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Biagio Anthony Gazzarra, known as Ben Gazzara, was an American film, stage, and television actor and director. His best known films include Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Bridge at Remagen (1969), Voyage of the Damned (1976), Inchon (1981), Road House (1989), The Big Lebowski (1998), Buffalo '66 (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).
Birth Name
Biagio Anthony Gazzara
Born
Thursday, 28 August 1930
Died
Friday, 03 February 2012
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Porndemic | Jackie Treehorn - from 'The Big Lebowski' | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self | 2016 |
| Giuseppe Tornatore: Every Film My First Film | Self | 2013 |
| Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013 |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2012 |
| Gazzara | Self | 2012 |
| Chez Gino | Oncle Giovanni | 2011 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| Porndemic | Jackie Treehorn - from 'The Big Lebowski' | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self | 2016 |
| Giuseppe Tornatore: Every Film My First Film | Self | 2013 |
| Love, Marilyn | Self | 2013 |
| Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s | Self | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 2012 |
| Gazzara | Self | 2012 |
| Chez Gino | Oncle Giovanni | 2011 |
| Ristabbànna | Natale | 2011 |
| Christopher Roth | Paul Andersen | 2010 |
| 13 | Schlondorff | 2010 |
| Holy Money | Vatican's Banker | 2009 |
| Eve | Joe | 2008 |
| Empire State Building Murders | Paulie Genovese | 2008 |
| Looking for Palladin | Jack Palladin | 2008 |
| Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies | Self | 2008 |
| Donne sbagliate | Franco Maresco | 2007 |
| L'onore e il rispetto | Fred | 2006 |
| Paris, I Love You | Ben (segment "Quartier Latin") / Ben (Quartier Latin) | 2006 |
| Faith: Pope John Paul II | Cardinal Agostino Casaroli | 2005 |
| Bonjour Michel | Michele Terranova | 2005 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| Los Angeles Plays Itself | Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski | 2003 |
| Dogville Confessions | Himself / Self | 2003 |
| Dogville | Jack McKay | 2003 |
| L'ospite segreto | Solomos / Ispettore di Polizia Solomos | 2003 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| Hysterical Blindness | Nick | 2002 |
| Home Sweet Hoboken | 2001 | |
| Brian's Song | Coach Halas | 2001 |
| Nobody's Heart | L'avvocato Scalzi | 2001 |
| The List | D.A. Bernard Salman | 2000 |
| Very Mean Men | Gino Minetti | 2000 |
| Believe | Ellicott Winslowe | 2000 |
| Blue Moon | Frank Cavallo | 2000 |
| Poor Liza | The Narrator | 2000 |
| A Constant Forge | Self | 2000 |
| Jack of Hearts | Bartossa / Batossa | 1999 |
| Shark in a Bottle | The Arranger | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | E.A.D.A. | 1999 |
| The Thomas Crown Affair | Andrew Wallace | 1999 |
| Summer of Sam | Luigi | 1999 |
| Illuminata | Old Flavio | 1999 |
| Happiness | Lenny Jordan | 1998 |
| Marilyn in Manhattan | Self | 1998 |
| The Big Lebowski | Jackie Treehorn | 1998 |
| Buffalo '66 | Jimmy Brown | 1998 |
| Too Tired to Die | John Sage | 1998 |
| The Spanish Prisoner | Mr. Klein / Klein | 1998 |
| Valentine's Day | Joe Buddha | 1998 |
| Stag | Frank Grieco | 1997 |
| Shadow Conspiracy | Vice President Saxon / Vicepresident Saxon | 1997 |
| Farmer & Chase | Farmer | 1997 |
| Vicious Circles | March | 1997 |
| Ladykiller | Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky | 1996 |
| Mundo VIP | Self | 1996 |
| Strangers | Doctor | 1996 |
| John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All | Himself / Self | 1996 |
| The Zone | Dick Althorp | 1995 |
| Convict Cowboy | Warden / Warden Ferguson | 1995 |
| Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story | Papa | 1994 |
| Paleoworld | Narrator / Self - Narrator US | 1994 |
| Parallel Lives | Charlie Duke | 1994 |
| Sherwood's Travels | Raphael de Pietro | 1994 |
| Les hirondelles ne meurent pas à Jerusalem | Moshe | 1994 |
| Nefertiti, figlia del sole | Amenophis III | 1994 |
| Anything for John | Self | 1993 |
| Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage | Joseph Bonanno | 1993 |
| Blindsided | Ira Gold | 1993 |
| Forever | Marcelo / Marcello Rondi | 1991 |
| Lies Before Kisses | Grant Sanders | 1991 |
| Hollywood Mavericks | John Russo | 1990 |
| People Like Us | Gus Bailey | 1990 |
