
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).
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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to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
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Holy Money
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Eve
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Quiet Flows The Don
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Paris Je T'aime
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Dogville Confessions
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Release Date:27/06/2004

Dogville
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L'ospite segreto
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Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
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Hysterical Blindness
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Home Sweet Hoboken
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Jack of Hearts
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A Constant Forge
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The List
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Piovuto dal cielo
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Undertaker's Paradise
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Shark in a Bottle
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Very Mean Men
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Believe
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Blue Moon
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Release Date:16/01/2000

Poor Liza
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Release Date:01/01/2000

The Thomas Crown Affair
Character:Andrew Wallace
Release Date:06/08/1999

Summer of Sam
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Release Date:28/06/1999

Paradise Cove
Character:Duke Mantee
Release Date:01/01/1999

Happiness
Character:Lenny Jordan
Release Date:11/10/1998

Il tesoro di Damasco
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Release Date:06/10/1998

Marilyn in Manhattan
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Release Date:05/09/1998

Too Tired to Die
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Angelo Nero
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Illuminata
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The Big Lebowski
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Release Date:06/03/1998

Buffalo '66
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Valentine's Day
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The Spanish Prisoner
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Release Date:03/12/1997

Stag
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Shadow Conspiracy
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Release Date:25/01/1997

Farmer & Chase
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Release Date:10/01/1997

Vicious Circles
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Release Date:01/01/1997

Ladykiller
Character:Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Release Date:05/10/1996

John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Character:Self
Release Date:28/01/1996

The Zone
Character:Dick Althorp
Release Date:16/11/1995

Convict Cowboy
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Release Date:15/07/1995

Bandits
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Release Date:01/01/1995

Parallel Lives
Character:Charlie Duke
Release Date:04/08/1994

Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
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Release Date:02/01/1994

Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
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Release Date:01/01/1994

Anything for John
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/1993

Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
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Release Date:23/05/1993

Blindsided
Character:Ira Gold
Release Date:20/01/1993

The Window Over the Way
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Forever
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Release Date:16/08/1991

Lies Before Kisses
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People Like Us
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Beyond the Ocean
Character:John Tana
Release Date:09/04/1990

Quicker Than the Eye
Character:Ben Norell
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Road House
Character:Brad Wesley
Release Date:19/05/1989

Arena - John Cassavetes
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/1989

Don Bosco
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Release Date:31/01/1988

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
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Release Date:03/05/1987

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
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Control
Character:Mike Zella
Release Date:14/02/1987

Downpayment on Murder
Character:Harry Cardell
Release Date:18/01/1987

The Professor
Character:'O Professore di Vesuviano
Release Date:12/09/1986

Bitter Champagne
Character:Paul Rivière
Release Date:01/01/1986

A Letter to Three Wives
Character:Porter Holloway
Release Date:16/12/1985

My Dearest Son
Character:Antonio Morelli
Release Date:20/09/1985

Woman of Wonders
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Release Date:06/09/1985

An Early Frost
Character:Nick Pierson
Release Date:01/05/1985

Night of 100 Stars II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1985

Uno scandalo perbene
Character:The man with no memory
Release Date:19/10/1984

The Girl from Trieste
Character:Dino Romani
Release Date:28/10/1982

A Question of Honor
Character:Detective Joe DeFalco
Release Date:28/04/1982

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982

Droit de Réponse
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/1981

They All Laughed
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Release Date:20/11/1981

Tales of Ordinary Madness
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Release Date:11/09/1981

Inchon
Character:Maj. Frank Hallsworth
Release Date:04/05/1981

Bloodline
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Saint Jack
Character:Jack Flowers
Release Date:27/04/1979

Opening Night
Character:Manny Victor
Release Date:22/12/1977

The Death of Richie
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Release Date:10/01/1977

Voyage of the Damned
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Release Date:22/12/1976

High Velocity
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Character:Cosmo Vittelli
Release Date:15/02/1976

Capone
Character:Al Capone
Release Date:16/04/1975

Maneater
Character:Nick Baron
Release Date:08/12/1973

The Neptune Factor
Character:Cmdr. Adrian Blake
Release Date:03/08/1973

The Sicilian Connection
Character:Joseph Coppola
Release Date:21/12/1972

Pursuit
Character:Steven Graves
Release Date:12/12/1972

The Family Rico
Character:Eddie Rico
Release Date:12/09/1972

Fireball Forward
Character:Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
Release Date:05/03/1972

When Michael Calls
Character:Doremus Connelly
Release Date:05/02/1972

The Making of 'Husbands'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/03/1971

Husbands
Character:Harry
Release Date:08/12/1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970

The Bridge at Remagen
Character:Sgt. Angelo
Release Date:25/06/1969

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
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Release Date:24/04/1969

A Rage to Live
Character:Roger Bannon
Release Date:20/10/1965

Carol for Another Christmas
Character:Fred
Release Date:28/12/1964

Conquered City
Character:Captain George Stubbs
Release Date:05/12/1962

Convicts 4
Character:John Resko
Release Date:15/09/1962

The Young Doctors
Character:Dr. David Coleman
Release Date:23/08/1961

The Passionate Thief
Character:Lello
Release Date:21/10/1960

You'll Never See Me Again
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Release Date:16/08/1959

Anatomy of a Murder
Character:Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
Release Date:01/07/1959

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
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Release Date:15/04/1958

The Strange One
Character:Jocko de Paris
Release Date:12/04/1957

Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
Character:'O Professore di Vesuviano

Pupetta, Woman of Honor
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Quiet Flows the Don
Character:General Secretov

L'onore e il rispetto
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Pope John Paul II
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The Tony Danza Show
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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Ninho da Serpente
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
Character:Anson 'Kip' Roberts

Dinah!
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QB VII
Character:Abe Cady

The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest

Run for Your Life
Character:Paul Bryan

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Paul Bryan

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Sidney

Arrest and Trial
Character:Nick Anderson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Mike Douglas Show
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Tony Awards
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What's My Line?
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What's My Line?
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Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Presenter