10.0
10.0
The Family Rico
1972
as Eddie Rico
Ben Gazzara
Also known as: Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, Carlo Biagio Anthony Gazzara, Biagio Anthony Gazzara
Acting
Born:August 28, 1930
Died:February 3, 2012(aged 81)
Birthplace:Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:The New School, Actors Studio, Stuyvesant High School
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CommunityBiography
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).
Filmography (116 movies)
9.0
9.0
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014
as Self
7.8
7.8
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Lt. Frederick Manion
7.8
7.8
Dogville
2003
as Jack McKay
7.6
7.6
Opening Night
1977
as Manny Victor
7.5
7.5
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998
as Self
7.4
7.4
Happiness
1998
as Lenny Jordan
7.1
7.1
Buffalo '66
1998
as Jimmy Brown
7.1
7.1
The Professor
1986
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano
7.0
7.0
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976
as Cosmo Vittelli
7.0
7.0
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008
7.0
7.0
A Question of Honor
1982
as Detective Joe DeFalco
6.9
6.9
The Passionate Thief
1960
as Lello
6.8
6.8
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts
6.8
6.8
Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self
6.8
6.8
The Spanish Prisoner
1997
as Mr. Klein
6.8
6.8
Paris Je T'aime
2006
as Ben (Quartier Latin)
6.8
6.8
The Bridge at Remagen
1969
as Sgt. Angelo
6.7
6.7
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999
as Andrew Wallace
6.7
6.7
Road House
1989
as Brad Wesley
6.7
6.7
Husbands
1970
as Harry
6.7
6.7
The Death of Richie
1977
as George Werner
6.7
6.7
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014
as Self
6.6
6.6
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
6.5
6.5
Saint Jack
1979
as Jack Flowers
6.5
6.5
Woman of Wonders
1985
as Alberto
6.5
6.5
Summer of Sam
1999
as Luigi
6.4
6.4
The Strange One
1957
as Jocko de Paris
6.2
6.2
Eve
2008
as Joe
6.2
6.2
Brian's Song
2001
as Coach Halas
6.2
6.2
Shark in a Bottle
2000
as The Arranger
6.1
6.1
Hysterical Blindness
2002
as Nick
6.1
6.1
Convict Cowboy
1995
as Warden Ferguson
6.0
6.0
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981
as Charles Serking
6.0
6.0
Don Bosco
1988
as Don Giovanni Bosco
6.0
6.0
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
The Shore
2005
as Mr. Bob Harris
6.0
6.0
Paradise Cove
1999
as Duke Mantee
6.0
6.0
Downpayment on Murder
1987
as Harry Cardell
6.0
6.0
Anything for John
1993
as Self
6.0
6.0
The Sicilian Connection
1972
as Joseph Coppola
6.0
6.0
Ristabbanna
2012
5.8
5.8
Capone
1975
as Al Capone
5.8
5.8
They All Laughed
1981
as John Russo
5.7
5.7
An Early Frost
1985
as Nick Pierson
5.7
5.7
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
as Fred
5.6
5.6
The Young Doctors
1961
as Dr. David Coleman
5.5
5.5
When Michael Calls
1989
as Doremus Connelly
5.4
5.4
Uno scandalo perbene
1984
as The man with no memory
5.4
5.4
Believe
2000
5.4
5.4
Illuminata
1998
as Old Flavio
5.3
5.3
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987
as Capt. Tom Wright
5.3
5.3
Control
1987
as Mike Zella
5.2
5.2
Pursuit
1972
as Steven Graves
5.0
5.0
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
5.0
5.0
Undertaker's Paradise
2000
as Jim
5.0
5.0
Fireball Forward
1972
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
5.0
5.0
A Prince Called Toto
2007
as Self
5.0
5.0
Blue Moon
2000
as Frank Cavallo
5.0
5.0
Very Mean Men
2000
as Gino Minetti
5.0
5.0
Parallel Lives
1994
as Charlie Duke
5.0
5.0
Shadow Conspiracy
1997
as Vicepresident Saxon
5.0
5.0
The Neptune Factor
1973
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake
4.9
4.9
Bloodline
1979
as Rhys Williams
4.8
4.8
Stag
1997
as Frank Grieco
4.8
4.8
Convicts 4
1962
as John Resko
4.8
4.8
Too Tired to Die
1998
as John Sage
4.7
4.7
The List
2000
as D.A. Bernard Salman
4.6
4.6
The Girl from Trieste
1982
as Dino Romani
4.4
4.4
Chez Gino
2011
as Oncle Giovanni
4.4
4.4
A Rage to Live
1965
as Roger Bannon
4.3
4.3
Conquered City
1962
as Captain George Stubbs
4.3
4.3
My Dearest Son
1985
as Antonio Morelli
4.3
4.3
People Like Us
1990
as Gus Bailey
4.3
4.3
Christopher Roth
2010
as Paul Andersen
4.2
4.2
The Zone
1995
as Dick Althorp
4.1
4.1
Vicious Circles
1997
as March
4.0
4.0
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993
as Joseph Bonanno
4.0
4.0
Donne sbagliate
2007
as Franco Maresco
3.9
3.9
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994
as Amenophis III
3.8
3.8
Quiet Flows The Don
2006
as Secretov
3.6
3.6
Valentine's Day
1998
as Joe Buddha
3.5
3.5
Quicker Than the Eye
1989
as Ben Norell
3.5
3.5
Forever
1991
as Marcelo
3.4
3.4
Inchon
1981
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth
3.3
3.3
Ladykiller
1996
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
3.0
3.0
Looking for Palladin
2008
as Jack Palladin
3.0
3.0
Beyond the Ocean
1990
Director
3.0
3.0
Blindsided
1993
as Ira Gold
1.7
1.7
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
as Porter Holloway
1.5
1.5
Jack of Hearts
2000
as Batossa
1.0
1.0
Bandits
1995
as Amos
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996
as Self
Empire State Building Murders
2008
as Paulie Genovese
Bonjour Michel
2005
as michele Terranova
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989
as Self
Angelo Nero
1998
as Padre Guelfi
Farmer & Chase
1997
as Farmer
Piovuto dal cielo
2000
Holy Money
2009
as Vatican's Banker
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009
as Self
L'ospite segreto
2003
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Nella terra di nessuno
2000
as L'avvocato Scalzi
Poor Liza
2000
as The Narrator
Il Volo
2010
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971
as Self
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
as Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001
You'll Never See Me Again
1959
as Jim Mason
The Window Over the Way
1993
Maneater
1973
as Nick Baron
Lies Before Kisses
1991
as Grant Sanders
Bitter Champagne
1986
as Paul Rivière
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998
as Gregorio Kos
High Velocity
1976
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994
as Moshe
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