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 Ben Gazzara
Birthday: August 28, 1930
Birth
Place: New York, New York, USA
Height: 5' 1"
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Both an accomplished character actor and leading man, Ben Gazzara has made a name for himself on the stage, screen, and television. The son of an Italian immigrant, Gazzara was born in New York City on August 28, 1930. He channeled his excess energy into acting after dropping out of the engineering department at the City College of New York. After studying at the Actors Studio and with private coach Erwin Piscator, Gazzara exploded onto the Broadway scene in 1953, playing warped military academy upper-classman Jocko De Paris in End as a Man. He went on to create the role of Brick in the original 1955 production of Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He later starred in Michael V. Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain, only to see his role go to Don Murray in the 1957 movie version, just as Paul Newman would portray Brick in the 1958 film version of Cat. Fortunately, Gazzara was permitted top film billing in 1957, reprising his stage role in End as a Man in the heavily laundered film-version, The Strange One. Two years later, Gazzara played arrogant murder-trial defendant Lieutenant Manion — the one with the "irresistible impulse" — in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, slyly stealing scenes from the film's "official" star, James Stewart. After this promising beginning in films, Gazzara had trouble finding adequate movie roles. He turned to television in 1963, first as a co-star with Chuck Connors in the experimental 90-minute crime weekly Arrest and Trial. In 1965, Gazzara starred as Paul Bryan, an ex-lawyer with only a short time to live, on the TV popular series Run for Your Life; in spite of his character's fatal illness, Gazzara was able to remain with Run for three healthy seasons. With 1970's Husbands, Gazzara made the first of four film appearances under the direction of his old Actors Studio buddy John Cassavetes. Four years later, Gazzara starred as the Leon Uris counterpart in television's first miniseries, QB VII (1974). Since that time, Gazzara has taken roles that may not always be prestigious, but have permitted him ample creative elbow room; a fascinating example of this was his bisexual villain in the Patrick Swayze vehicle Road House (1989). In 1998, he could be seen doing some of the best work of his career portraying a series of beautifully dysfunctional characters in Buffalo '66, Happiness, and the Coen Brothers' The Big Lebowski. The following year, he traveled into the realm of slick international caper with a supporting role in The Thomas Crown Affair, and then returned to his New York roots to portray the leader of organized crime in the Bronx in Spike Lee's Summer of Sam.
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Paris, je t'aime |
(2006) | | [ Elijah Wood ][ Steve Buscemi ][ Willem Dafoe ][ Joel Coen ][ Nick Nolte ] |
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Victor in December |
(2005) | | [ Alex Dimitriades ] |
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Pope John Paul II |
(2005) | | [ Christopher Lee ][ Jon Voight ][ Cary Elwes ][ James Cromwell ] |
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Schubert |
(2005) | | [ Coque Malla ] |
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The Shore |
(2005) | | [ Costas Mandylor ] |
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Bonjour Michel |
(2005) |
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Quiet Flows the Don |
(2004) | | [ Rupert Everett ][ F. Murray Abraham ] |
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Dogville |
(2003) | | [ Paul Bettany ][ Stellan Skarsgård ][ James Caan ][ John Hurt ][ Lars von Trier ] |
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Ospite segreto, L' |
(2003) |
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Hysterical Blindness |
(2002) | | [ Justin Chambers ] |
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Brian's Song |
(2001) | | [ Mekhi Phifer ][ Sean Maher ][ Dean McDermott ] |
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Nella terra di nessuno |
(2001) |
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Very Mean Men |
(2000) | | [ Matthew Modine ][ Martin Landau ][ Burt Young ][ Charles Durning ][ Billy Drago ] |
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Believe |
(2000) | | [ James Roday ] |
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Blue Moon |
(2000) | | [ Zach Braff ][ Burt Young ][ Vincent Pastore ][ Lillo Brancato ] |
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Home Sweet Hoboken |
(2000) |
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Piovuto dal cielo |
(2000) |
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The List |
(2000) | | [ Ryan O'Neal ] |
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Jack of Hearts |
(2000) | | [ M. Emmet Walsh ][ Joe Penny ] |
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Undertaker's Paradise |
(2000) |
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The Thomas Crown Affair |
(1999) | | [ Pierce Brosnan ][ Denis Leary ][ Frankie Faison ][ Kurt Wimmer ][ Mark Margolis ] |
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Summer of Sam |
(1999) | | [ John Leguizamo ][ Spike Lee ][ Frank Sinatra ][ John Turturro ][ Anthony Lapaglia ] |
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Paradise Cove |
(1999) | | [ Michael Pena ] |