| Road House | Brad Wesley | 1989 |
| Don Bosco | Don Bosco / Don Giovanni Bosco | 1988 |
| Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Capt. Tom Wright | 1987 |
| Control | Mike Zella | 1987 |
| Downpayment on Murder | Harry Cardell | 1987 |
| Il camorrista | Il Professore | 1986 |
| Secret Obsession | Paul Rivière | 1986 |
| My Dearest Son | Avv. Antonio Morelli / Antonio Morelli | 1985 |
| An Early Frost | Nick Pierson | 1985 |
| Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
| Woman of Wonders | Alberto | 1985 |
| A Proper Scandal | The man with no memory | 1984 |
| The Girl from Trieste | Dino Romani | 1982 |
| Inchon | Maj. Frank Hallsworth | 1982 |
| A Question of Honor | Detective Joe DeFalco | 1982 |
| They All Laughed | John Russo | 1981 |
| Storie di ordinaria follia | Charles Serking | 1981 |
| Bloodline | Rhys Williams | 1979 |
| Saint Jack | Jack Flowers | 1979 |
| Opening Night | Manny Victor | 1977 |
| The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald | Anson 'Kip' Roberts | 1977 |
| The Death of Richie | George Werner | 1977 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Troper / Morris Troper | 1976 |
| High Velocity | Clifford Baumgartner | 1976 |
| The Killing of a Chinese Bookie | Cosmo Vittelli | 1976 |
| Capone | Al Capone | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| QB VII | Abe Cady | 1974 |
| The American Parade | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Maneater | Nick Baron | 1973 |
| The Neptune Factor | Cmdr. Adrian Blake | 1973 |
| The Sicilian Connection | Joseph Coppola / Giuseppe 'Joe' Coppola | 1972 |
| Pursuit | Steven Graves | 1972 |
| Fireball Forward | Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett | 1972 |
| When Michael Calls | Doremus Connelly | 1972 |
| Film '72 | Self | 1971 |
| Husbands | Harry | 1970 |
| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self | 1970 |
| The Joe Namath Show | Self | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
| The Bridge at Remagen | Sgt. Angelo | 1969 |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Card Player | 1969 |
| The Jerry Lewis Show | Self | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| A Rage to Live | Roger Bannon | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Paul Bryan | 1965 |
| Carol for Another Christmas | Fred | 1964 |
| Thermidor | (voice) | 1964 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Paul Bryan | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Sidney | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Detective Sergeant Nick Anderson / Det. Sgt. Nick Anderson / Det. Nick Anderson | 1963 |
| Conquered City | Captain George Stubbs / Capt. George Stubbs | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest / Himself | 1962 |
| The Merv Griffin Show | Himself | 1962 |
| Convicts 4 | John Resko | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host / Himself - Guest / Self - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Password | Self | 1961 |
| The Young Doctors | Dr. David Coleman | 1961 |
| The Passionate Thief | Lello | 1960 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Anatomy of a Murder | Lt. Frederick Manion | 1959 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Carlos Perez | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Himself | 1957 |
| The Strange One | Jocko De Paris | 1957 |
| To Tell the Truth | Self - Panelist | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | M. Paul / Stanley Carr | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Jim Mason | 1956 |
| The United States Steel Hour | Richard Elgin Jr. | 1953 |
| Medallion Theatre | Dick | 1953 |
| Treasury Men in Action | Bowman | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Guest Panelist / Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Kraft Theatre | Moony - Story #3 | 1947 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Columbo | 1971 |
| The Name of the Game | 1968 |
| Run for Your Life | 1965 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2003 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won |
| 1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
| 1968 | Golden Globe | Best TV Star - Male | Nominated |
| 1968 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
| 1967 | Golden Globe | Best TV Star - Male | Nominated |
| 1967 | Emmy | Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series | Nominated |
| 1966 | Golden Globe | Best TV Star - Male | Nominated |
