Ben Gazzara

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).

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2010 · Schlondorff

The Shore

2005 · Mr. Bob Harris

The Thomas Crown Affair

1999 · Andrew Wallace

Summer of Sam

1999 · Luigi

Happiness

1998 · Lenny Jordan

Buffalo '66

1998 · Jimmy Brown

The Spanish Prisoner

1997 · Mr. Klein

Road House

1989 · Brad Wesley

A Question of Honor

1982 · Detective Joe DeFalco

Bloodline

1979 · Rhys Williams

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