (1967), and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He began his directing career with the 1959 independent feature Shadows and followed with independent productions such as Faces (1968), Husbands (1970), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Opening Night (1977), and Love Streams (1984), in addition to intermittent studio work.
Cassavetes' films employed an actor-centered approach which privileged character examination over traditional Hollywood storytelling or stylized production values. His films became associated with an improvisational, cinéma vérité aesthetic. He collaborated frequently with a rotating group of friends, crew members, and actors, including his wife Gena Rowlands, Peter Falk, Ben Gazzara, and Seymour Cassel.
For his role in The Dirty Dozen, Cassavetes received a Best Supporting Actor nomination. As a filmmaker, he was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Faces (1968) and Best Director for A Woman Under the Influence (1974).
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Filmography
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · as (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2008 | Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired · as Guy Woodhouse |
| 1985 | Nederland C · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Guy Woodhouse (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1984 | Love Streams · as Robert Harmon |
| 1983 | Marvin & Tige · as Marvin |
| 1982 | Tempest · as Phillip Dimitrius |
| 1982 | The Haircut · as Music Industry Executive |
| 1981 | Whose Life Is It Anyway? · as Dr. Michael Emerson |
| 1981 | The Incubus · as Dr. Sam Cordell |
| 1978 | The Fury · as Ben Childress |
| 1978 | Brass Target · as Maj. Joe De Lucca |
| 1977 | Opening Night · as Maurice Aarons |
| 1977 | Heroes · as VA Doctor |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning · as Sgt. Chris Button |
| 1976 | Mikey and Nicky · as Nicky Godalin |
| 1975 | Capone · as Frankie Yale |
| 1971 | Minnie and Moskowitz · as Jim (uncredited) |
| 1971 | Columbo (TV Series) · as Alex Benedict |
| 1970 | Husbands · as Gus Demetri |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as Steve |
| 1969 | Machine Gun McCain · as Hank McCain |
| 1968 | Rosemary's Baby · as Guy Woodhouse |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as Victor Franko |
| 1967 | Devil's Angels · as Cody |
| 1967 | Off to See the Wizard (TV Series) · as General Karonos |
| 1964 | The Killers · as Johnny North |
| 1964 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Alexander the Great · as Karonos |
| 1963 | Breaking Point (TV Series) · as Evan Price |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Peter Chandler |
| 1963 | A Child Is Waiting · as Retarded Adult Who Walks Toward Camera |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Kalb |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series) · as Rusty Connors |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Jonah MacIntosh |
| 1961 | Too Late Blues · as On-Screen Trailer Host & Narrator |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Cal Fletcher |
| 1959 | Johnny Staccato (TV Series) · as Johnny Staccato |
| 1958 | Shadows · as Pedestrian (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Saddle the Wind · as Tony Sinclair |
| 1958 | Our Virgin Island · as Evan |
| 1957 | Edge of the City · as Axel Nordmann |
| 1956 | Crime in the Streets · as Frankie Dane |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Sam Cobbett |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Abel Winter |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Johnny |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as First Guard |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Paul Greco |