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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).
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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November 26th, 2023 | to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour | Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage) | TBD | |
August 14th, 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | TBD | |
November 18th, 2014 | Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima | Self | 9 | |
August 26th, 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self | 6.7 | |
April 14th, 2012 | Ristabbanna | TBD | 6 | |
March 29th, 2011 | Chez Gino | Oncle Giovanni | 4.4 | |
April 10th, 2010 | Christopher Roth | Paul Andersen | 4.3 | |
March 19th, 2010 | Il Volo | TBD | TBD | |
March 12th, 2010 | 13 | Schlondorff | 5.8 | |
September 16th, 2009 | Holy Money | Vatican's Banker | TBD | |
August 18th, 2009 | The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes | Self | TBD | |
August 27th, 2008 | Eve | Joe | 5.6 | |
August 14th, 2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Paulie Genovese | TBD | |
March 5th, 2008 | Looking for Palladin | Jack Palladin | 3 | |
January 20th, 2008 | Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | TBD | 7 | |
May 15th, 2007 | A Prince Called Toto | Self | 5 | |
March 5th, 2007 | Donne sbagliate | Franco Maresco | 4 | |
November 7th, 2006 | Quiet Flows The Don | Secretov | 4.3 | |
June 21st, 2006 | Paris Je T'aime | Ben (Quartier Latin) | 6.8 | |
December 4th, 2005 | Pope John Paul II | TBD | TBD | |
September 11th, 2005 | The Shore | Mr. Bob Harris | 6.7 | |
June 16th, 2005 | Bonjour Michel | michele Terranova | TBD | |
July 28th, 2004 | Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage) | 7.6 | |
June 27th, 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self | 6.9 | |
May 21st, 2003 | Dogville | Jack McKay | 7.8 | |
May 2nd, 2003 | L'ospite segreto | Ispettore di Polizia Solomos | TBD | |
April 3rd, 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 7 | |
January 16th, 2002 | Hysterical Blindness | Nick | 6.1 | |
December 12th, 2001 | Home Sweet Hoboken | TBD | 7 | |
December 2nd, 2001 | Brian's Song | Coach Halas | 6.4 | |
November 2nd, 2000 | Jack of Hearts | Batossa | 3.1 | |
October 1st, 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | 6.8 | |
September 27th, 2000 | The List | D.A. Bernard Salman | 4.8 | |
September 21st, 2000 | Nella terra di nessuno | L'avvocato Scalzi | 9 | |
September 17th, 2000 | Piovuto dal cielo | TBD | 9 | |
June 25th, 2000 | Undertaker's Paradise | Jim | 6.5 | |
June 12th, 2000 | Shark in a Bottle | The Arranger | 7.1 | |
June 10th, 2000 | Very Mean Men | Gino Minetti | 5.3 | |
March 22nd, 2000 | Believe | TBD | 5.5 | |
January 16th, 2000 | Blue Moon | Frank Cavallo | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 2000 | Poor Liza | The Narrator | 9 | |
August 6th, 1999 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Andrew Wallace | 6.7 | |
June 28th, 1999 | Summer of Sam | Luigi | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Paradise Cove | Duke Mantee | 6.5 | |
October 11th, 1998 | Happiness | Lenny Jordan | 7.4 | |
October 6th, 1998 | Il tesoro di Damasco | Gregorio Kos | 10 | |
September 5th, 1998 | Marilyn in Manhattan | Self | 7.9 | |
August 8th, 1998 | Too Tired to Die | John Sage | 5.1 | |
June 24th, 1998 | Angelo Nero | Padre Guelfi | TBD | |
May 21st, 1998 | Illuminata | Old Flavio | 5.5 | |
March 6th, 1998 | The Big Lebowski | Jackie Treehorn | 7.8 | |
January 20th, 1998 | Buffalo '66 | Jimmy Brown | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1998 | Valentine's Day | Joe Buddha | 3.9 | |
December 3rd, 1997 | The Spanish Prisoner | Mr. Klein | 6.8 | |
April 1st, 1997 | Stag | Frank Grieco | 5.1 | |
January 25th, 1997 | Shadow Conspiracy | Vicepresident Saxon | 5 | |
January 10th, 1997 | Farmer & Chase | Farmer | 9 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Vicious Circles | March | 4.5 | |
October 5th, 1996 | Ladykiller | Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky | 4 | |
January 28th, 1996 | John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Self | TBD | |
November 16th, 1995 | The Zone | Dick Althorp | 4.7 | |
July 15th, 1995 | Convict Cowboy | Warden Ferguson | 6.5 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Bandits | Amos | 3.7 | |
