Ben Gazzara1930 - 2012

usually

Actor

Popularity

3.2

Famous

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Gazzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.    

Credits

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

Documentary • Drama

as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)

0
0.2
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Documentary

as Self

0
0.4
Ristabbanna
Ristabbanna

2012

Drama

6
0
Chez Gino
Chez Gino

2011

Comedy

as Oncle Giovanni

4.4
0.1
Christopher Roth
Christopher Roth

2010

Horror • Thriller

as Paul Andersen

4.7
0.1
Il Volo
Il Volo

2010

Documentary

0
0
13
13

2010

Drama • Thriller

as Schlondorff

5.8
2.8
Holy Money
Holy Money

2009

Thriller

as Vatican's Banker

0
0.2
Eve
Eve

2008

Comedy

as Joe

6.2
0.3
Empire State Building Murders
Empire State Building Murders

2008

Mystery

as Paulie Genovese

0
0.2
Looking for Palladin
Looking for Palladin

2008

as Jack Palladin

3.7
0.1
A Prince Called Toto
A Prince Called Toto

2007

Documentary • Drama • History

as Self

5
0.1
Donne sbagliate
Donne sbagliate

2007

Drama • TV Movie

as Franco Maresco

4
0.1
Quiet Flows The Don
Quiet Flows The Don

2006

Drama • Romance • War

as Secretov

3.8
0.4
Paris Je T'aime
Paris Je T'aime

2006

Drama • Romance

as Ben (Quartier Latin)

6.8
2
The Shore
The Shore

2005

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Bob Harris

2
0.3
Bonjour Michel
Bonjour Michel

2005

Drama

as michele Terranova

0
0
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Los Angeles Plays Itself

2004

Documentary

as Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)

7.6
0.7
Dogville Confessions
Dogville Confessions

2004

Documentary

as Self

6.8
0.2
Dogville
Dogville

2003

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Jack McKay

7.8
3.4
L'ospite segreto
L'ospite segreto

2003

Drama

as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos

0
0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

Documentary • History • Music

as Self

7
0.4
Hysterical Blindness
Hysterical Blindness

2002

Drama • TV Movie

as Nick

6
0.7
Home Sweet Hoboken
0
0.1
Brian's Song
Brian's Song

2001

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Coach Halas

6.2
0.1
Jack of Hearts
Jack of Hearts

2000

Crime • Thriller

as Batossa

1.5
0.2
The List
The List

2000

Thriller

as D.A. Bernard Salman

4.4
0.7
Nella terra di nessuno
Nella terra di nessuno

2000

Drama

as L'avvocato Scalzi

0
0.1
Undertaker's Paradise
Undertaker's Paradise

2000

Comedy • Drama

as Jim

5
0.1
Shark in a Bottle
Shark in a Bottle

2000

Action • Crime • Drama

as The Arranger

6.2
0.1
Very Mean Men
Very Mean Men

2000

Comedy • Crime

as Gino Minetti

5.8
0.3
Believe
Believe

2000

Family • Horror • Thriller

5.3
0.2
Blue Moon
Blue Moon

2000

Comedy • Drama

as Frank Cavallo

5
0.4
Poor Liza
Poor Liza

2000

Drama

as The Narrator

0
0.1
A Constant Forge
A Constant Forge

2000

Documentary

as Self

6.6
0.2
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Thomas Crown Affair

1999

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Andrew Wallace

6.7
3.5
Summer of Sam
Summer of Sam

1999

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Luigi

6.5
1
Paradise Cove
Paradise Cove

1999

as Duke Mantee

6
0.2
Happiness
Happiness

1998

Comedy • Drama

as Lenny Jordan

7.5
2
Il tesoro di Damasco
Il tesoro di Damasco

1998

Action • Adventure • Mystery

as Gregorio Kos

0
0.1
Marilyn in Manhattan
Marilyn in Manhattan

1998

Documentary

as Self

7.5
0.4
Angelo Nero
Angelo Nero

1998

Crime • Fantasy • Horror • TV Movie

as Padre Guelfi

0
0.1
Illuminata
Illuminata

1998

Comedy • Drama

as Old Flavio

5.5
0.3
The Big Lebowski
The Big Lebowski

1998

Comedy • Crime

as Jackie Treehorn

7.8
6.6
Buffalo '66
Buffalo '66

1998

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Jimmy Brown

7.1
2.8
Too Tired to Die
Too Tired to Die

1998

Comedy • Drama • Fantasy

as John Sage

4.5
0.4
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day

1998

Action • Drama • Romance • Thriller

as Joe Buddha

3.8
0.1
The Spanish Prisoner
The Spanish Prisoner

1997

Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Mr. Klein

6.8
0.7
Stag
Stag

1997

Drama • Thriller

as Frank Grieco

4.6
0.7
Shadow Conspiracy
Shadow Conspiracy

1997

Thriller

as Vicepresident Saxon

5
0.8
Farmer & Chase
Farmer & Chase

1997

Crime

as Farmer

0
0.2
Vicious Circles
Vicious Circles

1997

Drama • Thriller

as March

4.1
1
Ladykiller
Ladykiller

1996

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky

3.7
0.3
The Zone
The Zone

1995

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Dick Althorp

5
0.2
Convict Cowboy
Convict Cowboy

1995

Action • Drama • TV Movie • Western

as Warden Ferguson

6.1
0.4
Bandits
Bandits

1995

Drama • Thriller

as Amos

1
0.1
Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives

1994

Drama • TV Movie

as Charlie Duke

5
0.3
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
0
0.1
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun

