Ben Gazzara
Acting
1930-08-28 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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
Il camorrista - Una serie di Giuseppe Tornatore
2025 · Series
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021 · Movie
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
2014 · Movie
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
2014 · Movie
Pupetta, Woman of Honor
2013 · Series
Ristabbanna
2012 · Movie
Chez Gino
2011 · Movie
Christopher Roth
2010 · Movie
Il Volo
2010 · Movie
13
2010 · Movie
Holy Money
2009 · Movie
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
2009 · Movie
Eve
2008 · Movie
Empire State Building Murders
2008 · Movie
Looking for Palladin
2008 · Movie
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
2008 · Movie
A Prince Called Toto
2007 · Movie
Donne sbagliate
2007 · Movie
Quiet Flows the Don
2006 · Series
Quiet Flows The Don
2006 · Movie
L'onore e il rispetto
2006 · Series
Paris Je T'aime
2006 · Movie
Pope John Paul II
2005 · Series
The Shore
2005 · Movie
Bonjour Michel
2005 · Movie
The Tony Danza Show
2004 · Series
Dogville Confessions
2004 · Movie
Dogville
2003 · Movie
L'ospite segreto
2003 · Movie
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Movie
Hysterical Blindness
2002 · Movie
Home Sweet Hoboken
2001 · Movie
Brian's Song
2001 · Movie
Jack of Hearts
2000 · Movie
A Constant Forge
2000 · Movie
The List
2000 · Movie
Nella terra di nessuno
2000 · Movie
Piovuto dal cielo
2000 · Movie
Undertaker's Paradise
2000 · Movie
Shark in a Bottle
2000 · Movie
Very Mean Men
2000 · Movie
Believe
2000 · Movie
Blue Moon
2000 · Movie
Poor Liza
2000 · Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
The Thomas Crown Affair
1999 · Movie
Summer of Sam
1999 · Movie
Paradise Cove
1999 · Movie
Happiness
1998 · Movie
Il tesoro di Damasco
1998 · Movie
Marilyn in Manhattan
1998 · Movie
Too Tired to Die
1998 · Movie
Angelo Nero
1998 · Movie
Illuminata
1998 · Movie
The Big Lebowski
1998 · Movie
Buffalo '66
1998 · Movie
Valentine's Day
1998 · Movie
The Spanish Prisoner
1997 · Movie
Stag
1997 · Movie
Shadow Conspiracy
1997 · Movie
Farmer & Chase
1997 · Movie
Vicious Circles
1997 · Movie
Ladykiller
1996 · Movie
Strangers
1996 · Series
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
1996 · Movie
The Zone
1995 · Movie
Convict Cowboy
1995 · Movie
Bandits
1995 · Movie
Parallel Lives
1994 · Movie
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
1994 · Movie
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
1994 · Movie
Anything for John
1993 · Movie
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
1993 · Movie
Blindsided
1993 · Movie
The Window Over the Way
1993 · Movie
Forever
1991 · Movie
Lies Before Kisses
1991 · Movie
People Like Us
1990 · Movie
Beyond the Ocean
1990 · Movie
Quicker Than the Eye
1989 · Movie
Road House
1989 · Movie
Arena - John Cassavetes
1989 · Movie
Don Bosco
1988 · Movie
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987 · Movie
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
Control
1987 · Movie
Downpayment on Murder
1987 · Movie
The Professor
1986 · Movie
Bitter Champagne
1986 · Movie
A Letter to Three Wives
1985 · Movie
My Dearest Son
1985 · Movie
Woman of Wonders
1985 · Movie
An Early Frost
1985 · Movie
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Movie
Uno scandalo perbene
1984 · Movie
The Girl from Trieste
1982 · Movie
A Question of Honor
1982 · Movie
Ninho da Serpente
1982 · Series
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982 · Movie
Droit de Réponse
1981 · Movie
They All Laughed
1981 · Movie
Tales of Ordinary Madness
1981 · Movie
Inchon
1981 · Movie
Bloodline
1979 · Movie
Saint Jack
1979 · Movie
Opening Night
1977 · Movie
The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald
1977 · Series
The Death of Richie
1977 · Movie
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Movie
High Velocity
1976 · Movie
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
1976 · Movie
Capone
1975 · Movie
Dinah!
1974 · Series
QB VII
1974 · Series
Maneater
1973 · Movie
The Neptune Factor
1973 · Movie
The Sicilian Connection
1972 · Movie
Pursuit
1972 · Movie
The Family Rico
1972 · Movie
Fireball Forward
1972 · Movie
When Michael Calls
1972 · Movie
Film '72
1971 · Series
Columbo
1971 · Series
The Making of 'Husbands'
1971 · Movie
Husbands
1970 · Movie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
The Bridge at Remagen
1969 · Movie
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969 · Movie
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Series
A Rage to Live
1965 · Movie
Run for Your Life
1965 · Series
Carol for Another Christmas
1964 · Movie
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963 · Series
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Series
Arrest and Trial
1963 · Series
Conquered City
1962 · Movie
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Convicts 4
1962 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
The Young Doctors
1961 · Movie
The Passionate Thief
1960 · Movie
You'll Never See Me Again
1959 · Movie
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Movie
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
1958 · Movie
The Troublemakers
1957 · Movie
The Strange One
1957 · Movie
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series
What's My Line?
1950 · Series
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series