Ben Gazzara
Acting
Born: August 28, 1930 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died: February 3, 2012 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
The Big Lebowski
1998
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Dogville
2003
Road House
1989
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
Buffalo '66
1998
Happiness
1998
13
2010
Paris Je T'aime
2006
Columbo
1971
Summer of Sam
1999
Photos (7)
Movies (98)
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Dogville
Jack McKay
13
Schlondorff
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Road House
Brad Wesley
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
Anatomy of a Murder
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
The Spanish Prisoner
Mr. Klein
The Bridge at Remagen
Sgt. Angelo
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
Voyage of the Damned
Morris Troper
Summer of Sam
Luigi
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
Capone
Al Capone
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Cosmo Vittelli
Opening Night
Manny Victor
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
Conquered City
Captain George Stubbs
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Serking
The Professor
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
Inchon
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
The Passionate Thief
Lello
Poor Liza
The Narrator
Saint Jack
Jack Flowers
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Card Player
They All Laughed
John Russo
Stag
Frank Grieco
Husbands
Harry
Blindsided
Ira Gold
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
Parallel Lives
Charlie Duke
People Like Us
Gus Bailey
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
Downpayment on Murder
Harry Cardell
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Carol for Another Christmas
Fred
The List
D.A. Bernard Salman
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Capt. Tom Wright
A Rage to Live
Roger Bannon
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
The Girl from Trieste
Dino Romani
Convict Cowboy
Warden Ferguson
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
The Death of Richie
George Werner
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
Vicious Circles
March
Quicker Than the Eye
Ben Norell
Believe
2000
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
Forever
Marcelo
The Sicilian Connection
Joseph Coppola
Bitter Champagne
Paul Rivière
Fireball Forward
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
A Letter to Three Wives
Porter Holloway
Convicts 4
John Resko
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Joseph Bonanno
The Young Doctors
Dr. David Coleman
A Question of Honor
Detective Joe DeFalco
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
High Velocity
Clifford Baumgartner
The Shore
Mr. Bob Harris
Lies Before Kisses
Grant Sanders
The Family Rico
Eddie Rico
Pursuit
Steven Graves
The Window Over the Way
1993
Uno scandalo perbene
The man with no memory
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
Don Bosco
Don Giovanni Bosco
Control
Mike Zella
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
Illuminata
Old Flavio
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Woman of Wonders
Alberto
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
Beyond the Ocean
John Tana
The Zone
Dick Althorp
Eve
Joe
My Dearest Son
Antonio Morelli
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
Maneater
Nick Baron
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Il Volo
2010
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Moshe
Bandits
Amos
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
TV Shows (13)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
E.A.D.A. · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Paul Bryan · 86 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Paul Bryan · 1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Nick Anderson · 30 eps
Strangers
Doctor · 1 eps
L'onore e il rispetto
Don Fred Di Venanzio · 6 eps
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
'O Professore di Vesuviano · 5 eps
Pope John Paul II
Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2 eps
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Anson 'Kip' Roberts · 2 eps
Quiet Flows the Don
General Secretov · 7 eps
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
Don Otello Di Bella · 4 eps
Armchair Theatre
Jim Mason · 1 eps
QB VII
Abe Cady · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (25)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 3 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
What's My Line?
Self · 4 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
Ninho da Serpente
Self · 125 eps
Dogville Confessions
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
A Constant Forge
Self
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Droit de Réponse
Self
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
Anything for John
Self
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
A Prince Called Toto
Self
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