1994

Drama • History • Romance

as Amenophis III

4.3
0.2
Anything for John
Anything for John

1993

Documentary

as Self

6
0.2
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage

1993

Drama • TV Movie

as Joseph Bonanno

4
0.2
Blindsided
Blindsided

1993

Drama • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as Ira Gold

3
0.3
The Window Over the Way
The Window Over the Way

1993

Drama • Romance

0
0
Forever
Forever

1991

Drama

as Marcelo

3.8
0.2
Lies Before Kisses
Lies Before Kisses

1991

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Grant Sanders

0
0.2
People Like Us
People Like Us

1990

Drama • TV Movie

as Gus Bailey

4.3
0.3
Beyond the Ocean
Beyond the Ocean

1990

Drama

as John Tana

3
0.2
Quicker Than the Eye
Quicker Than the Eye

1989

Drama • Thriller

as Ben Norell

3.5
0.1
Road House
Road House

1989

Action • Thriller

as Brad Wesley

6.7
2.5
Arena - John Cassavetes
Arena - John Cassavetes

1989

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1988

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6
0.3
Don Bosco
Don Bosco

1988

Drama • History

as Don Giovanni Bosco

6
0.3
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Police Story: The Freeway Killings

1987

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Capt. Tom Wright

5.3
0.4
Control
Control

1987

Drama • Thriller

as Mike Zella

5.5
0.4
Downpayment on Murder
Downpayment on Murder

1987

TV Movie • Thriller

as Harry Cardell

6
0.2
The Professor
The Professor

1986

Crime • Drama

as 'O Professore di Vesuviano

7.1
0.5
Bitter Champagne
Bitter Champagne

1986

Drama

as Paul Rivière

0
0.3
A Letter to Three Wives
A Letter to Three Wives

1985

Drama • TV Movie

as Porter Holloway

2
0.2
My Dearest Son
My Dearest Son

1985

Drama

as Antonio Morelli

4.3
0.2
Woman of Wonders
Woman of Wonders

1985

Drama • Romance

as Alberto

6.5
0.1
An Early Frost
An Early Frost

1985

Drama • TV Movie

as Nick Pierson

6
0.2
Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

8
0.5
Uno scandalo perbene
Uno scandalo perbene

1984

Drama

as The man with no memory

5.9
0.1
The Girl from Trieste
The Girl from Trieste

1982

Drama • Thriller

as Dino Romani

4.8
0.2
A Question of Honor
A Question of Honor

1982

Action • Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Detective Joe DeFalco

7
0.1
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

6
0.3
Droit de Réponse
Droit de Réponse

1981

TV Movie

as Self

10
0.1
They All Laughed
They All Laughed

1981

Comedy • Romance

as John Russo

5.9
0.4
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of Ordinary Madness

1981

Drama

as Charles Serking

6.1
0.5
Inchon
Inchon

1981

Drama • History • War

as Maj. Frank Hallsworth

3.4
0.5
Bloodline
Bloodline

1979

Crime • Thriller

as Rhys Williams

4.9
0.8
Saint Jack
Saint Jack

1979

Drama

as Jack Flowers

6.6
2.2
Opening Night
Opening Night

1977

Drama

as Manny Victor

7.6
0.9
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

1977

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Anson 'Kip' Roberts

6.8
0.2
The Death of Richie
The Death of Richie

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as George Werner

6.8
1.3
Voyage of the Damned
Voyage of the Damned

1976

Drama • War

as Morris Troper

5.9
0.7
High Velocity
High Velocity

1976

Action

0
0.1
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie

1976

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Cosmo Vittelli

7.1
0.6
Capone
Capone

1975

Crime • Drama

as Al Capone

5.9
0.7
Maneater
Maneater

1973

Adventure • Drama • Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Nick Baron

0
0.2
The Neptune Factor
The Neptune Factor

1973

Action • Science Fiction

as Cmdr. Adrian Blake

5
0.4
The Sicilian Connection
The Sicilian Connection

1972

Crime • Thriller

as Joseph Coppola

6
0.4
Pursuit
Pursuit

1972

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Steven Graves

5.2
0.5
The Family Rico
The Family Rico

1972

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Eddie Rico

10
0.1
Fireball Forward
Fireball Forward

1972

Action • Drama • TV Movie • War

as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett

5
0.2
When Michael Calls
When Michael Calls

1972

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Doremus Connelly

5.5
0.3
The Making of 'Husbands'
The Making of 'Husbands'

1971

Documentary

as Self

0
0.1
Husbands
Husbands

1970

Comedy • Drama

as Harry

6.8
0.7
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
0.5
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen

1969

Action • War

as Sgt. Angelo

6.7
2
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969

Adventure • Comedy • Romance

as Card Player

5.8
0.6
A Rage to Live
A Rage to Live

1965

Drama • Romance

as Roger Bannon

4.7
0.4
Carol for Another Christmas
Carol for Another Christmas

1964

Drama • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Fred

5.6
0.2
Conquered City
Conquered City

1962

Drama • War

as Captain George Stubbs

4.3
0.1
Convicts 4
Convicts 4

1962

Crime • Drama

as John Resko

4.8
0.4
The Young Doctors
The Young Doctors

1961

Drama

as Dr. David Coleman

5.6
0.2
The Passionate Thief
The Passionate Thief

1960

Comedy

as Lello

6.9
0.3
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder

1959

Crime • Drama • Mystery

as Lt. Frederick Manion

7.8
2.3
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

1958

Drama • TV Movie

as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")

5
0.1
The Strange One
The Strange One

1957

Drama

as Jocko de Paris

6.4
0.2

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