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Bacio nel buio, Un |
(1999) |
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Valentine's Day |
(1998) | | [ Randy Quaid ] |
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Poor Liza |
(1998) |
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Angelo nero |
(1998) | | [ Gabriel Garko ] |
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Illuminata |
(1998) | | [ Christopher Walken ][ John Turturro ][ Rufus Sewell ][ Donal McCann ] |
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Happiness |
(1998) | | [ Philip Seymour Hoffman ][ Jon Lovitz ][ Dylan Baker ][ Todd Solondz ][ Jared Harris ] |
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The Big Lebowski |
(1998) | | [ Steve Buscemi ][ Philip Seymour Hoffman ][ Jeff Bridges ][ Joel Coen ][ John Goodman ] |
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Buffalo '66 |
(1998) | | [ Mickey Rourke ][ Vincent Gallo ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Jan-Michael Vincent ][ Kevin Corrigan ] |
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Too Tired to Die |
(1998) | | [ Michael Imperioli ][ Jeffrey Wright ][ Takeshi Kaneshiro ] |
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Shark in a Bottle |
(1998) | | [ Tommy 'Tiny' Lister ][ Danny Nucci ][ Rick Gomez ][ Sean Whalen ] |
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The Spanish Prisoner |
(1997) | | [ Steve Martin ][ David Mamet ][ Ed O'Neill ][ Campbell Scott ][ Clark Gregg ] |
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Stag |
(1997) | | [ Andrew McCarthy ][ Kevin Dillon ][ William McNamara ] |
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Shadow Conspiracy |
(1997) | | [ Charlie Sheen ][ Donald Sutherland ][ Terry O'Quinn ][ Sam Waterston ][ Paul Gleason ] |
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Farmer & Chase |
(1997) |
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Vicious Circles |
(1997) |
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The Notorious 7 |
(1997) |
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The Zone |
(1996) |
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Ladykiller |
(1996) | | [ David Yost ][ Stephen Davies ] |
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Donna in fuga, Una |
(1996) | | [ Gabriel Garko ] |
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Convict Cowboy |
(1995) | | [ Jon Voight ][ Kyle Chandler ][ Glenn Plummer ] |
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Banditi |
(1995) | | [ Marco Leonardi ] |
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Sherwood's Travels |
(1994) | | [ Edward Fox ][ Jamey Sheridan ] |
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Nefertiti, figlia del sole |
(1994) |
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Hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem, Les |
(1994) |
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Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story |
(1994) | | [ John Stamos ][ John Amos ][ David Faustino ] |
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Parallel Lives |
(1994) | | [ James Belushi ][ Robert Wagner ][ Treat Williams ][ James Brolin ][ Paul Sorvino ] |
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Gens d'en face, Les |
(1994) |
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Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage |
(1993) | | [ Eric Roberts ][ Dylan Baker ][ Alex Rocco ][ Tomas Milian ] |
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Blindsided |
(1993) | | [ Jeff Fahey ][ George Byrd ] |
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Lies Before Kisses |
(1991) | | [ Greg Evigan ] |
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Per sempre |
(1991) |
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People Like Us |
(1990) | | [ Dennis Farina ] |
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Oltre l'oceano |
(1990) | | [ Treat Williams ][ Peter Riegert ] |
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Road House |
(1989) | | [ Patrick Swayze ][ Sam Elliott ][ John Doe ][ David R. Ellis ] |
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Quicker Than the Eye |
(1989) | | [ Christoph Waltz ] |
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Don Bosco |
(1988) |
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Downpayment on Murder |
(1987) | | [ David Morse ][ Miguel Ferrer ][ G.W. Bailey ] |
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Police Story: The Freeway Killings |
(1987) | | [ Richard Crenna ][ Robert Knepper ][ Vincent Baggetta ] |
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Giorno prima, Il |
(1987) | | [ Burt Lancaster ][ Andrea Occhipinti ] |
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Figlio mio infinitamente caro |
(1987) |
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Champagne amer |
(1986) |
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A Letter to Three Wives |
(1985) | | [ David Garrison ] |
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An Early Frost |
(1985) | | [ Bill Paxton ][ Aidan Quinn ][ Terry O'Quinn ][ John Glover ] |
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Donna delle meraviglie, La |
(1985) |
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Camorrista, Il |
(1985) |
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Scandalo perbene, Uno |
(1984) |
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Ragazza di Trieste, La |
(1983) |
