Ben Gazzara
ActingBiagio 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 Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
Dogville
Jack McKay
13
Schlondorff
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
Road House
Brad Wesley
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
Anatomy of a Murder
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
The Bridge at Remagen
Sgt. Angelo
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Filmography — Acting
The Big Lebowski
Jackie Treehorn
Dogville
Jack McKay
13
Schlondorff
Buffalo '66
Jimmy Brown
Road House
Brad Wesley
The Thomas Crown Affair
Andrew Wallace
Happiness
Lenny Jordan
Anatomy of a Murder
Lieutenant Frederick "Manny" Manion
The Bridge at Remagen
Sgt. Angelo
Paris Je T'aime
Ben (Quartier Latin)
Stag
Frank Grieco
Bloodline
Rhys Williams
Quiet Flows The Don
Secretov
Summer of Sam
Luigi
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Capone
Al Capone
Opening Night
Manny Victor
The Shore
Mr. Bob Harris
The Professor
'O Professore di Vesuviano
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
Saint Jack
Jack Flowers
Inchon
Maj. Frank Hallsworth
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Jackie Treehorn in The Big Lebowski (archive footage)
The Spanish Prisoner
Mr. Klein
Voyage of the Damned
Morris Troper
Very Mean Men
Gino Minetti
Hysterical Blindness
Nick
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Cosmo Vittelli
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
Shadow Conspiracy
Vicepresident Saxon
The Neptune Factor
Cmdr. Adrian Blake
The Girl from Trieste
Dino Romani
Blue Moon
Frank Cavallo
They All Laughed
John Russo
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Charles Serking
Husbands
Harry
Too Tired to Die
John Sage
When Michael Calls
Doremus Connelly
The Zone
Dick Althorp
Jack of Hearts
Batossa
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
Carol for Another Christmas
Fred
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Capt. Tom Wright
Convict Cowboy
Warden Ferguson
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Card Player
Don Bosco
Don Giovanni Bosco
Control
Mike Zella
Dogville Confessions
Self
People Like Us
Gus Bailey
The Death of Richie
George Werner
An Early Frost
Nick Pierson
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
The Sicilian Connection
Joseph Coppola
Illuminata
Old Flavio
Pursuit
Steven Graves
The Strange One
Jocko de Paris
Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage
Joseph Bonanno
One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film
Self
Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans & the Movies
A Letter to Three Wives
Porter Holloway
Brian's Song
Coach Halas
Convicts 4
John Resko
The List
D.A. Bernard Salman
A Rage to Live
Roger Bannon
Fireball Forward
Maj. Gen Joe Barrett
Forever
Marcelo
Ladykiller
Lt. Jack 'Jigsaw' Lasky
Looking for Palladin
Jack Palladin
Believe
A Question of Honor
Detective Joe DeFalco
Holy Money
Vatican's Banker
Parallel Lives
Charlie Duke
Eve
Joe
Arena - John Cassavetes
Self
Maneater
Nick Baron
Conquered City
Captain George Stubbs
Christopher Roth
Paul Andersen
A Constant Forge
Self
Lies Before Kisses
Grant Sanders
The Passionate Thief
Lello
Empire State Building Murders
Paulie Genovese
Woman of Wonders
Alberto
The Young Doctors
Dr. David Coleman
Valentine's Day
Joe Buddha
My Dearest Son
Antonio Morelli
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Moony (Segment "Moony's Kid Don't Cry")
Downpayment on Murder
Harry Cardell
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Cosmo Vitelli (archive footage)
Il tesoro di Damasco
Gregorio Kos
Quicker Than the Eye
Ben Norell
Droit de Réponse
Self
Chez Gino
Oncle Giovanni
Blindsided
Ira Gold
Vicious Circles
March
Nefertiti: Daughter of the Sun
Amenophis III
Shark in a Bottle
The Arranger
Swallows Never Die in Jerusalem
Moshe
Pope John Paul II
Bitter Champagne
Paul Rivière
The Family Rico
Eddie Rico
Bandits
Amos
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima
Self
Uno scandalo perbene
The man with no memory
High Velocity
Anything for John
Self
Farmer & Chase
Farmer
A Prince Called Toto
Self
Beyond the Ocean
John Tana
John Cassavetes: To Risk Everything to Express It All
Self
The Making of 'Husbands'
Self
Angelo Nero
Padre Guelfi
Nella terra di nessuno
L'avvocato Scalzi
Poor Liza
The Narrator
You'll Never See Me Again
Jim Mason
Marilyn in Manhattan
Self
Undertaker's Paradise
Jim
Il Volo
The Story of Husbands: A Tribute to John Cassavetes
Self
Paradise Cove
Duke Mantee
The Window Over the Way
Home Sweet Hoboken
Donne sbagliate
Franco Maresco
Piovuto dal cielo
L'ospite segreto
Ispettore di Polizia Solomos
Bonjour Michel
michele Terranova