Ben Gazzara

Ben Gazzara , of his true name Biagio Anthony Gazzara , is an actor, realizer and American scenario writer, of sicilian origin, born the August 28th 1930 with New York, New York (the United States).

Biography

It made its classes with the Actors Studio, in the Années 1950, at the sides of Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and James Dean. It began with the theater with Broadway in 1956 thanks to Elia Kazan in the She-cat on an extreme roof from Tennessee Williams. With the cinema, it is revealed with the general public in 1959 with Autopsie of a murder of Otto Preminger, it incarnates there a doubtful soldier marked of murder and defended by James Stewart.

In the Years 1960, it gains an enormous success with the series Match against the life in which it interprets a billionaire reached of an incurable evil and which consumes the remainder of its life by the two ends. Rather than to seek at all costs roles out of gold with Hollywood, it will préferra to privilege the independent scenario writers, such: Peter Bogdanovich ( They All Laughed , Holy Jack ) and John Cassavetes ( Husbands , Meurtre of a Chinese bookmaker , Opening Night ) of which he becomes the actor fetish as of 1970 at the sides of Gena Rowlands and Peter Falk. Rejected by the large studios, John Cassavetes “ produced, wrote and carried out itself its films with passions eagerness and courage. ”

Ben Gazzara said John Cassavetes: “ I like to be surprised, to endanger itself. With John Cassavetes, one had fun like children with a new toy. I could leave free court to my imagination and express me without reserve. John disappeared too early. He left a great vacuum ever filled. ” It is in remembering John Cassavetes which it is in his turn launched in 1990 in the adventure of the realization with Beyond the ocean ( Oltre the oceano ), a voyage in the dream of a man in search of his hidden youth. However in front of the great difficulty in assembling a film and obtaining its financing, it took refuge in the writing, and published its memories and a fiction being held during the Second world war.