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A Question of Honor |
(1982) | | [ Lance Henriksen ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Robert Vaughn ][ Danny Aiello ] |
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Storie di ordinaria follia |
(1981) | | [ Charles Bukowski ] |
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They All Laughed |
(1981) | | [ John Ritter ][ Frank Sinatra ][ Johnny Cash ][ Peter Bogdanovich ] |
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Inchon |
(1981) | | [ Laurence Olivier ][ Omar Sharif ][ Toshirô Mifune ][ Richard Roundtree ] |
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Bloodline |
(1979) | | [ Omar Sharif ][ James Mason ] |
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Saint Jack |
(1979) | | [ Denholm Elliott ][ George Lazenby ][ Peter Bogdanovich ][ Hugh M. Hefner ][ Joss Ackland ] |
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Opening Night |
(1977) | | [ John Cassavetes ][ Peter Bogdanovich ][ Seymour Cassel ] |
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald |
(1977) | | [ Lorne Greene ] |
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The Death of Richie |
(1977) | | [ Clint Howard ][ Robby Benson ][ Charles Fleischer ][ John Friedrich ] |
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Voyage of the Damned |
(1976) | | [ Orson Welles ][ Malcolm McDowell ][ Jonathan Pryce ][ Max von Sydow ][ James Mason ] |
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High Velocity |
(1976) | | [ Paul Winfield ][ Keenan Wynn ] |
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie |
(1976) | | [ Seymour Cassel ] |
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Capone |
(1975) | | [ Sylvester Stallone ][ John Cassavetes ][ Martin Kove ] |
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Maneater |
(1973) |
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The Neptune Factor |
(1973) | | [ Ernest Borgnine ] |
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You'll Never See Me Again |
(1973) |
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Afyon oppio |
(1972) |
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Pursuit |
(1972) | | [ Martin Sheen ][ Michael Crichton ] |
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The Family Rico |
(1972) | | [ Sal Mineo ][ Alan Vint ] |
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Fireball Forward |
(1972) | | [ Ricardo Montalban ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Dana Elcar ] |
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When Michael Calls |
(1972) | | [ Michael Douglas ][ Gerald McRaney ] |
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Husbands |
(1970) | | [ John Cassavetes ][ Nick Cassavetes ] |
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The Bridge at Remagen |
(1969) | | [ Robert Vaughn ][ George Segal ] |
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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium |
(1969) | | [ John Cassavetes ][ Robert Vaughn ][ Ian McShane ][ Norman Fell ] |
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A Rage to Live |
(1965) | | [ Peter Graves ] |
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Carol for Another Christmas |
(1964) | | [ Peter Sellers ][ Peter Fonda ][ Robert Shaw ][ Sterling Hayden ][ Pat Hingle ] |
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Convicts 4 |
(1962) | | [ Vincent Price ][ Telly Savalas ][ Rod Steiger ][ Sammy Davis Jr. ][ Ray Walston ] |
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Città prigioniera, La |
(1962) | | [ David Niven ][ Martin Balsam ] |
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The Young Doctors |
(1961) | | [ Ronald Reagan ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ George Segal ] |
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Cry Vengeance! |
(1961) | | [ Sal Mineo ] |
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Risate di gioia |
(1960) |
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Anatomy of a Murder |
(1959) | | [ James Stewart ][ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ] |
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The Troublemakers |
(1957) | | [ Robert Vaughn ][ Keenan Wynn ] |
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The Strange One |
(1957) | | [ George Peppard ][ Pat Hingle ] |
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The Timid Thief |
(1954) |
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Positive Identification |
(1954) |
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The First Hold Up |
(1954) |
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The Last Mile |
(1952) |
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Fresh as a Daisy |
(1952) |
Trivia
- Father of Elizabeth Gazzara.
- Claimed that of all of the movies in which he has ever appeared in, Road House (1989) is the most frequently repeated on television.
- Lived with Elaine Stritch for two years.
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award three times: as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1956 for "A Hatful of Rain," and in 1975 for "Hughie and Duet;" and as Best Actor (Play) in 1977 for a revival of Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
- He and his good friend John Cassavetes made 5 movies together: Husbands (1970), Capone (1975), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969), Opening Night (1977) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
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