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