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Ben Gazzara
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Biography
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
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003 · Self
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