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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Gazzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1930-08-28 |
| Died | 2012-02-03 |
Movies
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
2023
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
2014
2012
Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni
2011
Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen
2010
2010
13
as Schlondorff
2010
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker
2009
2009
Eve
as Joe
2008
Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese
2008
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin
2008
A Prince Called Toto
as Self
2007
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco
2007
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov
2006
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
2006
2005
Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova
2005
Los Angeles Plays Itself
as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
2004
Dogville Confessions
as Himself
2004
Dogville
as Jack McKay
2003
L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
2003
Hysterical Blindness
as Nick
2002
2001
Brian's Song
as Coach Halas
2001
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa
2000
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman
2000
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi
2000
2000
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim
2000
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger
2000
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti
2000
2000
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo
2000
Poor Liza
as The Narrator
2000
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace
1999
Summer of Sam
as Luigi
1999
Paradise Cove
as Duke Mantee
1999
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan
1998
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos
1998
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self
1998
Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi
1998
Illuminata
as Old Flavio
1998
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn
1998
Too Tired to Die
as John Sage
1998
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown
1998
Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha
1998
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein
1997
Stag
as Frank Grieco
1997
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon
1997
Farmer & Chase
as Farmer
1997
Vicious Circles
as March
1997
Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
1996
The Zone
as Dick Althorp
1995
Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson
1995
Bandits
as Amos
1995
Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke
1994
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe
1994
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III
1994
Anything for John
as Self
1993
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Joseph Bonanno
1993
Blindsided
as Ira Gold
1993
Forever
as Marcelo
1991
Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders
1991
People Like Us
as Gus Bailey
1990
Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana
1990
Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell
1989
Road House
as Brad Wesley
1989
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self
1989
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
1988
Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco
1988
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright
1987
Control
as Mike Zella
1987
Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell
1987
The Professor
as Il Professore
1986
Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière
1986
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway
1985
My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli
1985
Woman of Wonders
as Alberto
1985
An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory
1984
The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani
1982
A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
Droit de Réponse
as Self
1981
They All Laughed
as John Russo
1981
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking
1981
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1981
Bloodline
as Rhys Williams
1979
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers
1979
Opening Night
as Manny Victor
1977
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
1977
The Death of Richie
as George Werner
1977
Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper
1976
1976
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli
1976
Capone
as Al Capone
1975
Maneater
as Nick Baron
1973
The Neptune Factor
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
1973
The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola
1972
Pursuit
as Steven Graves
1972
The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico
1972
Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
1972
When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly
1972
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self
1971
Husbands
as Harry
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player
1969
A Rage to Live
as Roger Bannon
1965
Carol for Another Christmas
as Fred
1964
Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs
1962
Convicts 4
as John Resko
1962
The Young Doctors
as Dr. David Coleman
1961
The Passionate Thief
as Lello
1960
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lt. Frederick Manion
1959
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
1958
The Strange One
as Jocko de Paris
1957