Catalog of films

As actor

1957 : Demain they will be men ( The Strange One ): Sgt Junior. Jocko DeParis
1959 : Autopsy of a murder ( Anatomy off has Murder ) Otto Preminger: Lt. Frederick Manion
1960 : Risate di gioia : Lello
1961 : Cry Revenge! (TV): Davidde
1961 : the White blouses ( The Young Doctors ): Dr. David Coleman
1962: Città will prigioniera : Captain Stubbs
1962 : Convicts 4 : John Resko
1963: Arrest and Trial (series TV): Sergeant Nick Anderson (1963-1964)
1964: Carol for Another Christmas (TV): Fred
1965: Match against the life ( Run for Your Life ) (series TV): Paul Bryan
1965: has Rage to Live : Roger Bannon
1969: Tuesday? … It is thus Belgium ( If It' S Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium ): Card Player
1969: the Bridge of Remagen ( The Bridge At Remagen ): Sergeant Angelo
1970: Husbands of John Cassavetes: Harry
1972 : When Michael Cal (TV): Doremus Connelly
1972 : Fireball Forward (TV): Maj. Gen. Joe Barrett
1972: The Family Rico (TV): Eddie Rico
1972 : Pursuit (TV): Steven Low registers
1972: Action heroin ( Afyon oppio ): Joseph Coppola
1973: You' L Never See Me Again (TV)
1973: The Neptune Factor : Commander Adrian Blake
1973: Maneater (TV): Nick Baron
1974: QB VII (serial TV): Abe Cady
1975 : Capone : Al Capone
1976: Murder of a Chinese bookmaker ( The Killing off has Chinese Bookie ) John Cassavetes: Cosmo Vitelli
1976 : High Velocity : Clifford Baumgartner
1976 : the Voyage of damnés the ( Voyage off the Damned ): Morris Troper
1977: The Death off Richie (TV): George Werner
1977: The Trial off Lee Harvey Oswald (TV): Anson Roberts (Kip)
1978: Opening Night of John Cassavetes: Manny Victor
1979: Bound by blood ( Bloodline ): Rhys Williams
1979: Jack splendid the ( Holy Jack ): Jack Flowers
1981: Inchon : Maj. Frank Hallsworth
1981 : And everyone laughed ( They All Laughed ): Russo John
1981: Tales of the ordinary madness ( Storie di ordinaria follia ): Charles Serking
1982: has Question Honor off (TV): Detective Joe DeFalco
1983: Ragazza di Trieste : Dino Romani
1984 : Uno Scandalo perbene
1985 : Gave It delle meraviglie
1985: the Master of will camorra ( It Camorrista ): the Professor
1985: One spring of ice ( Year Early Frost ) (TV): Nick Pierson
1985 : has Letter to Three Wives (TV): To carry Holloway
1986: bitter Champagne : Paul River
1987: Figlio me infinitamente caro : Antonio Morelli
1987: Control ( It Giorno preceded ): Mike Zella
1987: Killers of the highway ( Story Police force: The Freeway Killings ) (TV): Captain Tom Wright
1987: Downpayment one Murder (TV)
1988: Gift Bosco : Gift Bosco
1989: Sleight of hand ( Quicker Than the Eye ): Ben Norrell
1989: road Bar ( Road House ): Brad Wesley, To marble Kingpin
1990: Oltre the oceano
1990: People Like Custom (TV): Gus Bailey
1991 : Per sempre : Marcelo Trimmed
1991: Lies of love ( Dregs Before Kisses ) (TV): Grant Sanders
1993 : Blindsided (TV): Will go Gold
1993: Coils, Honor & Obey: The Last Maffia Marriage (TV): Joseph Bonanno
1994: Sherwood' S Travels : Raphael de Pietro
1994: Nefertiti, figlia LED plate
1994: the swallows do not die in Jerusalem : Moshe
1994 : People of opposite (TV): John
1994: Parallel Lives (TV): Charlie Duke
1994 : Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O' Hara Story (TV): Dad
1995: Banditi : Amos
1995 : Convict Cowboy (TV): Warden
1996 : Ladykiller : Lt. Jack Lasky (Jigsaw)
1996: Una Gave in fuga
1996: The Zone : Dick Althorp
1997 : Vicious Circles : March
1997 : The Notorious 7 (TV): Dom Diablo
1997 : Farmer & Drives out : Farmer
1997 : high treason ( Shadow Conspiracy ): Saxon Vice-president
1997: Stag : Frank Grieco
1997 : Captive Spanish the ( The Spanish Prisoner ): Mr. Klein
1998: Valentine' S Day (TV): Joe Buddha
1998: Shark in has Bottle : To arrange
1998: Poor Liza
1998 : Too Tired to Die : Wise John
1998: Buffalo '66 : Jimmy
1998 : The Big Lebowski : Jackie Treehorn
1998 : Happiness : Lenny Jordan
1998 : Illuminata : Old Flavio
1998 : Angelo nero (TV): Father Guelfi
1998: It Tesoro di Damasco (serial TV): Gregorio Kos
1999 : Paradise Cove
1999 : Bacio nel buio (TV)
1999: Tre stele (serial TV): coll Marshall
1999: Summer off Sam : Luigi
1999 : Thomas Crown ( The Thomas Crown Affair ): Andrew Wallace, lawyer of Crown
2000: Piovuto dal cielo (TV)
2000: Home Sweet Hoboken
2000: Blue Moon : Frank
2000 : Phantom of love ( Believe ): Ellicott Winslowe
2000 : Very Mean Men : Gino Minetti
2000 : Undertaker' S Paradise : Jim
2000: Jack off Hearts : Bartossa
2000 : The List : D.A. Bernard Salman
2001: Nella terra di nessuno : the avvocato Scalzi
2001: Brian' S Song (TV): George Hauled
2002: Schubert : Gift Jose
2002: Hysterical Blindness (TV): Nick
2003 : Ospite segreto : Solomos
2003 : Dogville of Lars von Trier: Jack McKay
2004: Calm Flows the Gift : General Secretov
2005: Paris I love you a romantic comedy with Obstructed Rowlands and Gerard Depardieu.

like Realizer

1968 : the Rules of the game ( " The Name off the Game" ) (series TV)
1974: Columbo : In all friendship ( has Friend in Deed ) (TV)

1975: Columbo : Turbid water ( Troubled Toilets ) (TV)
1990: Beyond the ocean ( Oltre the oceano )

as Scenario writer

1990 : Beyond the ocean ( Oltre the oceano )

Rewards and Nominations

Rewards

2003 : Emmy of the male best supporting role of serial or telefilm for Hysterical Blindness .
2005: Donostio of honor (gold concha) of the festival of Saint-Sebastien (53e Donostia) for the whole of its career.

Nominations

1966 : Nomination with the Golden Globe of the best actor of television for Match against the life
1967: Nomination with the Golden Globe of the best actor of television for Match against the life
1968: Nomination with the Golden Globe of the best actor of television for Match against the life
1983: Nomination with the Razzie Award of the worst male supporting role for Inchon
1986: Nomination in Emmy of the male best supporting role of serial or telefilm for One spring of ice
1990: Nomination with the Razzie Award of the worst male supporting role for road Bar

People

His wife, of German origin, is fore-mentioned Elke .

External bonds

Card IMDB

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