August 4th, 1994 | Parallel Lives | Charlie Duke | 5.7 | |
January 2nd, 1994 | Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem | Moshe | 8 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun | Amenophis III | 5.1 | |
September 6th, 1993 | Anything for John | Self | 7.3 | |
May 23rd, 1993 | Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage | Joseph Bonanno | 6 | |
January 20th, 1993 | Blindsided | Ira Gold | 4.2 | |
January 1st, 1993 | The Window Over the Way | TBD | 9 | |
August 16th, 1991 | Forever | Marcelo | 4.4 | |
March 3rd, 1991 | Lies Before Kisses | Grant Sanders | TBD | |
May 13th, 1990 | People Like Us | Gus Bailey | 5.8 | |
April 9th, 1990 | Beyond the Ocean | John Tana | 4.7 | |
July 22nd, 1989 | Quicker Than the Eye | Ben Norell | 4.4 | |
May 19th, 1989 | Road House | Brad Wesley | 6.7 | |
February 24th, 1989 | Arena - John Cassavetes | Self | TBD | |
January 31st, 1988 | Don Bosco | Don Giovanni Bosco | 6.5 | |
May 3rd, 1987 | Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Capt. Tom Wright | 6.3 | |
March 13th, 1987 | James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | |
February 14th, 1987 | Control | Mike Zella | 5.6 | |
January 18th, 1987 | Downpayment on Murder | Harry Cardell | 6.3 | |
September 12th, 1986 | The Professor | 'O Professore di Vesuviano | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1986 | Bitter Champagne | Paul Rivière | 8 | |
December 16th, 1985 | A Letter to Three Wives | Porter Holloway | 3.8 | |
September 20th, 1985 | My Dearest Son | Antonio Morelli | 5.3 | |
September 6th, 1985 | Woman of Wonders | Alberto | 6.8 | |
May 1st, 1985 | An Early Frost | Nick Pierson | 5.8 | |
March 10th, 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 8 | |
October 19th, 1984 | Uno scandalo perbene | The man with no memory | 5.6 | |
October 28th, 1982 | The Girl from Trieste | Dino Romani | 4.8 | |
April 28th, 1982 | A Question of Honor | Detective Joe DeFalco | 8.5 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
December 12th, 1981 | Droit de Réponse | Self | 8.3 | |
November 20th, 1981 | They All Laughed | John Russo | 5.8 | |
September 11th, 1981 | Tales of Ordinary Madness | Charles Serking | 6 | |
May 4th, 1981 | Inchon | Maj. Frank Hallsworth | 3.9 | |
June 29th, 1979 | Bloodline | Rhys Williams | 4.9 | |
April 27th, 1979 | Saint Jack | Jack Flowers | 6.7 | |
December 22nd, 1977 | Opening Night | Manny Victor | 7.6 | |
January 10th, 1977 | The Death of Richie | George Werner | 7 | |
December 22nd, 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Morris Troper | 6 | |
September 1st, 1976 | High Velocity | TBD | 9 | |
February 15th, 1976 | The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Cosmo Vittelli | 7.1 | |
April 16th, 1975 | Capone | Al Capone | 5.9 | |
December 8th, 1973 | Maneater | Nick Baron | 7 | |
June 26th, 1973 | The Neptune Factor | Cmdr. Adrian Blake | 5 | |
December 21st, 1972 | The Sicilian Connection | Joseph Coppola | 6.1 | |
December 12th, 1972 | Pursuit | Steven Graves | 5.4 | |
September 12th, 1972 | The Family Rico | Eddie Rico | 9.5 | |
March 5th, 1972 | Fireball Forward | Maj. Gen Joe Barrett | 6.5 | |
February 5th, 1972 | When Michael Calls | Doremus Connelly | 5.7 | |
March 28th, 1971 | The Making of 'Husbands' | Self | TBD | |
December 8th, 1970 | Husbands | Harry | 6.7 | |
March 24th, 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
June 25th, 1969 | The Bridge at Remagen | Sgt. Angelo | 6.8 | |
April 24th, 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Card Player | 5.9 | |
October 20th, 1965 | A Rage to Live | Roger Bannon | 4.8 | |
December 28th, 1964 | Carol for Another Christmas | Fred | 5.9 | |
December 5th, 1962 | Conquered City | Captain George Stubbs | 5.5 | |
September 15th, 1962 | Convicts 4 | John Resko | 5.1 | |
August 23rd, 1961 | The Young Doctors | Dr. David Coleman | 5.8 | |
October 21st, 1960 | The Passionate Thief | Lello | 6.9 | |
August 16th, 1959 | You'll Never See Me Again | Jim Mason | TBD | |
July 1st, 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder | Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion | 7.8 | |
April 15th, 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee Williams | Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") | 5 | |
April 12th, 1957 | The Strange One | Jocko de Paris | 6.5 |