Ben Gazzara
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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
What's My Line?
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
0Tony Awards
1956
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Tony Danza Show
2004
Dinah!
1974
Film '72
1971
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 1962
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as E.A.D.A. · 1999
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host · 1961
What's My Line?
as Self · 1950
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1956
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1944
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Sidney · 1963
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest · 2004
Dinah!
as Self · 1974
Film '72
as Self · 1971
Run for Your Life
as Paul Bryan · 1965
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Paul Bryan · 1963
The Big Lebowski
as Jackie Treehorn · 1998
Arrest and Trial
as Nick Anderson · 1963
Ninho da Serpente
as Self · 1982
Dogville
as Jack McKay · 2003
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Andrew Wallace · 1999
L'onore e il rispetto
as Don Fred Di Venanzio · 2006
Strangers
as Doctor · 1996
Anatomy of a Murder
as Lt. Frederick Manion · 1959
Paris Je T'aime
as Ben (Quartier Latin) · 2006
Buffalo '66
as Jimmy Brown · 1998
Road House
as Brad Wesley · 1989
13
as Schlondorff · 2010
Happiness
as Lenny Jordan · 1998
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano · 2025
Pope John Paul II
as Kardinal Agostino Casaroli · 2005
The Bridge at Remagen
as Sgt. Angelo · 1969
Summer of Sam
as Luigi · 1999
Shadow Conspiracy
as Vicepresident Saxon · 1997
The Spanish Prisoner
as Mr. Klein · 1997
Armchair Theatre
as Jim Mason · 1956
Voyage of the Damned
as Morris Troper · 1976
Quiet Flows the Don
as General Secretov · 2006
Capone
as Al Capone · 1975
QB VII
as Abe Cady · 1974
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
as Cosmo Vittelli · 1976
Tales of Ordinary Madness
as Charles Serking · 1981
Opening Night
as Manny Victor · 1977
The Professor
as 'O Professore di Vesuviano · 1986
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Card Player · 1969
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
as Anson 'Kip' Roberts · 1977
The Girl from Trieste
as Dino Romani · 1982
They All Laughed
as John Russo · 1981
Saint Jack
as Jack Flowers · 1979
Hysterical Blindness
as Nick · 2002
Too Tired to Die
as John Sage · 1998
Poor Liza
as The Narrator · 2000
The Death of Richie
as George Werner · 1977
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self · 1985
A Rage to Live
as Roger Bannon · 1965
The Passionate Thief
as Lello · 1960
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
as Don Otello Di Bella · 2013
Bloodline
as Rhys Williams · 1979
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self · 2003
The Neptune Factor
as Cmdr. Adrian Blake · 1973
The Troublemakers
as Stanley Carr · 1957
Inchon
as Maj. Frank Hallsworth · 1981
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Capt. Tom Wright · 1987
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self · 2021
A Question of Honor
as Detective Joe DeFalco · 1982
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage) · 1970
Husbands
as Harry · 1970
Conquered City
as Captain George Stubbs · 1962
When Michael Calls
as Doremus Connelly · 1972
Carol for Another Christmas
as Fred · 1964
Vicious Circles
as March · 1997
People Like Us
as Gus Bailey · 1990
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage) · 1987
An Early Frost
as Nick Pierson · 1985
Quiet Flows The Don
as Secretov · 2006
Dogville Confessions
as Self · 2004
Brian's Song
as Coach Halas · 2001
Don Bosco
as Don Giovanni Bosco · 1988
A Letter to Three Wives
as Porter Holloway · 1985
Shark in a Bottle
as The Arranger · 2000
Control
as Mike Zella · 1987
Bitter Champagne
as Paul Rivière · 1986
Blindsided
as Ira Gold · 1993
Convict Cowboy
as Warden Ferguson · 1995
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
· 2008
You'll Never See Me Again
as Jim Mason · 1959
Fireball Forward
as Maj. Gen Joe Barrett · 1972
A Constant Forge
as Self · 2000
Donne sbagliate
as Franco Maresco · 2007
Chez Gino
as Oncle Giovanni · 2011
Quicker Than the Eye
as Ben Norell · 1989
Very Mean Men
as Gino Minetti · 2000
Ristabbanna
· 2012
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage) · 1982
The Sicilian Connection
as Joseph Coppola · 1972
Stag
as Frank Grieco · 1997
Convicts 4
as John Resko · 1962
A Prince Called Toto
as Self · 2007
Blue Moon
as Frank Cavallo · 2000
The List
as D.A. Bernard Salman · 2000
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
as Self · 1996
Droit de Réponse
as Self · 1981
Lies Before Kisses
as Grant Sanders · 1991
Il tesoro di Damasco
as Gregorio Kos · 1998
Beyond the Ocean
as John Tana · 1990
The Making of 'Husbands'
as Self · 1971
The Young Doctors
as Dr. David Coleman · 1961
Christopher Roth
as Paul Andersen · 2010
The Strange One
as Jocko de Paris · 1957
Anything for John
as Self · 1993
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
as Joseph Bonanno · 1993
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
as Amenophis III · 1994
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
as Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry") · 1958
Piovuto dal cielo
· 2000
The Shore
as Mr. Bob Harris · 2005
Valentine's Day
as Joe Buddha · 1998
Illuminata
as Old Flavio · 1998
Nella terra di nessuno
as L'avvocato Scalzi · 2000
Marilyn in Manhattan
as Self · 1998
Downpayment on Murder
as Harry Cardell · 1987
Ladykiller
as Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky · 1996
Empire State Building Murders
as Paulie Genovese · 2008
Looking for Palladin
as Jack Palladin · 2008
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
as Self · 2014
Pursuit
as Steven Graves · 1972
Holy Money
as Vatican's Banker · 2009
High Velocity
as Clifford Baumgartner · 1976
Undertaker's Paradise
as Jim · 2000
Parallel Lives
as Charlie Duke · 1994
Believe
· 2000
Farmer & Chase
as Farmer · 1997
Uno scandalo perbene
as The man with no memory · 1984
Eve
as Joe · 2008
Jack of Hearts
as Batossa · 2000
The Window Over the Way
· 1993
The Family Rico
as Eddie Rico · 1972
Arena - John Cassavetes
as Self · 1989
My Dearest Son
as Antonio Morelli · 1985
Woman of Wonders
as Alberto · 1985
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
as Self · 2014
The Zone
as Dick Althorp · 1995
Forever
as Marcelo · 1991
Il Volo
· 2010
Bonjour Michel
as michele Terranova · 2005
Maneater
as Nick Baron · 1973
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
as Self · 2009
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
as Moshe · 1994
Paradise Cove
as Duke Mantee · 1999
Angelo Nero
as Padre Guelfi · 1998
Bandits
as Amos · 1995
L'ospite segreto
as Ispettore di Polizia Solomos · 2003
Home Sweet Hoboken
· 2001